Geologist and cataclastic shear zones in the Melozitna granite in the Ruby batholith. This granite contains abundant monazite and high levels of thorium and rare earth elements.
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Shearing of the Melozitna Granite
Geologist and cataclastic shear zones in the Melozitna granite in the Ruby batholith. This granite contains abundant monazite and high levels of thorium and rare earth elements.
Frac Sands in Hand
Frac sands used in unconventional oil and gas development.
Frac sands used in unconventional oil and gas development.
Calcrete near Sulfur Springs Draw
A calcrete outcropping near Sulfur Springs Draw in Texas. This deposit dates to the Pliocene and Pleistocene, and hosts uranium-vanadate minerals.
A calcrete outcropping near Sulfur Springs Draw in Texas. This deposit dates to the Pliocene and Pleistocene, and hosts uranium-vanadate minerals.
Uranium-Vanadate Mineral in Calcrete
A uranium-vanadate mineral in calcrete. This sample came from near the Sulfur Springs Draw in Texas. USGS conducted an assessment of uranium resources in this region in 2015.
A uranium-vanadate mineral in calcrete. This sample came from near the Sulfur Springs Draw in Texas. USGS conducted an assessment of uranium resources in this region in 2015.
Microscopic Gold and Lead Particles
Microscopic gold and lead particles surrounded by organic and phosphorus-rich material in a municipal biosolids sample (combined surface topography and atomic weight images).
Microscopic gold and lead particles surrounded by organic and phosphorus-rich material in a municipal biosolids sample (combined surface topography and atomic weight images).
Scientist examining strongly deformed and metamorphosed rock outcrops
Scientist examining strongly deformed and metamorphosed rock outcropsUSGS scientist examining outcrops of strongly deformed and metamorphosed rock along Divide Mountain in the Yukon-Tanana upland of eastern Alaska
Scientist examining strongly deformed and metamorphosed rock outcrops
Scientist examining strongly deformed and metamorphosed rock outcropsUSGS scientist examining outcrops of strongly deformed and metamorphosed rock along Divide Mountain in the Yukon-Tanana upland of eastern Alaska
Cinnabar Mine, ID
Cinnabar mine site in Idaho.
Cinnabar mine site in Idaho.
Blockade Glacier
USGS geologist Richard Lease collects samples of granitic bedrock high above Blockade glacier, Neacola Mountains, Alaska.
USGS geologist Richard Lease collects samples of granitic bedrock high above Blockade glacier, Neacola Mountains, Alaska.
Helicopter arriving to move geologists from Redoubt Volcano, Alaska
Helicopter arriving to move geologists from Redoubt Volcano, AlaskaHelicopter arriving to pick up geologists after retrieving geophysical equipment from the flanks of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska, July 2015
Helicopter arriving to move geologists from Redoubt Volcano, Alaska
Helicopter arriving to move geologists from Redoubt Volcano, AlaskaHelicopter arriving to pick up geologists after retrieving geophysical equipment from the flanks of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska, July 2015
Brown Fracking Sand
Frac sands courtesy of Unimin Energy Solutions.
Frac sands courtesy of Unimin Energy Solutions.
Ordovician Fracking Sand
Frac sands courtesy of Unimin Energy Solutions.
Frac sands courtesy of Unimin Energy Solutions.
View Down Kanab Creek
View looking south down Kanab Creek toward the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River in the distance.
View looking south down Kanab Creek toward the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River in the distance.
Soil Sampling Near Uranium Mine
USGS Scientists Sarah Davis, Taylor Mills, and David Naftz collect soil samples near the Pinenut uranium mine. Mine features visible in the background include the gray ore stockpile at the far left, the head frame used to access the underground mine workings at mid left, and the detention pond containing all water produced on the mine site on the right.
USGS Scientists Sarah Davis, Taylor Mills, and David Naftz collect soil samples near the Pinenut uranium mine. Mine features visible in the background include the gray ore stockpile at the far left, the head frame used to access the underground mine workings at mid left, and the detention pond containing all water produced on the mine site on the right.
Alaska Hyperspectral Minerals Map
Preliminary map of selected minerals for a portion of the Nabesna area of interest, near Orange Hill and Bond Creek deposits in Alaska. The image, derived from HyMap imaging spectrometer data collected in July 2014, is draped on shaded relief.
Preliminary map of selected minerals for a portion of the Nabesna area of interest, near Orange Hill and Bond Creek deposits in Alaska. The image, derived from HyMap imaging spectrometer data collected in July 2014, is draped on shaded relief.
Left Hand Canyon damage by the September 2013 Colorado floodwaters
Left Hand Canyon damage by the September 2013 Colorado floodwatersThe copious rocks carried by the September 2013 Colorado floodwaters pulverized and diluted non-floatable materials from the built environment on the Left Hand Canyon.
Left Hand Canyon damage by the September 2013 Colorado floodwaters
Left Hand Canyon damage by the September 2013 Colorado floodwatersThe copious rocks carried by the September 2013 Colorado floodwaters pulverized and diluted non-floatable materials from the built environment on the Left Hand Canyon.
Left Hand Canyon highway damage
While sampling the sediments deposited by the September 2013 Colorado floods, the scientists observed that roads (Left Hand Canyon highway) and houses built on the outside bends of river meanders were particularly vulnerable to flood damages.
While sampling the sediments deposited by the September 2013 Colorado floods, the scientists observed that roads (Left Hand Canyon highway) and houses built on the outside bends of river meanders were particularly vulnerable to flood damages.
Skink Research
Charles Drost, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, measures a many-lined skink
Charles Drost, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, measures a many-lined skink
Pocket Gopher Dissection
Greg Linder, USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center, instructs Emily Simpson, Bethel College undergraduate student, on the dissection of a pocket gopher.
Greg Linder, USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center, instructs Emily Simpson, Bethel College undergraduate student, on the dissection of a pocket gopher.
Bat at Mine Detention Pond
Ernie Valdez, USGS Fort Collins Science Center, examines a bat caught over the mine detention pond.
Ernie Valdez, USGS Fort Collins Science Center, examines a bat caught over the mine detention pond.
Panning for Rare Earths
A field assistant pans for monazite and rare earth minerals in Wolf Creek, which cuts through the Melozitna granite. This area is part of the Bureau of Land Management's Central Yukon Planning Area, where USGS did a critical mineral assessment in 2015.
A field assistant pans for monazite and rare earth minerals in Wolf Creek, which cuts through the Melozitna granite. This area is part of the Bureau of Land Management's Central Yukon Planning Area, where USGS did a critical mineral assessment in 2015.
Concord Heavy-Mineral Sands Mine
The Concord heavy-mineral-sands mine of Iluka Resources in south-central Virginia.