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RESTON, Va. — Low-level helicopter flights begin in early October over portions of the Blue Mountains and adjacent areas in northeastern Oregon and...

RESTON, Va. — Low-level Helicopter flights are planned over a broad region in Nevada to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. The...

RESTON, Va. -- The U.S. Geological Survey has awarded nearly $3 million in cooperative agreements to state geological surveys to study critical...

RESTON, Va. — An ongoing geologic survey of the Connecticut River Valley is expected to shed light on pyrrhotite, the mineral implicated in weakening...

RESTON, Va. — Low-level helicopter flights begin as soon as early September over the greater “Silver Valley” mineral district in Northeastern Idaho...

The Department of the Interior, through the U.S. Geological Survey, has released the draft 2025 List of Critical Minerals and a report that outlines a...

RESTON, Va. – The USGS will conduct low-level airplane flights beginning as soon as mid-August over western Georgia to image geology using airborne...

Critical minerals power the technology behind smartphones, computers and even fighter planes. The interactive Critical Minerals Atlas shows where...

RESTON, Va. — Low-level airplane flights begin as soon as early August over the Duluth Complex and Cuyuna Range in Northeastern Minnesota to image...

Deep beneath the southeastern U.S. lies a hidden world of critical minerals and potential earthquake risks. A U.S. Geological Survey geologic mapping...