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No one wants to have an active volcano in their backyard (just ask Dionisio Pulido), but ancient eroded volcanoes can sometimes be literal goldmines...

Vast mineral wealth has been discovered in the Great Basin since the 1800s. As each new generation of prospectors and geologists brings their cutting...

On its 205th anniversary, Louisiana still rocks.

On its 229th birthday, Maryland still rocks.

Whether you pan for gold or rare earths, you’ll get a lot of sand...and this EarthWord!

We've got a library full of spectral signatures, like a police fingerprint library for minerals and other substances!

While not a Ferris wheel, this EarthWord is just as magnetic an attraction...

In 2016, these five states led the pack in mineral production, accounting for about one third of the total mineral production value for the entire...

Look, in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s...underground mineral research?

The USGS National Minerals Information Center tracks how much the United States relies on other countries for minerals critical to the economy and...