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February 2, 2023

USGS Records Nonfuel Mineral Production Jump of $3.6 Billion in 2022

RESTON, Va. – U.S. mines produced approximately \$98.2 billion in nonfuel mineral commodities in 2022—an estimated $3.6 billion increase over the 2021...

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January 27, 2023

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Oklahoma

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Oklahoma Geological Survey are investing about $300,000, to conduct detailed geologic mapping and...

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January 27, 2023

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Nevada

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology are investing about $300,000, to conduct detailed geologic...

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January 27, 2023

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Texas

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Texas Bureau of Economic Geology are investing about $300,000, to conduct detailed geologic...

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January 27, 2023

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Idaho

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Idaho Geological Survey are investing about $300,000, to conduct detailed geologic mapping and...

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January 27, 2023

The USGS Seeks Public Comment on Helium Supply Risk

RESTON, Va — The U.S. Geological Survey announced today it is providing an opportunity to comment by March 16, 2023, on helium supply risk.

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January 25, 2023

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in South Carolina

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources-Geological Survey are investing about $300,000, to...

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January 25, 2023

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Michigan

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Michigan Geological Survey are investing $300,000 in mapping the Upper Peninsula of Michigan...

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January 25, 2023

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Maine

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Maine Geological survey are investing about $300,000 to conduct detailed 1:24,000-scale...

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January 25, 2023

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Kentucky

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Kentucky Geological Survey and the Tennessee Geological survey are investing abut $374,000 to map...

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January 25, 2023

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Illinois

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Illinois State Geological Survey are investing about $525,000 to map the Illinois-Kentucky...

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January 25, 2023

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds geologic mapping in Colorado

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Colorado Geological Survey are investing $300,000 to map four 7.5-minute quadrangles (Rampant...

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