Web Tools

This Interactive Atlas of Critical Minerals shows you where critical minerals are produced. Discover which countries produce critical minerals, what percent of the world production they are responsible for, and details on what each mineral is used for.

Narrative about the ongoing Earth MRI efforts to understand the geologic framework of mineral deposits, both common and critical, in southwestern Montana.

This web application, a summarized compilation of central Colorado water chemistry datasets from USGS and EPA, identifies legacy mine sites within the headwaters of central Colorado that could be good candidates for future remediation work based on stream metal concentrations, the number and complexity of mine features, and the potential for high natural background metal concentrations.

Interactive maps and downloadable data for regional and global analysis.

Airborne electromagnetic and magnetotelluric geophysical surveys were conducted from 2018 to 2019 in Arrastra Gulch along the southern margins of the San Juan and Silverton calderas. This scene provides 3-D data integration combining electromagnetic data, geologic and historical mine mapping, and high-resolution drone imagery.

This is a web application providing interactive search, query, and download of the Airborne Geophysical Survey Inventory of the Conterminous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico (Johnson and others, 2019).

USGS interactive Story Map describing the Mineral Deposits of the Midcontinent Rift System.