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mine site

Trace Metal Mobility in the Yellow Pine Mining District, Idaho

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Post Laser Ablation Crater

Source, transport and deposition of critical minerals using trace metal and isotope systematics: Denver High Resolution Laboratory

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Photo of USGS streamgage 09358550 at Cement Creek at Silverton, Colorado.

Processes Controlling Fate and Transport of Metals Associated with Legacy Mining

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Map of Crested Butte Low-Level Flight Study Area

Metal Transport in Mineralized Mountain Watersheds

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scientists sampling next to mine-drainage impacted stream in mountains

Persistent Science Challenges in Legacy Mine Land Site Management

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SEM images of diaper powder

Geoenvironmental Health Models of Mineral Deposits

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Image shows orange, discolored water in a small canyon

USGS Response to Possible Metals Contamination from Legacy Mines in the Patagonia Mountains Region and Adjacent Areas, Southeast Arizona and a Template for Future Mineral Environmental Emergency Response

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U ISR process diagram

Processes Controlling Groundwater Quality in Uranium In-Situ Recovery (ISR) Mining

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Red Mountain, Colorado

USGS Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative

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Red Mountain CO

A Shallow to Deep View Inside the Hydrothermally Altered and Mineralized Silverton Caldera Complex: New Geologic Insights Gained From Modern Geophysical Interpretations

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Critical Mineral Recovery Potential from Tailings and Other Mine Waste Streams Project

Critical Mineral Recovery Potential from Tailings and Other Mine Waste Streams

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Salmon River Mountains, ID

Salmon River Mountains Legacy Mining Studies

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bertrandite nodule

Beryllium: Economic Geology, Material Flow, and Global Importance of a Key Critical Mineral

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Image shows industrial piles of gray rock

Emerging Geoenvironmental Issues Related to Proposed Mining in the Lake Superior Region

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Map of the San Francisco Estuary

A Non-Point Source Of Contaminants To The Estuarine Food Web: Mobilized Particles From The Intertidal Zone

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geothermal springs

Integrated Hyperspectral, Geophysical and Geochemical Studies of Yellowstone National Park Hydrothermal Systems

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Natural-color image of Hurricane Sandy

Are there Health Hazards from Contaminants Released to the Environment by Natural Disasters?

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Photo of mountain in AZ

Geoenvironmental Model Refinement and Advancement

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Image Collage of Landsat, pollinator, and volcanologist

Assessing impacts of wildfire on water and habitat quality in downstream aquatic ecosystems using remote sensing

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Esmeralda Formation, NV

Lithium Clays as a Source of Lithium and a Buffer for Lithium Concentration in Brines

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USGS science for a changing world

Geochemical Signatures and Environmental Impacts of Ore and Trace Mineralization in the Southern Midcontinent

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periodic table with isotopes

Non-Traditional Stable Isotopes

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View of Cement Creek, Colorado

Screening Techniques for Legacy Mine Land (LML) Sites Using Data Mining and Site-specific Studies in the Western U.S.

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Image shows a sample of renierite

Life Cycles of Byproduct Critical Minerals

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scientist in the field, UT

Volcanic-related Beryllium Deposits of the US: Geologic Setting, Genesis, and the Potential for Post-Extraction Recovery of By-Product Critical Minerals

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scientists collecting samples

Geochemical Signatures of Covered Mineral Deposits in the Northern Midcontinent

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Li brine and clay conceptual model

Lithium from Source to Sink: Genesis and Evolution of Li Brines and Clays

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XRD lab

Research Mineralogy - X-ray Diffraction Lab

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Darby Mountain outcrop of quartz monzonite towards the contact between the pluton and Paleozoic marbles

Petrology, Tectonic Setting, and Potential for Concentration of Rare Earth Elements (REE) and High Field Strength Elements (HFSE) in the High-K Darby and Kachauik Plutons, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

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Ivotuk Hills

Isotope and Chemical Methods for Mineral and Geoenvironmental Assessments and Support of USGS Science Strategy

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