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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collects magnetic susceptibility measurements on in-situ and laboratory rock samples to help identify the sources of anomalies in aeromagnetic surveys in Alaska. Magnetic susceptibility is a measure of how much a material will become magnetized in an applied magnetic field and is the ratio of magnetization, M (magnetic moment per unit volume), to the...

This data release provides digital flight line data for a high-resolution airborne magnetic and radiometric survey over the Laramie Mountains region of Wyoming. The airborne survey was funded by the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI). The survey was designed by the USGS in collaboration with the Wyoming State Geological Survey and contracted by the USGS. The survey was...

Airborne electromagnetic (AEM) and magnetic survey data were collected during November 4–20, 2024 over a distance of 3,251 line kilometers in the western Mojave Desert, California. These data were collected in support of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI), which aims to improve knowledge of the geologic framework of the United States through...

This data release contains digital radiometric flight line data for a high-resolution airborne magnetic and radiometric survey over an area of northwest Arkansas (version 2.0, May 2026). Data and documentation for the original version, including associated airborne magnetic data, can be found at https://doi.org/10.5066/P91O2Y8W. The airborne geophysical survey was jointly funded by the...

This data release provides digital flight line data for a high-resolution airborne magnetic and radiometric survey over the Elk Creek region of Nebraska and Kansas. The airborne survey was funded by the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI). The survey was designed by the USGS in collaboration with the Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division and the Kansas Geological Survey...

This data release provides digital flight-line and gridded data for a high-resolution airborne magnetic and radiometric survey over the northeastern portion of the Colorado Mineral Belt, northern Colorado. The Colorado Mineral Belt is a broad, northeast-southwest trending alignment of historic mining districts that have produced multiple types of commodities, including critical minerals...

Radiometric data were collected at the Grand Junction Regional Airport radiometric calibration facility in March 2023 and August 2024. The facility consists of five ~9 by ~12 m (30 x 40 feet) concrete pads, each 18 in thick. Each pad provides sources of radioelements that are spatially homogeneous (see Ward, 1978). Three pads are dedicated K, Th, and U pads, each of which contains high...

This data release provides digital flight-line and gridded data for a high-resolution airborne magnetic and radiometric survey over parts of eastern Idaho and western Montana. The survey was acquired as part of the UGSS Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI) to improve our understanding of the fundamental geologic framework of the region with applications to evaluating natural...

This data release provides digital flight line data for a high-resolution airborne magnetic and radiometric survey over the Hartville Uplift and Shirley Mountains regions of Wyoming. The survey is split into two blocks, one covering the Hartville Uplift region (Block A), and the other covering the Shirley Mountains region (Block B). The airborne survey was mainly funded by the State of...

Rock physical property measurements were collected on outcrops to help understand the causative sources of gravity and magnetic survey anomalies in the southern Medicine Bow Mountains of Wyoming. A total of 539 magnetic susceptibility measurements and 318 density measurements have been conducted. The resulting data aid in interpretation of gravity and airborne magnetic data that are...

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release is a collaborative geospatial database compiled by the USGS and participating State geological surveys, with support from the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) program. The database represents the first phase of cataloging above-ground mine waste features —such as tailings and waste rock piles— that are remnants of historical...

This data release provides digital flight-line and gridded data for a high-resolution airborne magnetic and radiometric survey over a part of west central Utah. The survey was acquired as part of the UGSS Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI) to improve our understanding of the fundamental geologic framework of the region with applications to evaluating natural resources and...