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Natural resource assessment
Estimation of the actual or potential value of natural materials and processes.
This category is also used for resource assessment.
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Preliminary non-fuel mineral resource assessment of Afghanistan 2007 [New Window]
Description and estimated amounts of resources with supporting data for use in GIS
Quantitative mineral resource assessment of copper, molybdenum, gold, and silver in undiscovered porphyry copper deposits in the Andes Mountains of South America [New Window]
Regional tracts of land where the geology is permissive for the occurrence of undiscovered porphyry copper deposits, with probabilistic estimates of undiscovered resources, along with tables of discovered deposits and prospects.
PDF Short course introduction to quantitative mineral resource assessments [New Window]
Presentation materials and notes in PDF
1998 Assessment of undiscovered deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States [New Window]
Estimates of the tonnages and amounts of contained metal in undiscovered deposits, mineral deposit types.
A Microsoft Windows version of the MARK3 Monte-Carlo mineral resource simulator [New Window]
Software for mineral resource assessments
Available sand and gravel resources in southern New Hampshire [New Window]
Estimates thickness of sand and gravel resources available in this broad area using geology, topography, land cover, and ground-water level.
Estimated gravel resources of the Soucook River valley, Loudon, New Hampshire, 7.5' Quadrangle using improved techniques for assessing gravel resources in glaciofluvial deposits [New Window]
Images and text from a poster session (Geological Society of America Northeastern Section) showing methodology and results for an example
Potential mineral resources, Payette National Forest, Idaho; description and probabilistic estimation [New Window]
Permissive tracts for a variety of types of mineral deposits, with information about deposits that have already been mined.
Resource potential and geology of the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests and vicinity, Colorado [New Window]
Multi-chapter report combining geologic, geochemical, geophysical, and mining activity data. Downloadable data for coal resource information only.
Data base for undiscovered deposits of base and precious metals [New Window]
Probabilistic estimates of the amounts of undiscovered gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in conventional types of mineral deposits in the United States.
Geologic datasets for weights of evidence analysis in northeast Washington--4. Mineral industry activity in Washington, 1985-1997. [New Window]
Tabular presentation of mineral activities for mining and exploration in Washington during 1985 to 1997.
PDF Geology and nonfuel mineral deposits of Africa and the Middle East [New Window]
Delineated areas of the world that are geologically permissive for the occurrence of undiscovered selected nonfuel mineral resources together with estimates of the quantity and quality of the resources
Multielement geochemical dataset of surficial materials for the northern Great Basin [New Window]
Geochemical data generated during mineral and environmental assessments for the Bureau of Land Management in northern Nevada, northeastern California, southeastern Oregon, and southwestern Idaho.
Porphyry copper deposits of the world; database and grade and tonnage models, 2008 [New Window]
Revised and updated information about mineral deposit models for porphyry copper deposits to facilitate assessment of undiscovered resources
Rare earth element mines, deposits, and occurrences [New Window]
This dataset contains location, geologic and mineral economic data for world rare earth mines, deposits, and occurrences. The data in this compilation were derived from published and non-published sources.

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