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Metallic ores
Resources from which ductile, malleable, opaque,and reflective metals that are also good heat and electricity conductors can be extracted.
This category is also used for ore deposits (metallic).
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Gold ores (2 items)
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The sedimentary carbonate-hosted giant Bayan Obo REE-Fe-Nb ore deposit of inner Mongolia, China: A cornerstone example for giant polymetallic ore deposits of hydrothermal origin [New Window]
Detailed geological and geochemical studies of this large deposit provided evidence for the origin and characteristics favorable for its formation and parameters necessary for defining giant polymetallic deposits of hydrothermal origin.
Carbonatites of the world, explored deposits of Nb and REE; database and grade and tonnage models [New Window]
Data on 60 of the 527 known carbonatites in the world, providing reliable quantitative data on ore tonnages and grades of niobium and REE.
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.
An index to PGE-Ni-Cr deposits and occurrences in selected mineral-occurrence databases [New Window]
A compendium of references to previously published databases and database records that describe PGE, nickel, and chromium deposits and occurrences. These data show where to obtain more detailed information about each deposit or occurrence.
Chromite deposits in central part of the Stillwater Complex, Sweet Grass County, Montana: A digital database for the geologic map of the east slope of Iron Mountain [New Window]
Geologic map digitized from a paper copy of plate 10 from USGS Bulletin 1015-D (Howland, 1955)
PDF Comparative geology and geochemistry of sedimentary- rock-hosted (Carlin-type) gold deposits in the People's Republic of China and in Nevada, USA (Revised version) [New Window]
This small database provides information about sedimentary- rock-hosted (Carlin-type) gold deposits in China.
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.
PDF Geochemical and Sulfur-Isotopic Signatures of Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits on Prince of Wales Island and Vicinity, Southeastern Alaska [New Window]
Geology and nonfuel mineral deposits of Asia and the Pacific [New Window]
Report on known and undiscovered nonfuel mineral deposits and resources of the Asia and Pacific region. Includes the age and type of rocks that contain the deposits, and regional exploration history.
Geology, geochemistry and geophysics of sedimentary rock-hosted Au deposits in P.R. China [New Window]
Includes data on mineral deposit locations and geochemical analyses
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
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 Reviews of the geology and nonfuel mineral deposits of the world [New Window]
These regional reports are designed to inform the non-earth scientist about the regional locations and general geologic setting of known deposits of major nonfuel mineral commodities.
Stratabound copper-silver deposits of the Mesoproterozoic Revett Formation, Montana and Idaho with a section on databases and spatial-data files for the geology and mineral deposits of the Revett Formation [New Window]
Includes deposits, occurrences, and prospects; drill core logs and measured sections; and spatial databases for geologic maps, untested exploration areas, and permissive tracts for undiscovered mineral deposits.
A compilation of spatial digital databases for selected U.S. Geological Survey nonfuel mineral resource assessments for parts of Idaho and Montana [New Window]
Geochemical and mineralogic characterization of solids and their effects on waters in metal-mining environments, in Seal, R.R., II, and Foley, N.K., eds., Progress on geoenvironmental models for selected mineral deposit types [New Window]
Geochemical data for samples collected in 2007 near the concealed Pebble porphyry Cu-Au-Mo deposit, southwest Alaska [New Window]
Analytical results for geochemical samples collected in 2007 from the Pebble deposit and surrounding environs
Geochemical data for stream-sediment, surface-water, rock, and vegetation samples from Red Mountain (Dry Creek), an unmined volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit in the Bonnifield district, Alaska Range, east-central Alaska [New Window]
Geochemical data for stream sediment, surface-water, rock, precipitate, and vegetation samples from Red Mountain
World copper smelters [New Window]
Locations and characteristics of the copper smelters throughout the world.

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