Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data: metamorphic rocks

Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data

Mineral Resources > Online Spatial Data > Catalog > Topics > Earth characteristics > Rocks and deposits

Metamorphic rocks

Sedimentary or igneous rocks which have undergone such intense changes in temperature, pressure, structural stress, or chemical environment that they are transformed into denser rocks.

Subtopics:
(none)

Related topics:

Results 1 - 5 of 5 listed by similarity [list alphabetically]

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.
Map showing geology, structure, and geophysics of the central Black Hills, South Dakota [New Window]: This 1:100,000-scale digital geologic map details the complex early Proterozoic granitic rocks, early Proterozoic supracrustal metamorphic rocks, and Archean crystalline basement of the Black Hills.
Mapping the mineral resource base for mineral carbon-dioxide sequestration in the conterminous United States [New Window]: Map includes GIS data for magnesium-rich ultramafic rocks
National Geochemical Database: Rock [New Window]: Geochemical analysis of rock samples collected and analyzed by the USGS. This dataset includes and supersedes rock data formerly released as "Geochemistry of igneous rocks in the US extracted from the PLUTO database"
Preliminary digital geologic map of the Penokean (early Proterozoic) continental margin in northern Michigan and Wisconsin [New Window]: This map portrays the geology of Early Proterozoic rocks deposited along the southern margin of the Archean Superior craton during the Penokean orogenic cycle in northern Michigan and Wisconsin.

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://tin.er.usgs.gov/catalog/science.php?thcode=2&term=725
Page Contact Information: pschweitzer@usgs.gov
Page Last modified: 15:29 on 24-Mar-2009