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    • Critical mineral deposits of the United States (ver. 2.0, April 2024)

    Metadata Updated: August 8, 2024

    This product includes GIS and data tables for 684 deposits in the United States and Puerto Rico that have past or present production or resources for critical minerals. Deposits are classified by mineral system and deposit types using the Earth Mineral Resources Initiative (EMRI) framework of Hofstra and Kreiner (2020) and the focus areas defined by Dicken and others (2022).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 26, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 8, 2024

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    Harvested from DOI EDI

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 26, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 8, 2024
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
    Maintainer
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    Data Last Modified 20240806
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    Publisher Hierarchy White House > U.S. Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
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