Name (click for metadata and to rate record) Description Agency Subagency Category
Active Mines and Mineral Plants in the US
Mine plants and operations for commodities monitored by the Minerals Information Team of the USGS. Operations included are those considered active in 2003 and surveyed by the USGS.
DOI USGS Geography and Environment
Mineral Resource Data System: Conterminous US
MRDS describes metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references. It includes the original MRDS and MAS/MILS data.
 DOI USGS Geography and Environment
Resource Data File - Alaska (ARDF)
The value of mineral production by state in the United States. The data represent commodities covered by the Minerals Information Team of the U.S. Geological Survey.
 DOI USGS Geography and Environment
Global Trade - World Copper Smelters
Locations and characteristics of world copper smelters
 DOI USGS Geography and Environment
Geology of the Coterminous United States
A digital version of the Geologic Map of the United States, originally published at a scale of 1:2,500,000 (King and Beikman, 1974b). It excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
 DOI USGS Geography and Environment
National Geochemical Survey Database
National-scale geochemical analysis of stream sediments and soils in the US, from existing data, reanalysis of existing samples, and new sampling. Goal for sample density is one per 289 square km.
DOI USGS Geography and Environment
Geochemistry of Sediments in the US from the (NURE-HSSR) Database
Geochemical analyses of sediment samples throughout the U.S. collected by the hydrogeochemical and stream sediment reconnaissance (HSSR) phase of the National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) program. This database contains 397,625 records.
DOI USGS Geography and Environment
Geochemistry of Water Samples in the US from the NURE-HSSR Database
Geochemical analyses of water samples throughout the U.S. collected by the hydrogeochemical and stream sediment reconnaissance (HSSR) phase of the National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) program. This database contains 335,547 records.
DOI USGS Geography and Environment
Geochemistry of Sediments from the PLUTO Database
Geochemical data for unconsolidated sediments (stream sediments, lake sediments, etc.) collected in the US and analyzed by the USGS. These data were originally entered in the PLUTO database, which is now merged into the National Geochemistry Database.
 DOI USGS Geography and Environment
Geochemistry of Soils from the PLUTO Database
Geochemical data for soils collected in the United States and analyzed by the USGS. The data were originally entered into the in-house PLUTO database. This is a subset of DDS-47.
 DOI USGS Geography and Environment