Assessment of Undiscovered Mineral Resources

World map showing locations of sediment-hosted copper deposits. For more information, visit the Global Mineral Resource Assessment project site.

The results of topical and geographic-based research conducted by the Program is applied to evaluate the potential of undiscovered mineral resources and to decrease the uncertainty in probabilistic assessments. These assessments are used to inform decisions regarding potential domestic and global resource supply and decisions regarding land management of future resource development.

Current Studies

• Assessment of the Platinum-Group Element Resources in Mafic-Ultramafic Igneous Intrusions of the Midcontinent Rift System, Lake Superior Region
• ASTeroid Resource Assesment (ASTRA)
• Development of Assessment Techniques and Analysis
• Feasibility Study for USGS MRP-based Cuban Quantitative Mineral Resource Assessment
• Integration of Remote-Sensing Alteration Mapping and Regional Geochemistry into New Geospatial-Statistical, Quantitative Mineral Resource Methods
• Sagebrush Mineral Resource Assessment
• Uranium Resources and the Environment - National Uranium Assessment

Completed Large-Scale Assessments

• Global Assessment Applications
• Global Mineral Resource Assessment
• Afghanistan Mineral Resource Assessment
  
  • Afghanistan Projects Overview | Geophysical Surveys | Hyperspectral Data | Minerals
  • Summaries of important areas for mineral investment and production opportunities of nonfuel minerals in Afghanistan
    Open-File Report 2011-1204
  • Identification of mineral resources in Afghanistan-Detecting and mapping resource anomalies in prioritized areas using geophysical and remote sensing (ASTER and HyMap) data
    Open-File Report 2011-1229
  • USGS Publications Warehouse Search