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

Published by U.S. Geological Survey | Department of the Interior | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2024-08-06T00:00:00Z
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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