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USGS USMIN Critical Deposits

USGS

13 per-commodity critical-mineral deposit databases (Li, Co, REE, Gr, Nb, Ta

Source

How it's published

Feed (what to expect)

Free ScienceBase API per commodity (13 DOIs); live-fetched, staggered 2024 vintages.

Cadence: staggered per-commodity (vintage 2024 snapshot from ScienceBase items)
Access: free anonymous download via ScienceBase API per commodity (13 DOIs)
Format: CSV bundles (Site.csv, Resources.csv, others; zipped per commodity)
Licence: public domain (USGS)
Vintage: 2024
Upstream: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/ (per-commodity items via DOI resolution)

Quirks

Each commodity is a separate ScienceBase item with its own DOI.
Site-level location data parsed; Resources/Production tables are planned follow-ups.

ScienceBase item IDs resolved from DOIs (2026-06); refreshed if items move.

Reconciliation

Schema

Feeds (axes)

Supply

Record kinds

DepositOccurrence

Identifier schemes

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