NoraResearchLab/global-critical-mineral-deposits
Quick Links Website GitHub Hugging Face LinkedIn X Global Distribution of Critical Mineral Deposits, Mines, and Districts, Modernized [fill in from metadata.json → layers.points.feature_count] point features and [fill in from metadata.json → layers.polygons.feature_count] polygon features covering the global distribution of deposits, mines, districts, and mineral regions for 22 critical mineral commodities, as of 2017. Modernized from… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/NoraResearchLab/global-critical-mineral-deposits.
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Global Distribution of Critical Mineral Deposits, Mines, and Districts, Modernized
[fill in from `metadata.json` → `layers.points.feature_count`] point features and [fill in from `metadata.json` → `layers.polygons.feature_count`] polygon features covering the global distribution of deposits, mines, districts, and mineral regions for 22 critical mineral commodities, as of 2017. Modernized from USGS's original Esri File Geodatabase (ScienceBase item 594d3c8ee4b062508e39b332) into two GeoParquet files for AI, API, and GIS use. No geological reinterpretation or machine-learning modelling is performed — attributes and geometries are preserved as published; only the container format and schema are modernized.
Contents
geoparquet/critical_minerals_points.parquet— point features (EPSG:4326)geoparquet/critical_minerals_polygons.parquet— polygon features (EPSG:4326)metadata.json— provenance, citation, commodity list, column lists, license
Commodities Covered
Antimony (Sb), Barite/barium (Ba), Beryllium (Be), Cobalt (Co), Fluorite/fluorspar (F), Gallium (Ga), Germanium (Ge), Graphite (C), Hafnium (Hf), Indium (In), Lithium (Li), Manganese (Mn), Niobium (Nb), Platinum-group elements (PGE), Rare-earth elements (REE), Rhenium (Re), Tantalum (Ta), Tellurium (Te), Tin (Sn), Titanium (Ti), Vanadium (V), Zirconium (Zr)
Columns — Points
Columns — Polygons
Source & Citation
Labay, K., Burger, M.H., Bellora, J.D., Schulz, K.J., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Seal, R.R., II, Bradley, D.C., Mauk, J.L., and San Juan, C.A., 2017, Global Distribution of Selected Mines, Deposits, and Districts of Critical Minerals: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7GH9GQR
Related Publication
Schulz, K.J., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Seal, R.R., II, and Bradley, D.C., eds., 2017, Critical mineral resources of the United States—Economic and environmental geology and prospects for future supply: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1802, 777 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1802
License
CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain) — https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/