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Abstract
Today’s global economy is challenged to meet the growing demand for commodities used in existing and emerging advanced technologies. Critical minerals are commodities found in a wide variety of ore deposits that are vital to the economic or national security of individual nations that are vulnerable to supply disruption. The U.S. Geological Survey is striving to advance understanding of critical mineral resources by employing a Mineral Systems approach. Climax-type systems are one of 17 mineral systems currently under investigation. The aim of this work is to inventory and assess knowledge gaps on the abundance of 50 critical minerals in Climax-type systems. Here we synthesize geochemical data from ore concentrates, ore, waste, and minerals together with information on production from, and resources in, ore deposits. The goal of this work is to estimate the amount of critical minerals present in processed mine waste and unmined resources, discuss those that could potentially be recovered in the future, and identify important future areas of research.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
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| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | Critical minerals in Climax-type magmatic-hydrothermal systems |
| Volume | 1 |
| Year Published | 2023 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits |
| Contributing office(s) | Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Conference publication |
| Larger Work Title | Proceedings of the 17th SGA biennial meeting |
| First page | 274 |
| Last page | 277 |
| Conference Title | 17th Biennial SGA Meeting |
| Conference Location | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Conference Date | August 28 - September 1, 2023 |
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