CRIB; the mineral resources data bank of the U.S. Geological Survey
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681
By: James Alfred Calkins, Olaf Kays, and Eleanor K. Keefer
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Abstract
The recently established Computerized Resources Information Bank (CRIB) of the U.S. Geological Survey is expected to play an increasingly important role in the study of United States' mineral resources. CRIB provides a rapid means for organizing and summarizing information on mineral resources and for displaying the results.
CRIB consists of a set of variable-length records containing the basic information needed to characterize one or more mineral commodities, a mineral deposit, or several related deposits. The information consists of text, numeric data, and codes. Some topics covered are: name, location, commodity information, geology, production, reserves, potential resources, and references.
The data are processed by the GIPSY program, which performs all the processing tasks needed to build, operate, and maintain the CRIB file. The sophisticated retrieval program allows the user to make highly selective searches of the files for words, parts of words, phrases, numeric data, word ranges, numeric ranges, and others, and to interrelate variables by logic statements to any degree of refinement desired. Three print options are available, or the retrieved data can be passed to another program for further processing.
Suggested Citation
Calkins, J.A., Kays, O., Keefer, E., 1973, CRIB; the mineral resources data bank of the U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 681, iii, 39 p. :ill. ;26 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir681.
ISSN: 2330-5703 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | CRIB; the mineral resources data bank of the U.S. Geological Survey |
| Series title | Circular |
| Series number | 681 |
| DOI | 10.3133/cir681 |
| Year Published | 1973 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, |
| Description | iii, 39 p. :ill. ;26 cm. |