J. M. Hammarstrom
K. M. Johnson
F. W. Pierce
M. L. Zientek
2010
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<p>In response to the growing demand for information on the global mineral-resource base, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting the Quantitative Global Mineral Resource Assessment Project (GMRAP), a cooperative international project, begun in 2002, to assess the world's undiscovered nonfuel mineral resources.</p>
<p>Primary Objectives</p>
<p>The USGS conducts national and global assessments of resources (mineral, energy, water, biologic) to provide science in support of decisionmaking. Mineral resource assessments provide a synthesis of available information about<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span>where</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>mineral deposits are known and suspected in the Earth’s crust,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span>what</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>commodities may be present, and estimates of <span>amounts</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of resources that may be present in undiscovered deposits. The Global Mineral Resource Assessment Project started in 2002 as a cooperative international effort to assess the world’s undiscovered nonfuel mineral resources. Primary objectives are to:</p>
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<li>Outline the regional locations and estimate the probable amounts of the world’s undiscovered resources of copper, platinum-group elements (PGE), and potash in selected types of mineral deposits to depths of 1 to 3 kilometers below the Earth’s surface.</li>
<li>Provide the first globally consistent and comprehensive analysis of undiscovered nonfuel mineral resources to provide all nations with a regional and global context for evaluating their mineral resources, planning for new mineral exploration and anticipating the economic, environmental, and social impacts of mineral development, and making land use decisions.</li>
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<p>The project emphasizes the most important types of mineral deposits for world supply of copper, platinum-group elements (PGE) and nickel, and potash.</p>
<p>Go to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://minerals.usgs.gov/east/global/" target="_blank">Quantitative Global Mineral-Resource Assessments</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>home page for more information.</p></body></html>
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