Global Distribution of Selected Mines, Deposits and Districts of Critical Minerals (USGS PP 1802)

Name: Global Distribution of Selected Mines, Deposits and Districts of Critical Minerals (USGS PP 1802)
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Program
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Program

License: Public domain
Commercial: Yes
Format: Shapefile, Several
Coverage: Global

Last updated: Added to findgis 31 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Static

Source and attribution

Publisher

U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Program

License

Public domain

Commercial use: Yes
Attribution required: No
Modification allowed: See publisher
Redistribution allowed: See publisher
Share-alike: No

U.S. Government work (17 U.S.C. 105); public domain. USGS-authored information is in the public domain (https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits); no commercial-use restriction. Credit to USGS requested.License text

Region

Global

Type

Vector

Download

PP1802_Global_CriticalMinerals_gdb.zip (Several, 6.5 MB)PP1802_CritMin_Shapefiles.zip (Shapefile, 169 KB)pp1802.kmz (Several, 110 KB)

Service

WMShttps://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/pp1802WFShttps://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/wfs/pp1802

Extent

-178.726667-42.4213472224177.8507283.0799999999West, south, east, north. Data extent.

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