Major Mineral Deposits of the World

Name: Major Mineral Deposits of the World
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: CSV, 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

ofr20051294-csv.zip (CSV, 312 KB)ofr20051294.kmz (Several, 117 KB)

Service

WMShttps://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/ofr20051294WFShttps://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/wfs/ofr20051294

Extent

-178.73-48.39178.1883.1West, south, east, north. Data extent.

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