Here are some USGS Web pages with more information on mining and quarrying and Anywhere:
Abandoned Mine Lands (AML)
Homepage of the Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) initiative programs supporting actions to remedy contaminations associated with hard rock mining. Includes data from the Upper Animas River and Boulder River, bibliography of reports, and pictures.
(Score: 1.380)
Western Mineral Resources
Western Mineral Resources home page with links to projects to assess the mineral resources and mineral related environmental problems of the western region of the United States. Also links to products, offices, facts, FAQs and newsletter.
(Score: 1.335)
Minerals information
Statistics and information on worldwide supply, demand, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, national security, and protection of the environment. Links to publications, recyling, and historical statistics.
(Score: 1.000)
Earth science photographic archive
Photographic archive collection from the USGS Photo Library. Photos dated 1868-1992 are of geology, earthquake damage, national parks, pioneer photographers, St. Helens eruption and mining and available at 100, 700 and 1400 dots/inch resolution.
(Score: 0.690)
Alaska Resource Data Files
Downloadable descriptions of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences for individual U.S. Geological Survey 1:250,000-scale quadrangles in Alaska.
(Score: 0.647)
Carolina slate belt gold deposits in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
Report of research on the Carolina slate belt and gold deposits in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia with geologic mapping, mineralogic, geochemical, and fluid evolution studies, radiogenic dating, and stable isotope studies.
(Score: 0.521)
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About mining and quarrying:
Definition:
Extracting metallic or nonmetallic mineral deposits (mining) from the Earth and building stone or other valuable nonmetallic constituent from a surficial mine (quarrying). [Adapted from Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]
Used for:
quarrying
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