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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 Yearbook: Volume I.-- Metals and Minerals (Score: 1.000)
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)
World Coal Quality Inventory (WoCQI) Homepage of the World Coal Quality Inventory (WoCQI) with sample collection procedures. (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)
Potential environmental impacts of quarrying stones in karst - a literature review This report is the result of an extensive literature search to determine the state-of-the-knowledge regarding environmental impacts from quarrying carbonate rocks in karst formations to lead to better use of karst resources in sustainable ways. (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)
More than broken jars and roof tiles: the environmental legacy of a Roman mineral industry at Plasenzuela, Extremadura, Spain Adaptation of a poster presented at Metals in Antiquity Symposium, Harvard, September 10-13, 1997. (Score: 0.534)
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)
Databases and simplified geology for mineralized areas, claims, mines, and prospects in Wyoming. This data release contains mineral resource and geology data for metallic and nonmetallic mineral sites in Wyoming. Data are provided in both spreadsheet format (Microsoft Excel) and in GIS ArcView and MapInfor. Text available in PDF format. (Score: 0.461)
Tree rings record of 100 years of hydrologic change within a wetland Use of tree ring dating to study distinct episodes of hydrologic change in the Tully Valley wetland, New York recording history of solution-brine injection mining for salt. (Score: 0.294)
Photographs of the Picher Mining District (Ottawa County, Oklahoma) Description and photos related to the Picher Mining District in Oklahoma, once a primary U.S. source of lead and zinc and now the largest superfund site in the U.S. with millions of cubic yards of mine tailings (locally known s chat) remaining. (Score: 0.272)
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