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World Coal Quality Inventory (WoCQI) Homepage of the World Coal Quality Inventory (WoCQI) with sample collection procedures. (Score: 1.000)

Economics of undiscovered oil in the federal lands of the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska Online report summarizing the economic analysis of the U.S. Geological Surveys 2002 petroleum assessment of the Federal lands in the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (NPRA) study area. (Score: 0.647)

National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Legacy Data Archive Access is provided to seismic data, image files of seismic data, well logs, and cores of petroleum reserves in Alaska from the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska, (NPRA) Legacy Data Archive. (Score: 0.647)

Central Region Mineral Resources Team Site for programs of the Central Region Mineral Resources Team with links to products, personnel, projects and programs of land stewardship, regional geochemistry, analytical chemistry, geology and resources assessment and remote sensing. (Score: 0.630)

The Lewis and Clark expedition and the USGS Because of its origin in natural resource surveys and the similarity of the USGS mission to Thomas Jeffersons charge to Meriwether Lewis, the USGS can be seen as the organizational successor to Lewis and Clark. (Score: 0.584)

1999 resource assessment of selected Tertiary coal beds and zones in the northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains region. Coal resources, stratigraphy, geochemisty, coal quality and geology of Tertiary coal beds and zones in the northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains regions. Text in PDF format and available on CD-ROM. (Score: 0.552)

National Coal Resource Assessment: Geologic assessment of coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah Coal resources, stratigraphy, geochemisty, coal quality and geology of coal in the Colorado Plateau, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Text in PDF format and available on CD-ROM. (Score: 0.536)

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)

Hydrothermal mineralogy of core from geothermal drill holes at Newberry Volcano, Oregon (Score: 0.348)

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Definition: Search for deposits of useful minerals or fossil fuels, using geologic reconnaissance and both surface and underground investigations. [Adapted from Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]

Used for: dowsing, exploration, prospecting, exploration seismology, seismic exploration