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It contains information compiled from published and unpublished sources from industry, U.S. Bureau of Mines (BOM), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and other government and private sources. ARDF is not a mining claims database.ARDF is mainly focused on metallic commodities. Common industrial minerals or commodities, such as sand, gravel and crushed stone, and limestone are not included in ARDF, nor are energy minerals such as peat, coal, and oil and gas. However, uranium, thorium, and rare earth elements, as well as some high unit value industrial minerals, such as barite, jade, graphite, and gypsum, are included." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Version History:First release: 1996Revised: March 2018 (ver. 1.7)Revised: February 2024 (ver. 2.0)Revised: May 2024 (ver. 2.1)" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "The Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) site provides descriptions of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences for individual U.S. Geological Survey 1:250,000-scale quadrangles in Alaska." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Suggested Citation: U.S. Geological Survey, 1996, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) (ver 2.1, May 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P96MMRFD." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Data:" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Additional Files" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Metadata" } ], "funder": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Alaska Science Center", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/alaska-science-center" }, "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Regional Studies and Mineral Resources" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "arsenic" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "prospects" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Water" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Minerals Information and Material Flow" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Critical Mineral Resources" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "zirconium" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Databases" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "cobalt" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "rhenium" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "aluminum (bauxite)" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "magnesium" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Economic Geology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "gallium" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "cesium" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "platinum group elements (PGE)" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Mineral Resources Program (MRP)" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "lithium" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Information Systems" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "barite" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "platinum group metals" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Minerals" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "scandium" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Alaska Geology and Mineral Resources" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Mines" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Environmental Health" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Geospatial (GIS) Data" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Critical Minerals" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Alaska Resource Data File" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "uranium" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "bismuth" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "mineral occurrences" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Mineral Resource Assessments" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "chromium" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "hafnium" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "vanadium" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Mineral Resources" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "graphite (natural)" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Methods and Analysis" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "copper" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Geology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Methods and Analyses" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Science Technology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "indium" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "tungsten" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "metallic mineral commodities" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Baseline Data" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "germanium" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "mineral deposit database" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "antimony" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "rubidium" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Energy" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "rare earth elements group" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "manganese" } ]
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