Future Challenges for the U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Resources Program

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Committee to Review the U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Resources Program, Committee on Earth Resources, National Research Council
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The committee assesses the USGS's responses to a 1996 program review, evaluates the minerals information team, and examines how the program's mission and vision might evolve to meet the nation's future needs over the next decade. ...
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Executive Summary	1-16	(skim)
1 Minerals Science and Information: The Federal Role	17-32	(skim)
2 The Mineral Resources Program Today	33-50	(skim)
3 The 1996 National Research Council Review of the USGS Mineral Resource Surveys Program and the USGS Response	51-78	(skim)
4 The Minerals Information Team	79-94	(skim)
5 Envisioning the Future Mineral Resources Program	95-114	(skim)
References	115-118	(skim)
Appendix A: Mineral Resources and Society: A Review of the U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Resource Surveys Program Plan	119-126	(skim)
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members	127-132	(skim)
Appendix C: Information Provided to the Committee	133-134	(skim)
Appendix D: Commodities Surveyed by the Minerals Information Team	135-139	(skim)

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The committee assesses the USGS's responses to a 1996 program review, evaluates the minerals information team, and examines how the program's mission and vision might evolve to meet the nation's future needs over the next decade.

Future Challenges for the U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Resources Program

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