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Mineral Resources and Society A Review of the U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Resource Surveys Program Plan (1996) / Chapter Skim
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... Therefore, in the panel's view, the MRSP role for this component should be reduced to "investigate the geologic and geochemical processes that affect mining and remediation." Further, this more limited activity properly belongs under the Resource Investigations Subprogram, not the Mitigation Studies Subprogram. Environmental Behavior of Mineral Deposits Component The pane!
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