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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, and other Federal agencies, to conduct and coordinate assessment and related earthscience studies on Federal lands, primarily in response to priorities set by the landmanaging agencies. Integrated mineralresource and mineral-environmental assessments provide the agencies with information on known mineral deposits, predict the probable location and quantity of undiscovered mineral resources, and anticipate the kinds of environmental effects that could result from minerals development.
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the need to improve predictive capabilities regarding the environmental impacts of mineral resources and their development. Mitigation Studies provide information to assist governmental efforts to identify hazards on inactive and abandoned mine lands on public lands, to determine their impact on humans and the environment, and to formulate solutions to mitigate their impact.
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Such research is not generally undertaken by the private sector, which focuses its efforts on well-known deposit types in more traditional mineral-producing regions that have more immediate prospect for financial return. Priority mineralresource investigations include: of\ Information and Technology Transfer it.
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. 67 · Selective cooperative industry and international mineral-resource investigations to help maintain accurate and current global minerals information.
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