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... The MRSP Plan is a logical and necessary continuation of objectives and programs related to mineral resource studies that began with the establishment of the USGS in iS79. Traditionally, USGS mineral resource activities have advanced understanding of the origin of mineral deposits, provided the basic geologic information needed for identifying new areas of mineral potential, and facilitated land-use planning by federal and state agencies.
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... Moreover, the panel strongly endorses the scientific values of continued mineral resource research. The panel's confidence in the overall value of the MRSP reflects past mineral resource program successes, the conviction that important resource problems of national relevance will have to be aciciressec3 in the future, and the uniqueness of the USGS in terms of technical capability, scope, national jurisdiction, international cooperation, and credibility.
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... The General Recommendations are supplemented by more than twenty specific findings and recommendations about the Plan and the four subprograms that comprise the MRSP. The following issues emerge as significant themes among the specific findings and recommendations: the Plan does not give adequate consideration to the continuing national need for mineral resource supply as a rationale for all aspects of the MRSP; the pane} perceives an imbalance between the level of effort placed on quantitative assessment of undiscovered mineral deposits versus the level of effort placer!
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