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

Committee to Review the U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Resources Program, Committee on Earth Resources, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Minerals Science and Information: The Federal Role; 4 2 The Mineral Resources Program Today; 5 3 The 1996 National Research Council Review of the USGS Mineral Resource Surveys Program and the USGS Response; 6 4 The Minerals Information Team; 7 5 Envisioning the Future Mineral Resources Program; 8 References; 9 Appendix A: Mineral Resources and Society: A Review of the U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Resource Surveys Program Plan; 10 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 11 Appendix C: Information Provided to the Committee; 12 Appendix D: Commodities Surveyed by the Minerals Information Team