The ''Minerals Yearbook'' is an annual publication from the
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on Mar ...
. It reviews the
mineral
In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid substance with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.John P. Rafferty, ed. (2011): Mi ...
and material industries of the United States and other countries. The ''Minerals Yearbook'' contains statistical production data as well as information on economic and technical trends. First published in 1933, it was preceded by The ''Mineral Resources of the United States''.
Contents
Current issues are published in three volumes:
* ''Volume I – Metals and Minerals'' contains chapters on around 90 commercially important mined commodities
* ''Volume II - Area Reports: Domestic'' reviews mineral industry of US on a per-State basis
* ''Volume III - Area Reports: International'' reviews world mineral industry on a per-country basis
References
External links
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Digitized issues 1933–1993hosted at the University of Wisconsin Libraries
Geology literature
United States Geological Survey
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