Eastern Mineral Resources Team
Quantitative Global Mineral-Resource Assessments
Project Overview
In response to the growing demand for information on the global mineral-resource
base, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting the Quantitative
Global Mineral Resource Assessment Project (GMRAP),
an 8-year cooperative international project, begun in 2002, to assess the world's
undiscovered nonfuel mineral resources. This project is described in USGS Fact
Sheet FS-053-03.
Products
Recent
Reports:
Cunningham,Charles G., Zappettini, Eduardo O., Vivallo S.,Waldo, Celada,
Carlos Mario, Quispe,
Jorge, Singer, Donald A., Briskey, Joseph A., Sutphin, David M.,
Gajardo M., Mariano, Diaz, Alejandro, Portigliati, Carlos, Berger, Vladimir
I., Carrasco,
Rodrigo, and Schulz, Klaus J., 2008, Quantitative Mineral Resource
Assessment of Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, and Silver in Undiscovered Porphyry
Copper Deposits in the Andes Mountains of South America: U.S. Geological Survey
Open File Report 2008-1253, prepared and published jointly by the geological
surveys of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and the United States. Online
at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1253 .
Charles G. Cunningham, Donald A. Singer., Eduardo O. Zappettini, Waldo Vivallo
S., Carlos Mario Celada, Jorge Quispe, Joseph A. Briskey, David M. Sutphin,
Mariano Gajardo M., Alejandro Diaz, Carlos Portigliati, Vladimir I. Berger,
Rodrigo Darrasco, and Klaus J. Schulz, 2007, A Preliminary Quantitative
Mineral Resource Assessment of Undiscovered Porphyry Copper Resources in the
Andes Mountains of South America: in Society of Economic Geologists
Newsletter No. 71, Oct 2007, p. 1 + 8-13.
Stephen G. Peters, Stephen D. Ludington, Greta J. Orris, David M. Sutphin,
James D. Bliss, and James J. Rytuba, eds., and the U.S. Geological Survey-Afghanistan
Ministry of Mines Joint Mineral Resource Assessment Team, 2007, Preliminary
Non-Fuel Mineral Resource Assessment of Afghanistan 2007: USGS Open-File
Report 2007-1214, 810 pages, plus 1 CD-ROM and 1 DVD. Online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1214/. Prepared
in cooperation with the Afghanistan Geological Survey under the auspices of
the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Stephen G. Peters., 2007, Preliminary Assessment of Non-Fuel Mineral
Resources of Afghanistan,
2007: U.S.G.S.
Fact Sheet 2007-3063, 4 p.
Metallogenesis and Tectonics of Northeast Asia:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1183,
edited by Warren J. Nokleberg,
Leonid M. Parfenov, Gombosuren Badarch, Nikolai A. Berzin, Duk Hwan Hwang,
Alexander I. Khanchuk, Mikhail I. Kuzmin, Alexander A. Obolenskiy, Masatsugu
Ogasawara, Andrei V. Prokopiev, Sergey M. Rodionov, Alexander P. Smelov, Hongquan
Yan, and Michael F. Diggles, 2007. Prepared in collaboration with Russian Academy
of Sciences, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Korean Institute of Geosciences
and Mineral Resources, Geological Survey of Japan/AIST, and Jilin University.
Chapters:
- Chapter A. Parfenov, L.M., Badarch, G., Berzin, N.A., Hwang,
D.H., Khanchuk, A.I., Kuzmin, M.I., Nokleberg, W.J., Obolenskiy, A.O., Ogasawara,
M., Prokopiev, A.V., Rodionov, S.M., Smelov, A.P., and Yan, H., 2007, Introduction
to regional geology, metallogenesis, and tectonics of Northeast Asia:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1183-A, 58 p. Available at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1183/a/ .
- Chapter B. Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Dawson, K.M., Eremin, R.A., Goryachev, N.A.,
Khanchuk, A.I., Monger, J.W.H., Obolenskiy, A.A., Parfenov, L.M., Prokopiev,
A.V., Ratkin, V.V., Rodionov, S.M., and Spikerman, V.I., 2007, Methodology
of combined regional metallogenic and tectonic analysis: U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 2007-1183-B, 43 p. Available at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1183/b/
- Chapter C. Obolenskiy, A.A., Rodionov, S.M., Ariunbileg, S., Dejidmaa, G., Distanov, E.G.,
Dorjgotov, D., Gerel, O., Hwang, D.H., Sun, F., Gotovsurven, A., Letunov, S.N.,
Li, X., Nokleberg, W.J., Ogasawara, M., Ratkin, V.V., Seminskiy, Z.V., Shpikerman,
V.I., Goryachev, N.A., Smelov, A.P., Sotnikov, V.I., Spiridonov, A.A., Zorina,
L.V., and Yan, H., 2007, Mineral deposit models for Northeast Asia: U.S. Geological
Survey Open-File Report 2007-1183-C 123 p. Available at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1183/c/
- Appendix A. Nokleberg, W.J.,Parfenov, L.M., Khanchuk, A.I., Kuzmin, M.I., Obolenskiy, A.A.,
Prokopiev, A.V., Rodionov, S.M., Smelov, A.P., Badarch, G., Yan, H.,Hwang, D.H.,
and Ogasawara, M., 2007, Appendix A - Description of Northeast Asia Project
and Associated Products: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1183-Appendix
A, 25 p. Available at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1183/appendix-a/
- Appendix B. Parfenov, L.M., Badarch, G., Berzin, N.A., Hwang, D.H., Khanchuk, A.I., Kuzmin,
M.I., Nokleberg, W.J., Obolenskiy, A.A., Ogasawara, M., Prokopiev, A.V., Rodionov,
S.M., Smelov, A.P., and Yan, H., 2007, Appendix B – Description of map
units for Northeast Asia Summary Geodynamics Map: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File
Report 2007-1183-Appendix B, 26 p. Available at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1183/appendix-b/
- Appendix C. Rodionov,S.M., Obolenskiy, A.A., Distanov, E.G.,
Badarch, G., Dejidmaa, G., Hwang, D.H., Khanchuk, A.I., Ogasawara, M., Nokleberg,
W.J., Parfenov, L.M., Prokopiev, A.V., Seminskiy, Z.V., Smelov, A.P., Yan, H.,
Davydov, Y.V., Fridovskiy, V.F., Gamyanin, G.N., Gerel, O., Kostin, A.V., Letunov,
S.A., Li, X., Nikitin, V.M., Ratkin, V.V., Shpikerman, V.I., Sudo, S., Sotnikov,
V.I., Spiridonov, A.V., Stepanov, V.A., Sun, F., Sun, J., Sun, W., Supletsov,
V.M., Timofeev, V.F., Tyan, O.A., Vetluzhskikh, V.G., Wakita, K., Yakovlev,
Y.V., and Zorina, L.M., 2007, Appendix
C – Summary of Major Metallogenic Belts for Northeast Asia (Russian Far
East, Yakutia, Eastern Siberia, Transbaikalia, Northern China, Mongolia, South
Korea, and Japan): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1183-Appendix
C, 43 p. Available at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1183/appendix-c/
Regional Reports:
Regional reports are published as chapters in U.S.
Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1294, Reviews of the Geology
and Nonfuel Mineral Deposits of the World:
OF
2005-1294-A. | Geology and Nonfuel Mineral Deposits
of the United States
|
OF
2005-1294-B. |
Geology and Nonfuel Mineral Deposits of Latin America and Canada |
OF
2005-1294-C. |
Geology and Nonfuel Mineral Deposits of Asia and the Pacific |
OF
2005-1294-D. |
Geology and Nonfuel Mineral Deposits of Europe and northern Central Asia |
OF 2005-1294-E. (coming soon) |
Geology and Nonfuel Mineral Deposits of Africa and the Middle East |
Primary Objectives
The Primary Objectives of GMRAP are: to outline the principal land areas
in the world that have potential for selected undiscovered mineral resources,
and to estimate the probable amounts of those mineral resources to a depth
of 1 kilometer below the Earth's surface.
Further GMRAP objectives include:
- Provide a consistent, comprehensive level of information and analysis of
global nonfuel mineral resources based on the most up-to-date information
available. Assessments will be conducted on a regional multinational basis
with the cooperative participation of interested national geologic institutions.
Regional teams will compile and integrate a variety of existing information
at scales of 1:1,000,000 or smaller using GIS technology,
and including: databases and maps of the location, sizes, and geologic types
of known mineral resources; maps and explanations of geology, geochemistry,
and geophysics; and information about regional mineral exploration history.
- Develop and/or improve methods for conducting large-region assessments,
and new models and predictive tools for the analysis and application of global
assessment results to issues of sustainable resource development and environmental
management. Assessing undiscovered mineral resources of large regions presents
many challenges for tract delineation, deposit estimation, and data analysis.
- Advance understanding of the origin and evolution of mineralizing systems
through integrated metallogenic and tectonic analysis.
- Advance international cooperation between government, nongovernmental organizations,
and industry through organization and sponsorship of various workshops, trade,
and scientific and technical exchanges.