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Western Mineral Resources Projects

The MRP supports research on how and where mineral deposits form and supports development of methods to detect potential mineral resources. This research facilitates assessments of undiscovered mineral resources, most of which are not easily identified at the Earth’s surface because they are hidden by non-mineral bearing rocks or dense vegetation. Geophysical tools and techniques allow us to see geologic units and structures beneath the Earth’s surface and build three-dimensional models of an area to understand how mineral resources are distributed.