Future challenges for the U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Resources Program / Committee to Review the U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Resources Program, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Committee on Earth Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review the U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Resources Program.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mineral Resource Surveys Program (U.S.).

Mines and mineral resources--United States.

Mines and mineral resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The committee assesses the USGS's responses to a 1996 program review, evaluates the minerals information team, and examines how the program's mission and vision might evolve to meet the nation's future needs over the next decade.

Contents:

Front Matter

Executive Summary

1 Minerals Science and Information: The Federal Role

2 The Mineral Resources Program Today

3 The 1996 National Research Council Review of the Mineral Resource Surveys Program and the USGS Response

4 The Minerals Information Team

5 Envisioning the Future Mineral Resources Program

References

APPENDIXES

A Mineral Resources and Society: A Review of the U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Resource Surveys Program Plan

B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members

C Information Provided to the Committee

D Commodities Surveyed by the Minerals Information Team.

Notes:

"This study was supported by Grant No. 02HQAG0091 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Geological Survey"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309182188

0309182182

9780309526692

0309526698

OCLC:

70736568