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The Bureau of Mines minerals availability system: an update of Information Circular 8654.

Authors
Babitzke HR; Barsotti AF; Coffman JS; Thompson JG; Bennett HJ
Source
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 8887, 1982 Jan; :1-54
Link
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc170866/
NIOSHTIC No.
10006428
Abstract
The minerals availability system (mas) was formally established by the Bureau of Mines in May 1975 to provide current appraisals of the engineering and economic availability of nonfuel minerals for consideration in the formulation of both domestic and foreign minerals policy. Domestic mineral property reports are developed by the Bureau's four field operations centers, and foreign data are obtained under contract. This site-specific information is subsequently subjected to engineering verification and economic evaluation, and the results are analyzed and published as minerals availability system appraisals. The deposit-specific data are also entered into the computerized mas data base, where a subset of this information, the mineral industry location system (mils), is available to the public in the form of computer graphics and listings. Other mas products are also described. The Bureau's mas personnel are frequently involved in special engineering and mineral economic projects for other federal and state agencies. Mas personnel also work closely with the private sector, both in the area of mining and processing cost estimation, and as a source of nonproprietary mineral deposit information.
Keywords
Mineral deposits; Manuals; Mineral economics; Minerology; Natural resources; Abundance; Availability; Handbooks; Geological surveys; Reserves; Descriptions; Gangue; Underground mining; Surface mining; Beneficiation; Transportation; Evaluation; Data storage; Information systems; Information retrieval; Data acquisition; Data recording; Geographic locations
Publication Date
19820101
Document Type
IH; Information Circular
Fiscal Year
1982
Identifying No.
IC-8887
NIOSH Division
WO
Source Name
The Bureau of Mines minerals availability system: an update of Information Circular 8654.
State
DC
Page last reviewed: May 11, 2023
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Information Division