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USGS Mineral Information Systems:
Current Capabilities and Future
Developments
Dr. Steven M Fortier, Director
National Minerals Information Center
United States Geological Survey
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
National Minerals Information Center
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Mission
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To collect, analyze, and disseminate information on the
domestic and international supply of and demand for
minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy and
national security.
Goal
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Provide decision makers with the information required to
ensure that the U.S. has an adequate supply of minerals
and materials to meet it’s needs, at an acceptable cost
with regard to environmental, energy, and economic
factors.
Statistical
Processing
E-forms
Industry
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USGS
Survey
Forms
Publications
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
AMIS (MIDS)
Statistical Assistant and Commodity
Specialist/Country Specialist
STATISTICAL SURVEYS
• Approximately 140 domestic surveys are conducted annually
Industry
Frequency of Forms Mailed Annually
(including E-forms)
Monthly
19,404
Quarterly
1,160
Semi-Annually
72
Annually
18,929
Total
39,565
To 18,000 establishments
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USGS
USGS
Survey
Forms
Surveys span the entire minerals economic cycle
• Mining
• Processing
E-forms
• Consumption
• Recycling
• Stocks
• Shipments
Publications
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Mineral Commodity
Summaries
Minerals Yearbook
Mineral Industry
Surveys
Metal Industry
Indicators
Nonmetallic Mineral
Industry Indexes
Special
publications
Data Series
Fact Sheets
Customers: Department of Defense (DoD)
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Defense Logistics Agency - Strategic Materials (DLA-SM) is the leading
U.S. agency for the analysis, planning, procurement and management of
materials critical to national security. The agency possesses a unique
combination of technical expertise, global/geopolitical material supply
analysis, and management & tracking of a broad range of existing & future
critical materials.
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DLA-SM is tasked with ensuring defense, industry, and essential civilian
material needs are met during national emergencies.
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The Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act requires DLA-SM to
prepare a Biennial Report on Stockpile Requirements.
o Projected supply and demand of materials and scenario assumptions.
o USGS NMIC data and analysis are essential to the development of the
Biennial Report.
o NMIC commodity and country specialists work directly with DLA-SM to
help them deliver on their objectives.
Customers: Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
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Federal agency responsible to setting U.S. Monetary Policy
Mineral Industry Surveys / Metal Industry Indicators
Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 3TG
Minerals, and the Dodd-Frank Act
National Minerals Information Center Annual Review
Omayra Bermúdez-Lugo
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
What are 3TG Minerals?
+ Cassiterite (tin)
+ Columbite-tantalite
(tantalum and niobium)
+ Wolframite (tungsten)
+ Gold
3TG minerals in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo
Customers: Department of State /
Department of Commerce
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U.S. Department of State – Counter Threat Finance
and Sanctions section of the Bureau of Economic
and Business Affairs
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Assist industry
Produce map of mineral-rich zones
U.S. Department of Commerce
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List of all known conflict mineral processing facilities
worldwide
Contract, Term, Temp Employees
NMIC - Staffing History
Path Forward: Rebuilding the organization
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# Employees
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Mineral Commodities Section Chief
Data Collection & Statistical Information Section Chief
New commodity and country specialists
Re-organize, re-staff & consolidate Data Collection and
Statistical Information Section
Renewed Emphasis on Material Flow Analysis
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Country
Specialists
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Materials Flow Analysis
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Data
Collection &
Statistical
Information
Commodity
Specialists
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“Connect the Dots” Group
Re-establish robust internal
data analysis capability
Key link between data
collection, commodities &
country data flows
Facilitate studies of
strategic, critical, and
essential mineral
commodities
Develop project based
linkages with USGS
research groups and
external customers
Material Flow Analysts to
lead cross-functional
project teams made up of
key stakeholders
Project portfolio defined,
prioritized, managed by
steering committee
Path Forward: Operational Excellence
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Drive productivity improvement
Robust project management process / tools
Implement cross functional team approach
Develop and implement performance metrics
Modernize information management systems
Google Sites
Path Forward: Publications
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3T’s:
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Topics of current interest
Timely (rapid publication)
Target a broad audience (i.e. non-specialists)
Fact sheets to get core data to customers in real time
Special Papers targeted for broader appeal
Move away from Open File Report default model
Selected content developed for external journals
New IT System - MIDS
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Mineral Information Data System
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MIDS will replace:
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Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS)
Minerals Information Forms (MIForms) web interface
MIDS will:
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Reduce costs
Increase efficiencies
Increase data quality
Modernization of Mineral Information
Management Systems: AMIS / MIDS Conversion
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Migrate from M204 to SQL Database
Complete by end of 2015
Minerals Science and Information Coalition
The Coalition calls on Congress to increase federal investment in
mineral information, research, and forecasting essential t the effective
allocation of natural resources that promote economic prosperity and
national security!
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Aluminum Association
Association of American State
Geologists
American Chemical Society
American Exploration & Mining
Association
American Geosciences Institute
American Physical Society
Associated Equipment Distributors
Geological Society of America
Industrial Minerals Association – North
America
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Interstate Mining Compact
Commission
Minerals Research Society
National Electric Manufacturers
Association
National Mining Association
National Stone, Sand and Gravel
Association
Portland Cement Association
Society of Economic Geologists
Society for Mining, Metallurgy and
Exploration