International Strategic Mineral Issues Summary Report Tungsten

Earth-science and mineral resource agencies from several countries started the The International Strategic Minerals Issues in order to cooperatively gather info. about major sources of raw materials. This report summarizes inventory info. about major deposits of tungsten. Chapters: uses and supply aspects; types and geological ages of tungsten deposits. geographic distribution of tungsten deposits and districts; tungsten resources: resource distribution by economic class of country, order of deposit discovery, and resource distribution by deposit type; and tungsten production. Selected inventory info. on tungsten deposits and districts. 21 charts and tables.

This volume, covering metals and minerals, contains chapters on approximately 90 commodities. In addition, this volume has chapters on mining and quarrying trends and on statistical surveying methods used by Minerals Information, plus a statistical summary.

Data are provided for more than 80 minerals and materials, along with a presentation of survey methods, summary statistics for domestic nonfuel minerals, and trends in mining and quarrying in the metals and industrial minerals industry in the United States.Virtually all metallic and industrial mineral commodities important to the U.S. economy are discussed. Background information enables analysis of the data, and covers production, consumption, prices, foreign trade, a world review, and an overall outlook.

This volume, covering metals and minerals, contains chapters on approximately 90 commodities. In addition, this volume has chapters on mining and quarrying trends and on statistical surveying methods used by Minerals Information, plus a statistical summary.