Available tools
6 tools| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
searchDeposits | Search ~304K worldwide deposits. Filter by commodity (CU/AU/AG/FE/LI/U/REE…), country, US state, dev_stat, fips_code, bbox. |
getDepositById | Full record for one deposit, commodities, materials, ages, ore body, production history, bibliographic references, reporter, rocks. |
searchByBbox | Spatial-only deposit search by bounding box [minX, minY, maxX, maxY] in WGS84. Skips attribute filters for fast geo slicing. |
countDeposits | Count matching deposits. Best when sliced by commodity / country / state, unfiltered global counts time out. |
searchUsminFeatures | US conterminous mine-feature points (Mine Shaft / Adit / Prospect / Tailings…). Requires state. Filter by county, ftr_type, bbox. |
getServiceInfo | Endpoints, layer fields, pagination conventions, distinct dev_stat / commodity values, and upstream quirks. |
Setup
A few steps to connect your AI agents to USGS Mineral Resources.
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Toggle Connector On
Open /mcp and enable USGS Mineral Resources with the toggle, no credentials needed.
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Start Querying
Call searchDeposits with commodity: 'CU' to find copper deposits, then getDepositById on a result for full geology and production history. searchUsminFeatures with state: 'AZ' surfaces conterminous-US mine shafts and prospects.
Connect to your AI assistant
Pick the tool your team uses for the exact setup steps.
- 1
Open Claude settings
Launch Claude, click the profile button (bottom left), and go to Settings.
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Access connectors
Open the Connectors tab, scroll to the bottom, and click “Add custom connector”.
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Name your connector
Enter any name you’d like for this connector.
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Get the connector URL
Log in to PatchOps, open the /mcp page, and copy the connector URL you want to use.
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Add the connector
Paste the URL into the “Remote MCP server URL” box and click Add.
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Start using
Your USGS Mineral Resources connector is ready to use in Claude.