About
USGS Mineral Resources Data System: ~304K worldwide mineral deposits across 200+ countries with commodities, development status, and detailed per-record geology, plus US conterminous mine-feature points.
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
Ask your AI agent for the data you need — it discovers this connector's methods automatically.
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.
- 2
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.
