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USGS Mineral Resources

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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.

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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.

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Setup

A few steps to connect your AI agents to USGS Mineral Resources.

Get started
  1. 1

    Toggle Connector On

    Open /mcp and enable USGS Mineral Resources with the toggle, no credentials needed.

  2. 2

    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. 1

    Open Claude settings

    Launch Claude, click the profile button (bottom left), and go to Settings.

  2. 2

    Access connectors

    Open the Connectors tab, scroll to the bottom, and click “Add custom connector”.

  3. 3

    Name your connector

    Enter any name you’d like for this connector.

  4. 4

    Get the connector URL

    Log in to PatchOps, open the /mcp page, and copy the connector URL you want to use.

  5. 5

    Add the connector

    Paste the URL into the “Remote MCP server URL” box and click Add.

  6. 6

    Start using

    Your USGS Mineral Resources connector is ready to use in Claude.