What you can ask

“What does USGS Mineral Resources have for the area or asset I'm working on?”
“Pull the most recent USGS Mineral Resources records and put them in a table.”
“What does USGS Mineral Resources cover, and how fresh is the data?”

Connect to your AI assistant

Paste this URL into Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client, then sign in when prompted. USGS Mineral Resources is ready as soon as you sign in.

https://patchops.ai/api/mcp

Add to Claude Add to ChatGPT Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

Claude: use Add to Claude, or Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector and paste the URL.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http patchops https://patchops.ai/api/mcp

Step by step

1
Open connectors
In Claude, open Settings > Connectors and click "Add custom connector".
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Paste the URL
Name it PatchOps and paste https://patchops.ai/api/mcp as the server URL, then click Add.
3
Sign in
Click Connect and sign in to PatchOps when Claude asks.
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Start using
Ask Claude a question. It uses USGS Mineral Resources through PatchOps when it needs to.

› Technical details

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.

View the data contract and method schemas →