U.S. Congress created the agency to “classify the public lands and examine the geological structure, mineral resources and ...

Geologic maps are not an exact depiction of the Earth’s surface. Instead, geologic maps display a generalization of interested units and features in correspondence with the scale of a map.

The larger, 6.8-magnitude quake happened at 11:49 a.m. Cuba time about 24 miles south of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba, data from the ...

On this day in 1886, the German-Swiss mountaineer Gunter Oskar Dyhrenfurth was born. We detail his astonishing successes in ...

A newly released report from ODNR shows the state’s mineral resources produced $1.7 billion in geologic commodities in 2023.

"A sensor that resembles a large hula-hoop will be towed beneath the helicopter to measure small electromagnetic signals that ...

Ocean explorers spotted what looked like a "yellow brick road" to Atlantis in the Pacific Ocean in 2022. Here's what we know ...

FLORIDA, USA — A large 6.8 magnitude earthquake took place off the southeastern coast of Cuba Sunday around 11:49 a.m., ...

Efforts to map groundwater, expand research and analyze water data are getting an injection with state and federal grants. The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology announced Tuesday its New ...

Thanks to a $498,999 grant from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), David Boutt, professor in the Department of Earth ...

Satellite data has enabled researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop a new way to measure ocean depth. The technique, which uses imagery captured by the Landsat program, works ...