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Area:
9,826,675 km2
Type:
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
United States of America
Other Languages:
French:
États-Unis
German:
Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
美国
Spanish:
Estados Unidos
Abkhaz:
Америка Еиду Аштатқәа
Achinese:
Amirika Syarikat
Adyghe:
Америкэ Штат Зэхэтхэр
Afrikaans:
Verenigde State van Amerika
Akan:
United States
Albanian:
Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Alemannic:
USA
Amharic:
አሜሪካ
Anglo-Saxon:
Geānedu Rīcu American
Arabic:
الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Asturian:
Estaos Xuníos d'América
Avaric:
Америкалъул Цолъарал Штатал
Aymara:
Istadus Unidus
Azeri:
Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları
Bambara:
Amerika ka Kelenyalen Jamanaw
Bashkir:
Америка Ҡушма Штаттары
Bavarian:
Vaoanigte Stootn
Belarusian:
Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Злучаныя Штаты Амэрыкі
Bengali:
মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্র
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bislama:
Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika
Bosnian:
Sjedinjene Američke Države
Breton:
Stadoù-Unanet Amerika
Bulgarian:
Съединени американски щати
Burmese:
အမေရိကန်ပြည်ထောင်စု
Catalan:
Estats Units d’Amèrica
Central Bikol:
Estados Unidos
Chamorro:
Estados Unidus
Chechen:
Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Cherokee:
ᏌᏊᎢᏳᎾᎵᏍᏔᏅᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᎾᎿ ᎠᎺᏰᏟ
Chewa:
United States
Cheyenne:
United States
Church Slavic:
Амєрїканьскꙑ Ѥдьнѥнꙑ Дрьжавꙑ
Chuvash:
Пĕрлешнĕ Штатсем
Cornish:
Statys Unys
Corsican:
Stati Uniti d'America
Crimean Tatar (Latin):
Amerika Qoşma Ştatları
Croatian:
Sjedinjene Američke Države
Czech:
Spojené státy americké
Danish:
USA
Doteli:
संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका
Dutch:
Verenigde Staten
Dutch Low Saxon:
Verienigde Staoten van Amerika
Dzongkha:
ཡུ་ནའིཊེཊ་སི་ཊེས
Egyptian Arabic:
امريكا
Emilian-Romagnol:
Stat Unî
Erzya:
Американь Вейтьсэндявкс Штаттнэ
Estonian:
Ameerika Ühendriigid
Ewe:
United States
Extremaduran:
Estaus Uníus
Farsi/Persian:
ایالات متحده آمریکا
Fiji Hindi:
United States
Fijian:
United States
Finnish:
Yhdysvallat
Franco-Provençal:
Ètats-Unis
Friulian:
Stâts Unîts di Americhe
Fula:
Dowlaaji Dentuɗi
Gagauz:
Amerika Birleşik Devletläri
Galician:
Estados Unidos de América
Gan:
美國
Georgian:
ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Gilaki:
آمريکا ايجؤنأبؤ ايالتؤن
Greek:
Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής
Greenlandic:
Naalagaaffeqatigiit
Guarani:
Tetãvore Joapykuéra
Gujarati:
યુનાઇટેડ સ્ટેટ્સ ઓફ અમેરિકા
Haitian:
Etazini
Hausa:
Tarayyar Amurka
Hawaiian:
‘Amelika Hui Pū ‘ia
Hebrew:
ארצות הברית
Hill Mari:
Америкын Ушымы Штатвлӓжӹ
Hindi:
संयुक्त राज्य
Hungarian:
Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Icelandic:
Bandaríkin
Ido:
Usa
Igbo:
Njikọ̀taọ̀hà
Iloko:
Estados Unidos iti Amerika
Indonesian:
Amerika Serikat
Ingush:
Хетта Америкера Штаташ
Interlingua:
Statos Unite de America
Inuktitut:
ᐊᒥᐊᓕᑲ
Irish Gaelic:
Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá
Jamaican Patois:
Yunaitid Stiet
Japanese:
アメリカ合衆国
Javanese:
Amérika Sarékat
Judaeo-Spanish:
Estados Unidos de Amerika
Kabardian:
Америкэ Штат Зэгуэтхэр
Kabiye:
Etaazuunii
Kabyle:
Iwunak Yeddukklen n Temrikt
Kalmyk:
Америкин Ниицәтә Орн Нутугуд
Kannada:
ಅಮೇರಿಕ ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನ
Kapampangan:
Estados Unidos
Karachay-Balkar:
Американы Бирлешген Штатлары
Karakalpak:
Amerika Qurama Shtatları
Kashubian:
Zjednóné Kraje Americzi
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Америка Құрама Штаттары
Khmer:
សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក
Kikuyu:
United States
Kinyarwanda:
Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika
Komi:
Америкаса Ӧтувтчӧм Штатъяс
Komi-Permyak:
Америкаись Ӧтлаасьӧм Штаттэз
Konkani:
अमेरिकेचीं संयुक्त राज्यां
Korean:
미국
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Dewletên Yekbûyî yên Amerîkayê
Kyrgyz:
Америка Кошмо Штаттары
Lao:
ສະຫະລັດອາເມລິກາ
Latgalian:
Amerikys Saškierstuos Vaļsteibys
Latin:
Civitates Foederatae Americae
Latvian:
Amerikas Savienotās Valstis
Lezghian:
Америкадин Садхьанвай Штатар
Ligurian:
Stati Unïi d'America
Limburgian:
Vereinegde Staote vaan Amerika
Lingala:
Lisangá lya Ameríka
Lithuanian:
Jungtinės Amerikos Valstijos
Livvi-Karelian:
Amerikan Yhtysvallat
Lojban:
mergu'e
Lombard:
Stat Ünì d'America
Low Saxon/Low German:
USA
Lower Sorbian:
Zjadnośone staty Ameriki
Luganda:
Amerika
Luri:
ڤولاتچٱیا یٱکاگرتٱ آمریکا
Luxembourgish:
Vereenegt Staate vun Amerika
Macedonian:
Соединети Американски Држави
Maithili:
संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका
Malagasy:
Etazonia
Malay:
Amerika Syarikat
Maltese:
Stati Uniti
Manx:
Steatyn Unnaneysit America
Maori:
Hononga-o-Amerika
Marathi:
अमेरिकेची संयुक्त संस्थाने
Meadow Mari:
Ушымо Американ Штат-влак
Minangkabau:
Amerika Sarikat
Mingrelian:
ამერიკაშ აკოართაფილი შტატეფი
Mirandese:
Stados Ounidos de la América
Moksha:
Америконь Соткс
Mongolian:
Америкийн Нэгдсэн Улс
Narom:
Êtats Unnis d'Améthique
Nauruan:
Eben Merika
Navajo:
Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí
Neapolitan:
State Aunite d'Amereca
Nepali:
संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका
Northern Frisian:
Feriind Stoote foon Ameerika
Northern Sami:
Amerihká ovttastuvvan stáhtat
Northern Sotho:
United States of America
Norwegian:
USA
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
USA
Novial:
Unionati States de Amerika
Occitan:
Estats Units d'America
Odia:
ଯୁକ୍ତରାଷ୍ଟ୍ର ଆମେରିକା
Ossetian:
Америкæйы Иугонд Штаттæ
Pali:
संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका
Pangasinan:
Estados Unidos
Papiamento:
Estadonan Uni di Merka
Pashto:
د امريکا متحده ايالتونه
Pennsylvania German:
Amerikaa
Pfaelzisch:
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Picard:
États-Unis Anmérikes
Piedmontese:
Stat Unì d'América
Polish:
Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Estados Unidos
Punjabi:
ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਜ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ
Quechua:
Hukllachasqa Amirika Suyukuna
Ripuarian:
Vereenichde Staate van Amerika
Romanian:
Statele Unite ale Americii
Romansh:
Stadis Unids
Rundi:
Leta z’Unze Ubumwe za Amerika
Rusyn:
Споєны Штаты Америцькы
Samoan:
Iunaite Sitete o Amerika
Samogitian:
JAV
Sanskrit:
अमेरिकासंयुक्तराज्यम्
Sardinian:
Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Saterland Frisian:
Fereende Stoaten fon Amerikoa
Scottish Gaelic:
Na Stàitean Aonaichte
Serbian:
Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Sjedinjene Američke Države
Sesotho:
United States of America
Shona:
United States of America
Sicilian:
Stati Uniti
Silesian:
Zjednoczůne Sztaty
Sindhi:
آمريڪا جون گڏيل رياستون
Sinhalese:
එක්සත් ජනපදය
Slovak:
Spojené štáty
Slovenian:
Združene države Amerike
Somali:
Gobolada Isku Tegay ee Ameerika
South Azerbaijani:
آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری
Sranan Tongo:
Kondre Makandrameki
Sundanese:
Amérika Sarikat
Swahili:
Marekani
Swati:
IMelika (live)
Swedish:
USA
Tagalog:
Estados Unidos
Tahitian:
Fenua Marite
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Иёлоти Муттаҳидаи Амрико
Tamil:
அமெரிக்க ஐக்கிய நாடு
Tatar:
Америка Кушма Штатлары
Telugu:
అమెరికా సంయుక్త రాష్ట్రాలు
Tetum:
Estadu Naklibur Sira Amérika Nian
Thai:
ประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกา
Tibetan (Standard):
ཨ་མེ་རི་ཁ་རྒྱལ་ཕྲན་མཉམ་འབྲེལ་རྒྱལ་ཁབ།
Tigrinya:
ዩናይትድ ስቴትስ
Tok Pisin:
Ol Yunaitet Stet
Traditional Chinese:
美國
Tsonga:
Amerikha
Tulu:
ಅಮೇರಿಕದ ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನೊಲು
Tumbuka:
United States
Turkish:
Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Turkmen:
Amerikanyň Birleşen Ştatlary
Twi:
Amerika
Udmurt:
Америкалэн Огазеяськем Штатъёсыз
Ukrainian:
Сполучені Штати Америки
Upper Sorbian:
Zjednoćene staty Ameriki
Urdu:
ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Uyghur:
ئامېرىكا قوشما شىتاتلىرى
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Amerika Qoʻshma Shtatlari
Venetian:
Stati Unii de ła Mèrica
Veps:
Amerikan Ühtenzoittud Valdkundad
Vietnamese:
Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Vlax Romani:
Phandle Staturya la Amerikiyake
Volapük:
Lamerikän
Walloon:
Estats Unis
Waray:
Estados Unidos
Welsh:
Unol Daleithiau America
West Flemish:
Verênigde Stoaten van Amerika
West Frisian:
Feriene Steaten
Western Punjabi:
امریکہ
Wolof:
Diiwaan yu Bennoo
Wu Chinese:
美国
Xhosa:
IYunayithedi Steyitsi
Yakut:
Америка Холбоһуктаах Штааттара
Yiddish:
פאראייניקטע שטאטן פון אמעריקע
Zazaki:
Dewletê Amerikayê Yewbiyayey
Zeelandic:
Vereênigde Staeten
Zhuang:
Meijgoz
Zulu:
IMelika
The United States of America (USA) is a federal republic primarily located in North America, comprising 50 states, a federal district, and several overseas territories. In Mindat, the United States is treated according to its internationally recognised borders, with political subdivisions following the federal and state structure. Historical literature and specimen labels may reference earlier political entities, territorial names, or obsolete administrative divisions, particularly for material collected prior to statehood or before major boundary adjustments in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Geologically, the United States encompasses an exceptionally diverse range of geological provinces and tectonic settings. These include the Precambrian Canadian Shield in the north, the Appalachian orogen in the east, the stable interior cratonic platforms of the Midwest, the Rocky Mountains and associated fold-and-thrust belts, the Basin and Range Province, the Colorado Plateau, the Sierra Nevada batholith, and the active continental margin of the Pacific Coast. Alaska adds further complexity with accreted terranes, major fault systems, and extensive volcanic arcs, while Hawaii represents an oceanic hotspot volcanic system.
The United States hosts a wide variety of mineral deposits formed through igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic processes. Major commodities include gold, silver, copper, iron, uranium, lead, zinc, rare earth elements, and industrial minerals. The country is also notable for numerous classic and type localities, including pegmatites, hydrothermal vein systems, porphyry copper deposits, sediment-hosted ores, evaporite basins, and fossiliferous mineral occurrences. Many mineral species were first described from localities within the United States, and older labels may reflect historical mining districts or territorial designations rather than modern state names.
Administratively, the United States is subdivided into states, which are further divided into counties or equivalent local units. These subdivisions form the primary political framework used in Mindat’s locality hierarchy, with additional nested localities for districts, mines, and specific sites.
Geologically, the United States encompasses an exceptionally diverse range of geological provinces and tectonic settings. These include the Precambrian Canadian Shield in the north, the Appalachian orogen in the east, the stable interior cratonic platforms of the Midwest, the Rocky Mountains and associated fold-and-thrust belts, the Basin and Range Province, the Colorado Plateau, the Sierra Nevada batholith, and the active continental margin of the Pacific Coast. Alaska adds further complexity with accreted terranes, major fault systems, and extensive volcanic arcs, while Hawaii represents an oceanic hotspot volcanic system.
The United States hosts a wide variety of mineral deposits formed through igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic processes. Major commodities include gold, silver, copper, iron, uranium, lead, zinc, rare earth elements, and industrial minerals. The country is also notable for numerous classic and type localities, including pegmatites, hydrothermal vein systems, porphyry copper deposits, sediment-hosted ores, evaporite basins, and fossiliferous mineral occurrences. Many mineral species were first described from localities within the United States, and older labels may reflect historical mining districts or territorial designations rather than modern state names.
Administratively, the United States is subdivided into states, which are further divided into counties or equivalent local units. These subdivisions form the primary political framework used in Mindat’s locality hierarchy, with additional nested localities for districts, mines, and specific sites.
Commodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localitiesⓘ 'var. Ceriopyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)' (FRL)
ⓘ 'var. Plumbopyrochlore (of Skorobogatova et al.)'
ⓘ 'var. Arsenical Tetrahedrite'
ⓘ 'var. Mercury-bearing Tetrahedrite'
ⓘ var. Beryllium-bearing Vesuvianite (FRL)
ⓘ var. Cerium-bearing Vesuvianite
2939 valid minerals. 951 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 58 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc. 21 erroneous literature entries.
Rock Types Recorded
Rock list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Select Rock List Type
Alphabetical List Tree Diagramⓘ 'Anomalous IAB iron meteorite'
ⓘ 'Anomalous IIE iron meteorite'
ⓘ 'Anomalous IIIE iron meteorite'
ⓘ 'Anomalous PMG pallasite meteorite'
ⓘ 'Anomalous aubrite meteorite'
ⓘ 'Biotite-epidote-quartz schist'
ⓘ 'Biotite-hornblende granodiorite'
ⓘ Carbonaceous chondrite meteorite
ⓘ Coarse-grained ("plutonic") crystalline igneous rock
ⓘ Coarse-grained-ultramafic-rock
ⓘ 'Diopside-madupitic lamproite'
ⓘ 'Eucrite cumulate meteorite'
ⓘ 'Eucrite monomict breccia meteorite'
ⓘ 'Eucrite polymict breccia meteorite'
ⓘ Fine-grained ("volcanic") normal crystalline igneous rock
ⓘ 'Fine-grained metamafic-rock'
ⓘ 'Hornblende-biotite granite'
ⓘ 'Hornblende-biotite granodiorite'
ⓘ 'Hornblende-plagioclase gneiss'
ⓘ 'L/LL3.4 chondrite meteorite'
ⓘ 'Lamprophyric-pyroxene-calcite-biotite olivine-melilitite'
ⓘ 'Melanocratic nephelinolite'
ⓘ 'Mesosiderite-A3/4 meteorite'
ⓘ 'Olivine-diopside-richterite-madupitic lamproite'
ⓘ Ordinary chondrite meteorite
ⓘ 'Pegmatitic nepheline syenite'
ⓘ 'Peralkaline alkali-feldspar-granite'
ⓘ 'Polymict breccia diogenite meteorite'
ⓘ 'Quartz mica chiastolite schist'
ⓘ 'Ungrouped C2 chondrite meteorite'
ⓘ 'Ungrouped IAB iron meteorite'
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q30 |
| GeoNames ID: | 6252001 |
Mindat Articles
U.S. Gem Industries: Labor Day 2000 by Scott L. RitchieLocalities in this Region
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
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References
archive.org (n.d.) http://archive.org/details/systemmineralog01danagoog/page/n1122/
Robinson, Samuel (1825) A Catalogue of American Minerals, With Their Localities - Including All Which Are Known to Exist in the United States and British Provinces, And Having the Towns, Counties, and Districts in Each State and Province Arranged Alphabetically. With an Appendix, Containing Additional Localities and a Tabular View. Cummings, Hilliard, & Co.
www.mineralcollecting.org (n.d.) http://www.mineralcollecting.org/literature/
www.minsocam.org (2002) http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/statemin.htm
tin.er.usgs.gov (n.d.) http://tin.er.usgs.gov/geology/state/