1. Data Science for USGS Minerals Big Data Dr. Brand Niemann Director and Senior Data Scientist/Data Journalist Semantic Community Data Science Data Science for USGS Minerals Big Data June 15, 2015 1

2. Evolution at the USGS Years ago when I served a detail to the USGS, they were organized into the following divisions: – Geology – Water – Biology – Mapping Now they are organized into the following: – Ecosystems – Climate and Land-Use Change – Natural Hazards – Water – Energy and Minerals, and Environmental Health – Core Science Systems with a focus on Start with Science.Start with Science 2

3. USGS Mineral Resources Program (MRP) http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mcs/ The USGS Mineral Resources Program (MRP) provides scientific information for objective resource assessments and unbiased research results on mineral potential, production, consumption, and environmental effects. The MRP is the sole Federal source for this information. 3

4. USGS Commodity Statistics and Information http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/ 4 Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, the national security, and protection of the environment.

5. Adobe Acrobat Convert From PDF Tool 5 https://cloud.acrobat.com/exportpdf

6. Adobe Acrobat Convert From PDF to Excel 6 http://semanticommunity.info/%40api/deki/files/33042/mcs-2015-abras.xlsx?origin=mt-web My Note: This did not work!

7. Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data: National Geochemical Survey Database 7 http://mrdata.usgs.gov/geochem/

8. Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data: Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) 8 http://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ This is “Big Data”

9. Data Science for USGS Minerals Big Data: MindTouch Knowledge Base Index 9 Data Science for USGS Minerals Big Data My Note: See well-defined URLs in Excel Spreadsheet.

10. Data Science for USGS Minerals Big Data: MindTouch Knowledge Base Attachments 10 Data Science for USGS Minerals Big Data

11. Data Science for USGS Minerals Big Data: MindTouch Knowledge Base Find 11 Google Chrome Find: Abrasive My Note: See highlighted hits and real tables! See tables in Excel in next slide! Data Science for USGS Minerals Big Data

12. Data Science for USGS Minerals Big Data: Excel Knowledge Base Find 12 USGSMinerals.xlsx

13. Data Science for USGS Minerals Big Data: Spotfire Cover Page 13 Web Player

14. Data Science for USGS Minerals Big Data: Minerals Commodity Summaries 2015 Tables in Spotfire 14 Web Player

15. Data Science for USGS Minerals Big Data: MRDS-shp in Spotfire 15 Web Player

16. Some Conclusions and Recommendations The USGS has evolved to Starting with Science so I started with Data Science for USGS Minerals Big Data. I data mined the USGS Mineral Resources Program (MRP), the USGS Commodity Statistics and Information, and the Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data. I converted PDF to MindTouch and Excel Knowledge Bases and used Spotfire for analytics and visualizations. The result is a Data Science Data Publication. The USGS has many more PDF publications and data sets that could be Data Science Data Publications. 16