Chapter 16 Resources
Using Earth's Minerals

INTERESTING SITES TO EXPLORE

Virtual Quarry

SERC,
Mining Impact on Native Lands
This module, based on the original work of Ellen Dockery, is a student-generated case study looking at the environmental, economic and health impacts of gold mining on the lands and lives of the Lakota Sioux in South Dakota. It is part of a series of case studies on the impacts of resource development on Native American lands.

USGS
Minerals Page
This site has links to mineral resources throughout different parts of the country.

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