`mrdata_search_deposits`

Pack: usgs-mrdata · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/usgs-mrdata/mcp

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/mrdata_search_deposits for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search the USGS Mineral Resources Data System for mines, prospects and mineral occurrences by bounding box, site name or commodity. AUTHORITATIVE for “what has been mined near here” and “where are the US lithium/copper/gold occurrences” — returns each site’s deposit id, name, development status (Producer, Past Producer, Prospect, Occurrence), coordinates and commodity codes. Sourced from USGS MRData.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`bbox`	string	no	Bounding box “minLon,minLat,maxLon,maxLat” (WGS84), e.g. “-112.2,33.4,-112.0,33.6”
`name_contains`	string	no	Site-name substring, case-sensitive as stored, e.g. “Bingham”, “Rico”
`commodity`	string	no	Commodity symbol as MRDS codes it, e.g. “AU” (gold), “CU” (copper), “LI” (lithium), “REE”. List them with mrdata_commodities.
`limit`	number	no	Max sites to return (default 25, max 200)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "bbox": "-112.2,33.4,-112.0,33.6",
  "limit": 5
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/usgs-mrdata/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"mrdata_search_deposits","arguments":{"bbox":"-112.2,33.4,-112.0,33.6","limit":5}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('mrdata_search_deposits', {
  "bbox": "-112.2,33.4,-112.0,33.6",
  "limit": 5
});

More examples

{
  "commodity": "AU",
  "name_contains": "Rico",
  "limit": 5
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "usgs-mrdata": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/usgs-mrdata/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

mrdata_search_deposits