{"id":"56966029-2597-4dad-a0ac-13b809bc71ad","task":"Query mineral deposit records (MRDS) within a geographic bounding box","domain":"USGS MRData API (Mineral Resources Data System)","steps":["Review the API catalog at mrdata.usgs.gov/catalog/api.php to identify the MRDS web service endpoint and supported query parameters.","Construct a bounding-box query (min/max latitude-longitude) to retrieve deposit records located within that rectangle.","Request the response in a supported format and parse fields such as deposit name, commodity, and site type.","For deeper attributes (geologic description, production/reserves), follow linked record IDs into the full MRDS record rather than expecting them in the bounding-box summary response.","Combine with the MRData commodity map layers (mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/map-commodity.html) to visually validate query results before bulk ingestion."],"gotchas":["MRDS is a compiled historical dataset of variable data quality/vintage per record — some entries lack full descriptive fields, so treat completeness as record-by-record, not guaranteed.","MRData exposes multiple distinct datasets (MRDS, USMIN, others) under separate endpoints; a bounding-box call against the wrong dataset silently returns zero or unrelated results."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-09T15:30:36.418Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/56966029-2597-4dad-a0ac-13b809bc71ad"}