United States Metal Reserves
USGS reports 27 commodities with a reserve or production figure for United States, led by Lithium at 62.86% of the reported global reserve. See United States's price profile for live metal prices.
USGS assesses roughly 90 mineral commodities worldwide each year, but only compiles a country-level reserve or production breakdown for a given commodity where the underlying data supports one — the table below is every commodity that condition is met for in United States. Each row pairs the reserve quantity with its share of the reported global total and last year's production, so it's possible to see at a glance which commodities this country is significant in and which it merely reports a smaller figure for.
Global Reserve Share by Commodity
United States's Reported Commodities
| Commodity | Category | Reserve | Global Reserve Share | 2025 Production | Global Production Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony | Strategic | 760,000 metric tons (antimony content) | Not calculated | Not reported | Not calculated |
| Bauxite and Alumina | Base | 20,000 thousand metric dry tons, bauxite | 0.22% | Not reported | Not calculated |
| Beryllium | Strategic | 230 metric tons (beryllium content) | 53.49% | 230 metric tons (beryllium content) | 53.12% |
| Chromium | Strategic | 630 thousand metric tons, Cr2O3 content | Not calculated | Not reported | Not calculated |
| Cobalt | Battery | 70,000 metric tons (cobalt content) | 3.50% | 300 metric tons (cobalt content) | 0.10% |
| Copper | Base | 47,000 thousand metric tons, copper content | 4.80% | 850 thousand metric tons, copper content | 2.93% |
| Gold | Precious | 3,000 metric tons (gold content) | 4.55% | 160 metric tons (gold content) | 4.85% |
| Iron Ore | Base | 2,700 million metric tons, iron content | 3.10% | 38,000 thousand metric tons, usable ore | 1.46% |
| Lead | Base | 4,600 thousand metric tons (lead content) | 4.84% | 280 thousand metric tons (lead content) | 6.22% |
| Lithium | Battery | 4,400,000 metric tons (lithium content) | 62.86% | Not reported | Not calculated |
| Magnesium Metal | Strategic | 764 thousand metric tons | 42.44% | Not reported | Not calculated |
| Manganese | Battery | Not reported | Not calculated | Not reported | Not calculated |
| Molybdenum | Base | 3,500 metric tons (molybdenum content) | 20.59% | 40,000 metric tons (molybdenum content) | 15.38% |
| Nickel | Base | 340,000 metric tons (nickel content) | Not calculated | 10,000 metric tons (nickel content) | 0.26% |
| Niobium | Strategic | 210,000 metric tons (niobium content) | Not calculated | Not reported | Not calculated |
| Palladium | Precious | 590,000 kg PGM content | Not calculated | 6,200 kg palladium | 3.26% |
| Platinum | Precious | 590,000 kg PGM content | Not calculated | 1,800 kg platinum | 1.06% |
| Rare Earths | Rare-earth | 1,900,000 metric tons (rare-earth-oxide (REO) equi | Not calculated | 51,000 metric tons (rare-earth-oxide (REO) equi | 13.08% |
| Rhenium | Strategic | 400,000 kilograms (rhenium content) | Not calculated | 9,800 kilograms (rhenium content) | 12.10% |
| Silver | Precious | 23,000 metric tons (silver content) | 3.77% | 1,100 metric tons (silver content) | 4.23% |
| Tantalum | Strategic | Not reported | Not calculated | Not reported | Not calculated |
| Tin | Base | Not reported | Not calculated | Not reported | Not calculated |
| Titanium Mineral Concentrates | Strategic | 2,000 thousand metric tons, TiO2 content | Not calculated | 100 thousand metric tons, TiO2 content | 1.06% |
| Tungsten | Strategic | Not reported | Not calculated | Not reported | Not calculated |
| Vanadium | Battery | 50 metric tons (vanadium content) | 0.24% | Not reported | Not calculated |
| Zinc | Base | 9,300 thousand metric tons (zinc content) | 3.88% | 670 thousand metric tons (zinc content) | 5.15% |
| Zirconium and Hafnium | Strategic | 500 thousand metric tons, ZrO2 content | Not calculated | 9,100 thousand metric tons, gross weight | 758.33% |
