Begin from Stone Age, all previous is mixed via times of the Bronze Age, ironware modern industry times, main effect was produced in advancing human civilization for fundamental material with mineral products resource. A few mineral products by harder replace with more durable mineral products place (iron, it is steel replaced Sui stone next) ; There is very high value all the time since a few mineral products count chiliad (gold) ; A few mineral products are changing western world as the industry and appear more and more important (aluminium and titanium) . 2006, the United States imported many mineral products, need what 100 ％ import to have 17 kinds among them, exceed what 50 ％ above needs to import to have 28 kinds. 2007, need 100% imports have 19 kinds, exceed what 50 ％ above needs to import to 25 is plant (see figure below) . Future is right of requirement of new mineral products resource increase look won't decrease. New occurrence technology needs to increase a large number of alive bound each district to distributing inhomogenous mineral products resource. For example, the United States needed to import the platinum of 90 ％ above, indium and rare-earth metal for daily technology 2005, be like mobile phone, computer and video monitor. As the development of new technology of electric like advanced batteries and fuel cell car, the demand to these rare metal still can continue probably to increase. Of mineral products resource use experiencing to break through the changes dominant future by science and technology -- this future will be material is mixed gentlier and gentlier hard, use time is longer, have a variety of functions at the same time, use periodic cost very low with the environment friendly model. These progress are the understanding that carries members of pair of substitute of mineral products material (accept rice technology) , initiate means to know chemical combination stuff with be being mixed newly (exceed alloy, advanced complex) , develop new potential from tradition and the mineral products resource that were not used once upon a time (powder metallurgy) with. Because these are seldom the offer person of the mineral products that is used is not much, the growth of demand may bring about price on the high side, create market shortage and not stable possibility. The United States can pass pair of its understanding and program to reduce this kind of instability.
Be known basically and evaluate what bureau of American geology investigation must continue to strengthen the mineral cause of formation that appears newly to these in mineral products resource in reduce uncertainty, so that can realise these mineral optional are geological,setting is mixed encourage supply origin diversification.
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