#Ask a USGS geologist
06-Dec-94 22:43:26
Sb: #157072-#Ask a USGS geologist
Fm: Doug Mitchell 70621,702
To: Syndesis 76004,1763
Hi, John–
I also would prefer not to see the USGS seeking new deposits of commercial
ores or whatever. My remarks about too much information possibly becoming
trade secrets if the USGS is privatized were mainly concerned with "big
picture" information that is highly useful to non-competitors. Studying the
big picture, the USGS likely will stumble across some goodies unavoidably, but
my first guess is they should not be actively seeking those goodies.
–Doug