Welcome to the URC resource assessment tool documentation!

This is the documentation for the URC (Unconventional, Rare-earth, & Critical mineral) resource assessment tool, which implements several geospatial analyses as part of the URC-resource assessment method, as outlined in [Creason et al., 2023].

Contents:

• Introduction
• Statement of need
• Example Tutorial
  • Initial Setup
  • Configuring the Create Grid Task
  • Configuring the PE Score Task
  • Executing the Tasks
  • Previewing the Results
• Usage
  • Main Window
  • Menu Options
  • Create Grid Task
  • PE Score Task
  • Results Preview
• Appendices
  • Command Line Interface
• References
• API Reference
  • urclib

Acknowledgement and Disclaimer

Acknowledgement: Parts of this technical effort were performed in support of the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s ongoing research under the Critical Minerals Field Work Proposal DE-FE-1022420 by NETL’s Research and Innovation Center, including work performed by Leidos Research Support Team staff under the RSS contract 89243318CFE000003.

Disclaimer: This project was funded by the United States Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, in part, through a site support contract. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, nor the support contractor, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof.