DOI · DOI-0163 · record R2600
Determining the resource potential of critical minerals in seafloor massive sulfide deposits [2024 INV#WO0000000109311]
Department of the Interior · USGS
Overview
- Development stage
- In development or acquisitionSource: a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.
- High-impact designation
- Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
- Impact justification
- Not reported
- Start date
- Not reported
- Withheld from public reporting
- NoSource: a) No
Mission
- Topic area
- Energy and the Environment
- Operational functions
- No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology
Problem the AI is intended to solve
The system predicts the location of seafloor massive sulfide deposits for use as critical mineral indicators. Produces associated mapping products for public use.
Expected benefits
More efficient searching for seafloor critical minerals - predictions can be used to inform resource expeditions rather than using traditional guesswork planning.
System outputs
Maps of various mineral locations and compositions on the seafloor.
Technology
- AI classification
- Classical / predictive MLSource: Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relatio…
- System name(s)
- Not reported
- Custom-developed code
- No
- Public source code
- Not reported
Sourcing
- How it was built
- Developed in-houseSource: b) Developed in-house
- Vendor (as reported)
- Not reported
- Vendors (standardized)
- None on the standard list
A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.
Data and privacy
- Involves PII
- No
- Privacy Impact Assessment
- Not reported
- Authorization to Operate
- No
- Demographic features
- k) None of the above
- Training and evaluation data
- Not reported
- Federal Data Catalog
- Not reported
Governance
6 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.
Pre-deployment testingNo answer reported
AI impact assessmentNo answer reported
Independent reviewReported in placeSource: a) Yes – by another appropriate agency office or reviewer not directly involved in the AI’s development
Ongoing monitoringReported in placeSource: a) Yes, sufficient monitoring protocols have been established
Operator trainingReported in placeSource: a) Yes, sufficient and periodic training has been established
Fail-safeNot applicableSource: b) Not applicable
Appeal processReported in progressSource: c) Establishment of an appropriate appeal process is in-progress
User and public consultationReported in progressSource: e) In-progress
Potential impacts and how they were identified
Not reported