The following have either useful data or information pertinent to the geosciences. 

Writing & Editing Resources

RnD Technical - geoscience editing services and information

AESE - Association of Earth Science Editors

AGI - American Geological Institute - Glossary of Geology

Council of Science Editors - reference links and editorial resources

GeoRef

Capital Community College - guide to grammar and writing

University of Victoria Writers Guide, Victoria, BC, Canada

Bartleby.com - links to online usage, style and reference resources

Geological Survey of Canada - Guide to Authors

North American Stratigraphic Code

International Commission on Stratigraphy - geological time

GEOWHEN Database - geological time

CHRONOS Portal - access to supporting data

USGS Geologic Names Database

British Geological Survey - rock classification scheme

Library of Congress

National Library of Canada - services for publishers & authors (CIP, ISBN etc)

Canada Intellectual Property Office - copyright, trade-marks, industrial designs, Acts & Regulations

Parliamentary Library - Canada

USGS Publications and Data products, United States Geological Survey

Glossary of Mining Terms, Pennsylvania Bureau of Deep Mine Safety

National Information Standards Association (USA)

APA writing guide

Owl - MLA writing guide

University of British Columbia writing guide resources

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Geoscience & Mining Regulatory Sites

Canada National Instrument 43-101 & information and forms - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects

Ontario Securities Commission

Alberta Securities Commission

British Columbia Securities Commission

Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum
— CIMVal, reserves & resources reporting standards; diamond reporting guidelines

The Assoc of Professional Engineers, Geologists & Geophysicists - Northwest Territories
— diamond exploration reporting guidelines

JORC Code: Australian Joint Ore Reserves Committee

VALMIN Code: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Australian Securities and Investment Commission

Financial Services Authority - London

Canadian guide to copyright, patents and trademarks

Services for Canadian Publishers (CIP, ISBN, legal deposit, etc)

SEDAR -  Database of Canadian Public Companies information

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Geological Data, News and Information

Geological Survey of Canada

United States Geological Survey

British Geological Survey

BGS - National Archive of Geological Photos

Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia

Australian Geological Survey Organization

Geological Survey of Western Australia

Info-Mine

British Columbia Geological Survey

Nova Scotia Metallic Mineral Resources

Mining and Exploration - Australia & New Guinea

London Mining Journal

The Northern Miner

The Northern Miner - Geology 101 topics - Economic Geology Ore Deposit descriptions
Mining Dictionary - Dictionary of mining related terms

GOLDSHEET - links to mining news & resources

University of Adelaide - links to geological resources

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Geoscience Topics & Education

Kimberlite and Diamond - Earth & Ocean Sciences UBC - MDRU

Kimberlite and diamond 2

GIS information - GeoPlace.com

MANIFOLD GIS software (software, GIS manual)

GPS positioning guide

Mineral Deposit Models - BC Geological Survey

AGU site on Ore Deposits - reference lists for economic geology topics

Mineralogical Database: mineral properties, chemistry, crystallography, etc.

Links for Mineralogists; wide variety of geoscience links

Structural Geology on the Web

Introduction to Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology, Mineralogy and Environmental Geology - by Dr John D. Winter

Identification of Common Rocks and Minerals

The origins of life, extinction events, plate tectonics, fossils

A Geologist's Lifetime Field List - really neat links to geoscience topics and examples

Rob's Granite Page - info on granites

NASA's Earth Facts Sheet

Periodic Table of Elements

USGS publications - earthquakes, fossils, glaciers, gemstones, volcanoes, dinosaurs, acid rain, etc.

Volcanoe World

Cascades Volcano Observatory

Plate Tectonics

The Prospecting School on the Web - AMEBC

National Geographic

Museum of Paleontology - Univ of California, Berkeley

NOAA Resources in Marine Geology, ocean basins, shorelines etc

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Organizations, Lists & Misc

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DEAKIN Equipment - Vancouver, BC, great for field equipment & supplies

MINERS Riggins, Idaho - field equipment & supplies

Mountain Equipment Co-op - field equipment

CAMESE Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export

Google tools, search engines, etc

Mining Heritage.com neat site for historic photos and illustrations

Smithsonian

National Geographic

Online Newspapers listings of international newspapers with websites

Geology of Strathcona Provincial Park - British Columbia, Canada

ACDsee - image management software

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