# Usgs Mrdata (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata)

USGS MRData MCP — the Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS)

- Trust score: 79/100 (medium)
- Change this week: 0
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 77/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata/usgs-mrdata-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata/usgs-mrdata-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata`: 79/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata/pipeworx-mcp-usgs-mrdata.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata/pipeworx-mcp-usgs-mrdata)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata`
- Version: `0.2.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-usgs-mrdata).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 6 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 67/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 564 tokens (~188/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the Usgs Mrdata MCP server?

Usgs Mrdata runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-29 (score 79)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `mrdata_search_deposits` (~235 tokens)

Search the USGS Mineral Resources Data System for mines, prospects and mineral occurrences by bounding box, site name or commodity. AUTHORITATIVE for "what has been mined near here" and "where are the US lithium/copper/gold occurrences" — returns each site's deposit id, name, development status (Producer, Past Producer, Prospect, Occurrence), coordinates and commodity codes. Sourced from USGS MRData.

Input parameters:

- `bbox` (string): Bounding box "minLon,minLat,maxLon,maxLat" (WGS84), e.g. "-112.2,33.4,-112.0,33.6"
- `commodity` (string): Commodity symbol as MRDS codes it, e.g. "AU" (gold), "CU" (copper), "LI" (lithium), "REE". List them with mrdata_commodities.
- `limit` (number): Max sites to return (default 25, max 200)
- `name_contains` (string): Site-name substring, case-sensitive as stored, e.g. "Bingham", "Rico"

### `mrdata_deposit` (~143 tokens)

Full USGS MRDS record for one mineral deposit by its deposit id — commodities with their roles, deposit type and model, development status, operation type, mining method, years of first and last production, discovery method, alternate site names, host rocks, ore and gangue minerals, and the bibliography behind the record. Sourced from USGS MRData.

Input parameters:

- `dep_id` (string, required): MRDS deposit id, e.g. "10186774". Get one from mrdata_search_deposits.
- `sections` (string): Comma-separated sections to keep, e.g. "deposits,commodity,name". Omit for the whole record.

### `mrdata_commodities` (~128 tokens)

Which commodities are recorded in USGS MRDS inside an area, with a site count per commodity — the "what is this region mined for" tool. Also serves as the lookup for the commodity symbols that mrdata_search_deposits expects. Sourced from USGS MRData.

Input parameters:

- `bbox` (string): Bounding box "minLon,minLat,maxLon,maxLat" (WGS84). Omit to get the symbol reference list with no counts.
- `sample_size` (number): How many sites in the box to tally (default 500, max 2000)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata/pipeworx-mcp-usgs-mrdata#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 79
- 2026-11-04: 79
- 2026-11-03: 79
- 2026-11-02: 79
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 79
- 2026-10-29: 79

## Common questions

### What is the Usgs Mrdata MCP server?

Usgs Mrdata is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/usgs-mrdata. USGS MRData MCP, the Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata).

### Is the Usgs Mrdata MCP server safe to use?

Usgs Mrdata scores 79 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Usgs Mrdata MCP server expose?

Usgs Mrdata exposes 3 tools: mrdata_search_deposits, mrdata_deposit, mrdata_commodities. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 506 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Usgs Mrdata MCP server still maintained?

Usgs Mrdata is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Usgs Mrdata MCP server under?

Usgs Mrdata declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Usgs Mrdata MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 15 checks on Usgs Mrdata, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 11 more. One item could not be completed, a gap on our side rather than a finding about Usgs Mrdata: Stability. One category scores 0 for that reason, because we only credit what we can confirm. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to an npm package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-usgs-mrdata
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-usgs-mrdata
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/usgs-mrdata
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata/pipeworx-mcp-usgs-mrdata.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata/pipeworx-mcp-usgs-mrdata/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata/pipeworx-mcp-usgs-mrdata.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-usgs-mrdata/pipeworx-mcp-usgs-mrdata