# ProspectPulse Mineral Potential Assessment

> ProspectPulse Mineral Potential Assessment is a paid API for AI agents from prospectpulse-pi.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Ranks the mineral prospectivity of any geographic region by combining USGS MRDS deposit data, geochemical anomaly datasets, and AI geological synthesis

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://prospectpulse-pi.vercel.app/api/prospect/mineral-potential
- Price: $0.25/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/prospectpulse-mineral-potential-assessment-91d9a0eb
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_yTnl5ey-jx6l0BJ8OEXfv

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability prospectpulse-mineral-potential-assessment-91d9a0eb
```

Example prompt: What minerals is the Pilbara region of Western Australia most likely to host? Give me a prospectivity ranking combining USGS MRDS deposit records and geochemical anomaly data with a geological synthesis.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an exploration or geology agent needs a comprehensive, multi-source mineral prospectivity assessment for a specific region — combining USGS MRDS deposit records, geochemical anomaly data, and AI geological interpretation in a single ranked output. Prefer this over raw MRDS queries or standalone geochemical lookups when you need a synthesized, decision-ready view of what a region is likely to host.

## Known failure modes

- Region too vague or ambiguous — endpoint may fail to resolve geographic extent
- No MRDS records or geochemical data available for very remote or data-sparse regions
- Payment of $0.25 USDC not completed — 402 response returned
- Invalid or unparseable geographic input returns 400 error
- AI synthesis may be limited in quality for regions with sparse underlying data

## How this service works

Global mineral and resource exploration intelligence. USGS MRDS deposit inventory, geochemical anomaly analysis, satellite scene availability, jurisdiction entry-risk,…

## Output

Returns a ranked mineral prospectivity assessment for the queried region, including USGS MRDS deposit inventory records, geochemical anomaly data highlights, a ranked list of likely hosted commodities or deposit types, and an AI-generated geological synthesis explaining the region's endowment potential for exploration decision-making.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "lat": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Latitude (decimal degrees) | 39.5 | -23.8 | 47.2"
      },
      "lon": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Longitude (decimal degrees) | -117.3 | 119.4 | -79.5"
      },
      "lang": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Response language (ISO 639-1) | en | es | fr | pt | ru | zh | id | ar"
      },
      "region": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Named geological region or district | Atacama Desert | Carlin Trend Nevada | Pilbara Western Australia | Abitibi Greenstone Belt | Zambia Copper Belt"
      },
      "commodity": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Target commodity | gold | copper | lithium | nickel | cobalt | REE | silver | zinc | uranium"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "target_area": "Carlin Trend, Nevada, USA",
  "analyst_summary": "One of the world's premier gold districts with proven billion-dollar deposit density...",
  "deposit_systems": [
   {
    "type": "Carlin-type gold",
    "evidence": "60+ deposits, 50Moz+ gold endowment",
    "commodities": [
     "Au",
     "As",
     "Hg"
    ]
   }
  ],
  "geological_setting": "Paleozoic carbonate host rocks in Roberts Mountains allochthon, overlain by clastic rocks",
  "prospectivity_tier": "HIGHLY PROSPECTIVE",
  "prospectivity_score": 88
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/prospectpulse-mineral-potential-assessment-91d9a0eb/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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