USGS Home
Contact USGS
Search USGS

Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data

Active Mines and Mineral Processing Plants in the United States in 2003

Metadata also available as - [Questions & Answers] - [Parseable text] - [XML]

Metadata:

Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 2005

Title:

Active Mines and Mineral Processing Plants in the United States in 2003

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://mrdata.usgs.gov/>

Description:

Abstract:: This data set includes mineral and metal operations in the United States. The data represent commodities monitored by the Minerals Information Team of the USGS, and the operations included are those considered active in 2003 and surveyed by the MIT.
Purpose:: The digital data set of the Minerals Information Team is used to create electronic and hard copy maps that depict various mineral or metal mine and/or processing locations on a national map. The data can be used to conduct graphic analysis on national and large regional scales.
Supplemental_Information:: Additional mineral and metal operations information can be obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information Team web page at: <http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/>

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2003

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -162.865000
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.659000
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 68.070000
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 19.628500

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: minerals
Theme_Keyword: metals
Theme_Keyword: mines
Theme_Keyword: mining operations
Theme_Keyword: mineral operations
Theme_Keyword: metal operations
Theme_Keyword: Aluminum
Theme_Keyword: Asbestos
Theme_Keyword: Ball clay
Theme_Keyword: Barite
Theme_Keyword: Bentonite
Theme_Keyword: Beryllium
Theme_Keyword: Bismuth
Theme_Keyword: Boron
Theme_Keyword: Bromine
Theme_Keyword: Cadmium
Theme_Keyword: Cement
Theme_Keyword: Chromium
Theme_Keyword: Cobalt
Theme_Keyword: Columbium
Theme_Keyword: Niobium
Theme_Keyword: Copper
Theme_Keyword: Diatomite
Theme_Keyword: Dimension Stone
Theme_Keyword: Feldspar
Theme_Keyword: Fullers Earth
Theme_Keyword: Garnet
Theme_Keyword: Gemstones
Theme_Keyword: Gold
Theme_Keyword: Gypsum
Theme_Keyword: Industrial Sand and Gravel
Theme_Keyword: Iron ore
Theme_Keyword: Iron oxide
Theme_Keyword: Kaolin
Theme_Keyword: Kyanite
Theme_Keyword: Lead
Theme_Keyword: Lime
Theme_Keyword: Lithium
Theme_Keyword: Magnesite
Theme_Keyword: Magnesium compounds
Theme_Keyword: Manganese
Theme_Keyword: Mercury
Theme_Keyword: Mica
Theme_Keyword: Molybdenum
Theme_Keyword: Nickel
Theme_Keyword: Niobium (Columbium)
Theme_Keyword: Olivine
Theme_Keyword: Peat
Theme_Keyword: Perlite
Theme_Keyword: Phosphate rock
Theme_Keyword: Platinum-group metals
Theme_Keyword: Potash
Theme_Keyword: Pumice
Theme_Keyword: Rare-earth metals
Theme_Keyword: Rhenium
Theme_Keyword: Rubidium
Theme_Keyword: Salt
Theme_Keyword: Selenium
Theme_Keyword: Silica
Theme_Keyword: Silicon
Theme_Keyword: Silver
Theme_Keyword: Soda Ash (Trona)
Theme_Keyword: Sodium sulfate
Theme_Keyword: Strontium
Theme_Keyword: Sulfur
Theme_Keyword: Synthetic Mullite
Theme_Keyword: Talc
Theme_Keyword: Tellurium
Theme_Keyword: Thorium
Theme_Keyword: Tin
Theme_Keyword: Titanium metal
Theme_Keyword: Titanium mineral
Theme_Keyword: Titanium pigment
Theme_Keyword: Trona (Soda Ash)
Theme_Keyword: Tungsten
Theme_Keyword: Vanadium
Theme_Keyword: Vermiculite
Theme_Keyword: Wollastonite
Theme_Keyword: Zeolites
Theme_Keyword: Zinc
Theme_Keyword: Zircon

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Place_Keyword: United States

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 5-2): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Place_Keyword: Alaska
Place_Keyword: Alabama
Place_Keyword: Arkansas
Place_Keyword: Arizona
Place_Keyword: California
Place_Keyword: Colorado
Place_Keyword: Connecticut
Place_Keyword: Delaware
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: Georgia
Place_Keyword: Hawaii
Place_Keyword: Idaho
Place_Keyword: Iowa
Place_Keyword: Illinois
Place_Keyword: Indiana
Place_Keyword: Kansas
Place_Keyword: Kentucky
Place_Keyword: Louisiana
Place_Keyword: Maine
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Maryland
Place_Keyword: Michigan
Place_Keyword: Minnesota
Place_Keyword: Missouri
Place_Keyword: Mississippi
Place_Keyword: Montana
Place_Keyword: North Carolina
Place_Keyword: North Dakota
Place_Keyword: Nebraska
Place_Keyword: New Hampshire
Place_Keyword: New Jersey
Place_Keyword: New Mexico
Place_Keyword: Nevada
Place_Keyword: New York
Place_Keyword: Ohio
Place_Keyword: Oklahoma
Place_Keyword: Oregon
Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania
Place_Keyword: Rhode Island
Place_Keyword: South Carolina
Place_Keyword: South Dakota
Place_Keyword: Tennessee
Place_Keyword: Texas
Place_Keyword: Utah
Place_Keyword: Vermont
Place_Keyword: Virginia
Place_Keyword: Wisconsin
Place_Keyword: Washington
Place_Keyword: West Virginia
Place_Keyword: Wyoming

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

None. Acknowledgment of the Minerals Information Team, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, government of the United States of America would be appreciated in products derived from these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Robert Callaghan
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 983 National Center
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-7709

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rcallaghan@usgs.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No tests for logical consistency were performed on this data set.

Completeness_Report:

This data set includes only U.S. mineral and metal operations monitored by the Minerals Information Team of the U.S. Geological Survey and considered currently active in 2003. No energy minerals operations (for example, coal) are included. Aggregates operations are limited to those producing over 30,000 tons per year in 2002. Peat operations in Alaska are not included. Placer deposits (gold) in Alaska are not included. Clay operations (ball clay, common clay) may have many satellite pits, not all of which are specifically included. An attempt was made to add locations that may be considered representative of the companies. Plants are limited to operations considered primary -- those which process a mineral or metal to create the first raw material from which products are made. Downstream operations (operations that reprocess a raw material into another raw material or final product) and recycling operations are not included.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
Title: Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS)

Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1997
Ending_Date: 2005

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: AMIS

Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2004
Title: USGS Minerals Yearbook -- 2003
Online_Linkage: <http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/>

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2003

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Minerals Yearbook 2003

Source_Contribution:

The USGS Minerals Yearbook (MYB) contains statistical information on over 90 commodities. These reviews summarize activity in the commodity. From tables and other information in the MYB lists of active operations were determined.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: AMIS contains both proprietary and nonproprietary information. For each commodity, the Minerals Information Team extracted from AMIS the nonproprietary information useful for this application and placed this information in a separate database. This information includes company name, site name, county, state, and coordinates. This information is reported by the company with the exception of coordinates, which have been added by the MIT in an ongoing process that began in 1997. Latitude and longitude for each operation was obtained from at least one of the following sources: Minerals Availability System/Minerals Industry Location System (MAS/MILS) CD-ROM, U.S. Bureau of Mines Special Publication 12-95, web searches using general internet search services (queries by company name or name of the specific operation), company contact, map interpolation, and searches of the EPA database at <http://www.epa.gov/enviro.html/multisystem_query_java.html> Whenever possible the location information was checked for accuracy and added to the AMIS database. After 2003 coordinates being added were checked, or obtained, when possible using USGS air photos available through Microsoft Terraserver (<http://terraserver-usa.com>).
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: AMIS
Process_Date: 2005

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Records extracted from AMIS were compared to information available in the Minerals Information Team's 2003 Minerals Yearbook and were reviewed by commodity specialists to create the 2003 Active Mines and Plants dataset.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Minerals Yearbook 2003
Process_Date: 2005

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference:

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas FIPS 5-2): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology.

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, (FIPS 6-4): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 6738

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.01
Longitude_Resolution: 0.01
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Active Mines and Mineral Processing Plants in 2003
Entity_Type_Definition: Locations of active mines and mineral processing plants in 2003
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information Team.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COMMODITY

Attribute_Definition:

The mineral(s) and/or metal(s) produced or processed by the facility.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:: Mineral Commodity Summaries 2006, or <http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mcs/>
Codeset_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ID

Attribute_Definition: internal feature number

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 6842

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITE_NAME

Attribute_Definition:

Name of the location; may be the name of the mine or plant or the nearest locality

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: There is no predefined set of standard site names.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COMPANY_NA

Attribute_Definition: The name of the company operating at the location.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: There is no predefined set of standard company names.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE_LOCA

Attribute_Definition: State in which the site is located

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 5-2): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Codeset_Source: <http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/>

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COUNTY

Attribute_Definition: County in which the operation is located.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas. (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 6-4): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Codeset_Source: <http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/>

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE

Attribute_Definition: The latittude of the operation in decimal degrees.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 19
Range_Domain_Maximum: 68

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE

Attribute_Definition: The longitude of the site in decimal degrees

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -162.865
Range_Domain_Maximum: -67.659

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PLANT_MIN

Attribute_Definition: Whether the operation is a mine, a plant, or both

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information Team.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: M
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The operation is a mine
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: P
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The operation is a plant
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: M/P
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The facility is both a mine and a plant
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information Team

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Peter Schweitzer
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 954 National Center
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

Standard_Order_Process: