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Value of Mineral Production by State

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Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Minerals Information Team

Publication_Date: 2007

Title: Value of Mineral Production by State

Publication_Information:

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

Description:

Abstract:: This data set includes the value of mineral production by State in the United States in thousands of US dollars. The data represent commodities covered by the Minerals Information Team (MIT) of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Purpose:: Provides a consolidated source of U.S. nonfuel mineral production data for spatial and temporal analysis.
Supplemental_Information:: Additional mineral and metal production and consumption 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:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1992
Ending_Date: 2005

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annual

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -168.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 67.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 74.0
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: economy

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: minerals
Theme_Keyword: mines
Theme_Keyword: mineral production
Theme_Keyword: mineral value

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 (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_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Contact_Position: Chief scientist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 988 National Center
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6400

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Excel 97

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. value of nonfuel mineral production for operations covered by the Minerals Information Team of the U.S. Geological Survey in the year for which data was reported. Energy minerals are excluded.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 1993
Title: Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS)

Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1992

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Minerals Yearbook Statistical Summary

Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Data were transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.
Process_Date: 1993

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 1994
Title: Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS)

Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1993

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: AMIS

Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Data were transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.
Process_Date: 1994

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 1995
Title: Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS)

Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1994

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: AMIS

Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Data were transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.
Process_Date: 1995

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 1996
Title: Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS)

Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1995

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: AMIS

Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Data were transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.
Process_Date: 1996

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 1997
Title: Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS)

Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1996

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: AMIS

Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Data were transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.
Process_Date: 1997

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 1998
Title: Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS)

Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1997

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: AMIS

Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Data were transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.
Process_Date: 1998

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 1999
Title: Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS)

Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1998

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: AMIS

Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Data were transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.
Process_Date: 1999

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2000
Title: Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS)

Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1999

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: AMIS

Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Data were transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.
Process_Date: 2000

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2001
Title: Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS)

Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2000

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: AMIS

Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Data were transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.
Process_Date: 2002

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2007
Title: USGS Minerals Yearbook Statistical Summary
Online_Linkage:: <http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/statistical_summary/>

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2005

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Minerals Yearbook Statistical Summary

Source_Contribution:

Statistics on the value of nonfuel minerals in the United States

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The Statistical Summary chapter of the 2004 and 2005 U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook Volume 1 was downloaded in XLS format, and data for 2004 and 2005 were added to the previously existing published version of this table.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Minerals Yearbook Statistical Summary

Process_Date: 200709

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: John F. Papp

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 989 National Center
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-4963

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.

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: State
Entity_Type_Definition: US state for which value of mineral production is reported.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Minerals Information Team, U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 1992

Attribute_Definition: Value of mineral production by State in 1992.

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 8575
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3165938
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Thousands of US dollars
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 1993

Attribute_Definition: Value of mineral production by State in 1993.

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 10301
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2828551
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Thousands of US dollars
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 1994

Attribute_Definition: Value of mineral production by State in 1994.

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 8680
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3280000
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Thousands of US dollars
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 1995

Attribute_Definition: Value of mineral production by State in 1995.

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 8750
Range_Domain_Maximum: 4190000
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Thousands of US dollars
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 1996

Attribute_Definition: Value of mineral production by State in 1996.

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 6820
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3580000
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Thousands of US dollars
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 1997

Attribute_Definition: Value of mineral production by State in 1997.

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 12400
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3540000
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Thousands of US dollars
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 1998

Attribute_Definition: Value of mineral production by State in 1998.

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 11500
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3170000
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Thousands of US dollars
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 1999

Attribute_Definition: Value of mineral production by State in 1999.

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 9620
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3180000
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Thousands of US dollars
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 2000

Attribute_Definition: Value of mineral production by State in 2000.

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 12400
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3270000
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Thousands of US dollars
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 2001

Attribute_Definition: Value of mineral production by State in 2001.

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 19300
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3300000
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Thousands of US dollars
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 2002

Attribute_Definition: Value of mineral production by State in 2002.

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 17300
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3410000
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Thousands of US dollars
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 2003

Attribute_Definition: Value of mineral production by State in 2003.

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 17900
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3430000
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Thousands of US dollars
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 2004

Attribute_Definition: Value of mineral production by State in 2004.

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 21900
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3760000
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Thousands of US dollars
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 2005

Attribute_Definition: Value of mineral production by State in 2005.

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 20000
Range_Domain_Maximum: 4350000
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Thousands of US dollars
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 1992-2005 Average

Attribute_Definition:

Average value of mineral production (in thousands of dollars) by State in the time period 1992-2005.

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 27174
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2875914
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Thousands of US dollars
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Contact_Position: Chief scientist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 988 National Center
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6400

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.

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