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Rare earth element mines, deposits, and occurrences

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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: Orris, Greta J.

Originator: Grauch, Richard I.

Title: Rare earth element mines, deposits, and occurrences

Publication_Date: 2002

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 02-189

Publication_Information:

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

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

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-189/>

Description:

Abstract:: This dataset contains location, geologic and mineral economic data for world rare earth mines, deposits, and occurrences. The data in this compilation were derived from published and non-published sources. Geographic coordinates are provided for 577 of the 799 deposits described here.
Purpose:: This dataset was compiled for the University of Arizona's Center for Mineral Resources Rare Earth monograph, a summary document intended to reflect our current knowledge of the geology and mineral economics of the rare earths, including yttrium.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2002

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -166.5
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 175.8667
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -41.1

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: none

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Alexandria Digital Library Feature Type Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: mineral deposit areas
Theme_Keyword: mine sites

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4
Place_Keyword: fLD50 = Africa
Place_Keyword: fLD70 = Asia
Place_Keyword: fLD80 = Asia Minor and Middle East
Place_Keyword: fLD60 = Australia and New Zealand
Place_Keyword: fLD20 = Central America
Place_Keyword: fLD40 = Europe
Place_Keyword: fLD10 = North America
Place_Keyword: fLD30 = South America
Place_Keyword: fLD90 = Southeast Asia

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General glossary for mineral resources spatial data
Theme_Keyword: comma-delimited text
Theme_Keyword: DBF
Theme_Keyword: HTML table
Theme_Keyword: KML
Theme_Keyword: shapefile
Theme_Keyword: tab-delimited text

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Lithologic classification of geologic map units
Theme_Keyword: Intrusive carbonatite
Theme_Keyword: Volcanic carbonatite

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Mineral Resources Data System commodity types
Theme_Keyword: rare earth elements

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: cerium
Theme_Keyword: dysprosium
Theme_Keyword: economic geology
Theme_Keyword: erbium
Theme_Keyword: europium
Theme_Keyword: gadolinium
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets
Theme_Keyword: holmium
Theme_Keyword: lanthanum
Theme_Keyword: lutetium
Theme_Keyword: mineral resources
Theme_Keyword: natural resource assessment
Theme_Keyword: neodymium
Theme_Keyword: praseodymium
Theme_Keyword: prometium
Theme_Keyword: rare earth elements
Theme_Keyword: samarium
Theme_Keyword: terbium
Theme_Keyword: thulium
Theme_Keyword: ytterbium
Theme_Keyword: yttrium

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: alkaline complexes
Theme_Keyword: heavy minerals
Theme_Keyword: placers

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Greta J Orris
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 520 N. Park Avenue
City: Tucson
State_or_Province: AZ
Postal_Code: 85719-5035
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 520-670-5583

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: greta@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: <http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/of02-189.png>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:: Simplified map showing global distribution of REE deposits, (540 x 270 pixels)
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PNG

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: The accuracy of file data attributes is highly variable, especially for some parts of Africa and Asia. Most locations are believed to be within 2-5 minutes of the exact location; some locations are for the nearest town, and other locations are of undetermined accuracy. Location errors are a result of inadequate or incorrect original data, error caused by multiple locations with the same name, and error introduced by data entry or location format conversion. The data tables were spot-checked against the original data.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Point data are given in degrees and minutes.

Completeness_Report:

This report is the most complete compilation of rare earth mines, deposits, and occurrences known. However, it is highly likely that there are additional occurrences of rare earths that are not included. In addition, data for many of the sites are incomplete. Determination of latitudes and longitudes for some sites were impossible given the available data.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:: The latitudes and longitudes were largely taken from Published data or determined from descriptions of the location using the maps available to us or internet-based gazeteers such as the GEOnet Names server on the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's database. The accuracy of these locations varies with the detail of the original information.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Harvey, S.E.

Originator: Young, I.

Originator: Billingsley, G.

Publication_Date: 2002

Title:

Geology of the Hoidas Lake area, Ena Domain, northwestern Saskatchewan

Online_Linkage:

<http://er.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=11830,11827,11458,11455,11228,3385,5460,2936,Documents&MediaID=36540&Filename=harvey.pdf>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Saskatchewan Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 2002

Title: Summary of Investigations 2002, Volume 2

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Saskatchewan Industry Resources, Miscellaneous Report
Issue_Identification: 2002-4.2

Other_Citation_Details: CD-ROM, Paper C-2, 13p

Type_of_Source_Media: digital file, online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2002

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Harvey and others, 2002

Source_Contribution: Corrected point location for record 299

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Data were separated into various fields (categories) within the Excel spreadsheet.
Process_Date: 2001

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Data reorganized in relational form for distribution through the USGS Mineral Resources Online Data Catalog

Process_Date: 20101130

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer
Contact_Organization: USGS ER GD

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192-0002
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6252

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Corrected locations of records 707, 747, and 750 at the suggestion of Robert Callaghan. Those point locations were obviously erroneous. Revised locations were drawn from matching these records with the corresponding records in MRDS, and using the coordinates from MRDS.

Process_Date: 20111110

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer
Contact_Organization: USGS ER GD

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192-0002
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6252

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Corrected location of record 299 at the suggestion of Robert Callaghan. That point location was obviously erroneous. Revised location was chosen as the location given for geochemical samples of the Jak zone in the <http://er.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=11830,11827,11458,11455,11228,3385,5460,2936,Documents&MediaID=36540&Filename=harvey.pdf>

Process_Date: 20111114

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Harvey and others, 2002

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer
Contact_Organization: USGS ER GD

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192-0002
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6252

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 577

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: World Geodetic System 1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS 84
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: main
Entity_Type_Definition: Site description

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: rec_id

Attribute_Definition:

Record ID.

Numeric record identifier without scientific significance. Integer values. Int of width 4.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 799
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: deptype

Attribute_Definition:

Deposit type.

General category of mineral deposit. Textual values of no more than 10 characters.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: carb
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Carbonatite

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: carb-re
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Carbonatite with residual enrichment

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: alk-ig
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alkalic igneous

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: hyd-feox
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hydrothermal Fe-oxide

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: oth-ig-aff
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other igneous-affiliated (including pegmatites and veins)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ion-ad
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Ion adsorption

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: met
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Metamorphic

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: placer-sh
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Placer, shoreline

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: placer-al
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Placer, alluvial

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: placer-unc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Placer, uncertain origin

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: placer-pal
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Placer, paleoplacer

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: phos
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Phosphorite

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: oth-baux
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other, Bauxite- or laterite-hosted

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: oth-f
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other, F deposits

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: oth-pb
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other, Pb deposits

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: oth-u
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other, Uranium deposits

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: oth-unc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other, uncertain

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: depname
Attribute_Definition:: Site name.
Name of the location, deposit, or mine. Textual values of no more than 89 characters.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: country
Attribute_Definition:: Country.
Country. Textual values of no more than 20 characters.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: stprov

Attribute_Definition:

State or Province.

State or province. Textual values of no more than 39 characters.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Information not available for this record. 252 records have no value for stprov.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: lat_dms

Attribute_Definition:

Latitude (DMS).

Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds, written like 39-48N. Textual values of no more than 16 characters.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Information not available for this record. 222 records have no value for lat_dms.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: lon_dms

Attribute_Definition:

Longitude (DMS).

Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds, written like 77-24W. Textual values of no more than 18 characters.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Information not available for this record. 222 records have no value for lon_dms.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: status

Attribute_Definition:

Site status.

Development status (mine, deposit, occurrence) possibly indicating activity. Textual values of no more than 60 characters.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Information not available for this record. 188 records have no value for status.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: age_info

Attribute_Definition:

Geologic age.

Geologic age estimates derived from radiometric dating. Textual values of no more than 88 characters.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Information not available for this record. 441 records have no value for age_info.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: company

Attribute_Definition:

Company.

Name of company owning the property. Textual values of no more than 70 characters.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Information not available for this record. 632 records have no value for company.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: comments

Attribute_Definition:

Comments.

Comments explaining descriptive fields. Textual values of no more than 273 characters.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Information not available for this record. 317 records have no value for comments.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: latitude

Attribute_Definition:

Geographic latitude.

Geographic latitude in decimal degrees WGS84 calculated from lat_dms, south values negative. Real numbers stored in double precision.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Information not available for this record. 222 records have no value for latitude.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -42.233333333333
Range_Domain_Maximum: 71
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: longitude

Attribute_Definition:

Geographic longitude.

Geographic longitude in decimal degrees WGS84 calculated from lon_dms, west values negative. Real numbers stored in double precision.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Information not available for this record. 222 records have no value for longitude.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -166.5
Range_Domain_Maximum: 175.86666666667
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: minerals
Entity_Type_Definition: Minerals present at the site

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: rec_id

Attribute_Definition:

Record ID.

Record ID, a value of main:rec_id. Integer values. Int of width 4.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 799
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: role
Attribute_Definition:: Role of mineral.
Role of mineral: REE-bearing, other ore, or gangue. Textual values of no more than 8 characters.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: abbr
Attribute_Definition:: Abbreviation.
Abbreviation used by the original authors to shorten the texts. Textual values of no more than 38 characters.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: name
Attribute_Definition:: Mineral name.
Mineral name derived from tables 2 and 3 of the report and some educated guesswork. Textual values of no more than 38 characters.

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: hostrock
Entity_Type_Definition: Bibliography

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: rec_id

Attribute_Definition:

Record ID.

Record ID, a value of main:rec_id. Integer values. Int of width 4.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 799
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: value
Attribute_Definition:: Lithology.
Lithology terms (not controlled). Textual values of no more than 100 characters.

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: resource
Entity_Type_Definition: Resource estimates

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: rec_id

Attribute_Definition:

Record ID.

Record ID, a value of main:rec_id. Integer values. Int of width 4.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 799
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: value
Attribute_Definition:: Tonnage and grades.
Tonnage and grades of commodity oxides, sometimes including year for which those estimates were given. Textual values of no more than 100 characters.

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: reflink
Entity_Type_Definition:: Reference links, an associative table linking deposits with references one to many

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: rec_id

Attribute_Definition:

Record ID.

Record ID, a value of main:rec_id. Integer values. Int of width 4.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 799
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: role
Attribute_Definition:: Information provided.
Subject for which the reference was applicable: location, resources, or general. Textual values of no more than 8 characters.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: reflink
Attribute_Definition:: Short reference.
Short reference like Woolley, 2001, links to bib:reflink. Textual values of no more than 140 characters.

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: bib
Entity_Type_Definition: Bibliography

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ref_id

Attribute_Definition:

Reference ID.

Reference ID, a unique identifier of this reference. Integer values. Int of width 4.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 260
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: reflink
Attribute_Definition:: Short reference.
Short reference like Woolley, 2001, links to ref:reflink. Textual values of no more than 64 characters.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: reference
Attribute_Definition:: Bibliographic citation.
Bibliographic citation, generally in standard USGS format. Textual values of no more than 663 characters.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USGS Information Services

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing
Address: Box 25286, Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80255-0046
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 1-303-202-4695

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: infoservices@usgs.gov

Distribution_Liability:

This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Shapefile
Format_Version_Number: 1.0
Format_Information_Content: Deposit locations with geologic and economic characteristics
File_Decompression_Technique: unzip

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/ree.zip>

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: WMS
Format_Version_Number: 1.1.1
Format_Information_Content: Deposit locations with geological and economic characteristics

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: <http://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/ree?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.1.1>

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: WFS
Format_Version_Number: 1.0.0
Format_Information_Content: Deposit locations with geological and economic characteristics

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address: