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Mineral Operations of Africa and the Middle East

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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: J.M. Eros

Originator: Luissette Candelario-Quintana

Publication_Date: 2006

Title: Mineral Operations of Africa and the Middle East

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Derived from USGS Open-File report
Issue_Identification: 2006-1135

Publication_Information:

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

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

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: J.M. Eros

Originator: Luissette Candelario-Quintana

Publication_Date: 2006

Title: Mineral Facilities of Africa and the Middle East

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2006-1135

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1135/>

Description:

Abstract:: This data set consists of records for over 1,500 mineral facilities in Africa and the Middle East. The mineral facilities include mines, plants, mills , or refineries of aluminum, cement, coal, copper, diamond, gold, iron and steel, nickel, platinum-group metals, salt, and silver, among others. Records include attributes such as commodity, country, site, company name, plant capacity if applicable, and generalized coordinates. The data were compiled from multiple sources, including the 2004 USGS Minerals Yearbook (Africa and Middle East volume), minerals statistics and information from the USGS minerals information Web site (<http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/>), and data collected by USGS minerals information country specialists. Data reflect the most recent published table of industry structure for each country. Other sources include statistical publications of individual countries, annual reports and press releases of operating companies, and trade journals. Due to the sensitivity of some energy commodity data, the quality of these data should be evaluated on a country-by-country basis. Additional information and explanation is available from the country specialists.
Purpose:: The purpose of this data set is to present information about the mineral facilities of Africa and the Mineral East, including their location, ownership or operating company, operating status, and capacity. This data set reflects the mineral operations pertinent to commodities discussed in the International Minerals Yearbook chapters of the USGS.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2003

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -34.183
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.7
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 61.243
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -25.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:: USGS Mineral Commodity Surveys, 2006 available online at URL: <http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mcs/>
Theme_Keyword: aggregate
Theme_Keyword: alumina
Theme_Keyword: aluminum
Theme_Keyword: antimony
Theme_Keyword: arsenic
Theme_Keyword: asbestos
Theme_Keyword: barite
Theme_Keyword: bauxite
Theme_Keyword: bentonite
Theme_Keyword: boron
Theme_Keyword: bromine
Theme_Keyword: cadmium
Theme_Keyword: cement
Theme_Keyword: chromium
Theme_Keyword: clay
Theme_Keyword: cobalt
Theme_Keyword: columbium
Theme_Keyword: copper
Theme_Keyword: diamond
Theme_Keyword: diatomite
Theme_Keyword: dimension stone
Theme_Keyword: ferroalloys
Theme_Keyword: fluorspar
Theme_Keyword: gemstone
Theme_Keyword: germanium
Theme_Keyword: gold
Theme_Keyword: graphite
Theme_Keyword: gypsum
Theme_Keyword: iron
Theme_Keyword: kaolin
Theme_Keyword: lead
Theme_Keyword: lime
Theme_Keyword: lithium
Theme_Keyword: magnesium
Theme_Keyword: manganese
Theme_Keyword: mercury
Theme_Keyword: mica
Theme_Keyword: molybdenum
Theme_Keyword: nickel
Theme_Keyword: niobium
Theme_Keyword: nitrogen
Theme_Keyword: peat
Theme_Keyword: perlite
Theme_Keyword: phosphate
Theme_Keyword: platinum group metals
Theme_Keyword: potash
Theme_Keyword: pyrophyllite
Theme_Keyword: salt
Theme_Keyword: selenium
Theme_Keyword: silicon
Theme_Keyword: silver
Theme_Keyword: soda ash
Theme_Keyword: stone
Theme_Keyword: stone - crushed
Theme_Keyword: stone - dimension
Theme_Keyword: sulfur
Theme_Keyword: talc
Theme_Keyword: tantalum
Theme_Keyword: tin
Theme_Keyword: titanium
Theme_Keyword: tungsten
Theme_Keyword: vanadium
Theme_Keyword: vermiculite
Theme_Keyword: wollastonite
Theme_Keyword: zeolite
Theme_Keyword: zinc
Theme_Keyword: zirconium
Theme_Keyword: crushed stone

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: commodity
Theme_Keyword: metal
Theme_Keyword: mine
Theme_Keyword: mineral
Theme_Keyword: processing plant

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:: USGS Minerals Yearbook (Volume III. -- Area Reports: International), 2003; available at <http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/>
Place_Keyword: Africa
Place_Keyword: Mideast

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:: FIPS 10-4 "Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions"
Place_Keyword: Algeria
Place_Keyword: Angola
Place_Keyword: Bahrain
Place_Keyword: Benin
Place_Keyword: Botswana
Place_Keyword: Burkina Faso
Place_Keyword: Burundi
Place_Keyword: Cameroon
Place_Keyword: Cape Verde
Place_Keyword: Central African Republic
Place_Keyword: Chad
Place_Keyword: Congo - Brazzaville
Place_Keyword: Congo - Kinshasa
Place_Keyword: Cote D'Ivoire
Place_Keyword: Cyprus
Place_Keyword: Djibouti
Place_Keyword: Egypt
Place_Keyword: Equatorial Guinea
Place_Keyword: Eritrea
Place_Keyword: Ethiopia
Place_Keyword: Gabon
Place_Keyword: Ghana
Place_Keyword: Guinea
Place_Keyword: Iran
Place_Keyword: Iraq
Place_Keyword: Israel
Place_Keyword: Jordan
Place_Keyword: Kenya
Place_Keyword: Kuwait
Place_Keyword: Lebanon
Place_Keyword: Lesotho
Place_Keyword: Liberia
Place_Keyword: Libya
Place_Keyword: Madagascar
Place_Keyword: Malawi
Place_Keyword: Mali
Place_Keyword: Mauritania
Place_Keyword: Mauritius
Place_Keyword: Morocco
Place_Keyword: Mozambique
Place_Keyword: Namibia
Place_Keyword: Niger
Place_Keyword: Nigeria
Place_Keyword: Oman
Place_Keyword: Qatar
Place_Keyword: Reunion
Place_Keyword: Rwanda
Place_Keyword: Saudi Arabia
Place_Keyword: Senegal
Place_Keyword: Sierra Leone
Place_Keyword: Somalia
Place_Keyword: South Africa
Place_Keyword: Sudan
Place_Keyword: Swaziland
Place_Keyword: Syria
Place_Keyword: Tanzania
Place_Keyword: Togo
Place_Keyword: Tunisia
Place_Keyword: Turkey
Place_Keyword: U.A.E.
Place_Keyword: Uganda
Place_Keyword: Western Sahara
Place_Keyword: Yemen
Place_Keyword: Zambia
Place_Keyword: Zimbabwe

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

None, however the responsibility of determining fitness for any particular use is that of the user of these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Yolanda Fong-Sam
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Country specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 991 National Center
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-7756

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: yfongs-sam@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

International Section of the Minerals Information Team of the U.S. Geological Survey

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Excel 2002, ArcGIS 9.1

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: No gurarantee is made as to the accuracy of the attributes. Attributes values represent best-available data from research of sources such as statistical publications of individual countries, annual reports and press releases of operating companies, and trade journals. Coordinates were added by researching the company name and general location; in some cases coordinates may be that of the nearest town or province centroid. Due to the sensitivity of some energy commodity data, the quality of these data should be evaluated on a country-by-country basis.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No test for logical consistency was performed on this data set. It should be noted that values for the field describing plant capacities are in various units of measure; another field records the unit of measure.

Completeness_Report:

The data were gathered in support of the USGS Minerals Yearbook (Volume III. -- Area Reports: International). An attempt was made to include operations known to be or have been economically significant and therefore included in the Yearbook tables, if not directly mentioned then these operations in some way were ones for which production numbers were calculated to create the Yearbook tables. This downloadable data set is missing 141 operations for which coordinates could not be found; however the USGS Open File Report 2006-1135 (the larger work from which this data set is derived) lists these operations without their coordinates.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:: The coordinates of the operations were obtained at a world scale. In many cases the coordinates are those of nearby cities or province centroids, especially where the site name is that of a city or province.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: The United States Board on Geographic Names

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: GEOnet Names Server

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: online
Publisher: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Online_Linkage: <http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/GNS/index.jsp>

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2006

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: GEOnet

Source_Contribution:

The GEOnet Names Server (GNS) provides access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names' (US BGN) database of foreign geographic feature names. The database is the official repository of foreign place-name decisions approved by the US BGN. Approximately 20,000 of the database's features are updated monthly. This source was used when it was necessary to use a locality as the coordinates rather than the actual site.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Falling Rain Genomics
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title: Global Gazetteer Version 2.1
Online_Linkage: <http://www.fallingrain.com/world/>

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Global Gazeteer Version 2.1

Source_Contribution:

This website contains generalized coordinates for worldwide place names, which were sometimes used as coordinates for operations.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 2004

Title: Minerals Yearbook (Volume III. -- Area Reports: International)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document

Series_Information:

Series_Name: 2004 Minerals Yearbook
Issue_Identification: Volume 3

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: <http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/index.html#pubs>

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2004

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Minerals Yearbook 2004 Volume 3

Source_Contribution:

The USGS Minerals Yearbook Volume 3 covers the mineral industries of countries other than the United States.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 2003

Title: Minerals Yearbook (Volume III. -- Area Reports: International)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document

Series_Information:

Series_Name: 2003 Minerals Yearbook
Issue_Identification: Volume 3

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: <http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/index.html#pubs>

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: USGS Minerals Yearbook 2003 Volume 3

Source_Contribution:

The USGS Minerals Yearbook Volume 3 covers the mineral industries of countries other than the United States and was used if the 2004 chapter for a particular country was not available.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: USGS Minerals Information Team Country Specialists provided the authors of U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1135 with lists of operations known to be active in the countries of Africa and the Middle East based on their research of statistical publications of individual countries, annual reports and press releases of operating companies, and trade journals. Plant capacities were also provided when possible.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Minerals Yearbook Volume 3
Process_Date: 2003-2006

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Using available information such as company name and province or nearest city in which it is located, coordinates were obtained from various sources. Coordinates may be very general, such as a representative point in the province or the nearest city
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Global Gazetteer Version 2.1
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GEOnet
Process_Date: 2003-2006

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Open-File Reort 2006-1135 was created, which is in the form of a map (adobe illustrator and pdf) and an excel spreadsheet.
Process_Date: 2006

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Records without coordinates (141) were deleted from the spreadsheet published as part of the open-file report. The resulting table was added to ArcMap 9.1 and exported as a shapefile
Process_Date: 2006

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1451

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: World Geodetic System 84
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS-84
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137 meters
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.26

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Mineral facilities of Africa and the Middle East
Entity_Type_Definition:: A mineral facility can be a mine or a processing plant of a mineral or other commodity referenced in the USGS Minerals Yearbooks
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS Minerals Information Team

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Position

Attribute_Definition:

Unique identifying number corresponding to label on map published as Open-File Report 2006-1135

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Open-File Report 2006-1135, online at <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1135/>

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1593
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: None

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Country

Attribute_Definition: The country in which the mine or processing plant is located

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:: FIPS 10-4 "Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions"
Codeset_Source: <http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/>

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Site

Attribute_Definition:

Name given to a mine or processing plant that distinguishes it from others the company owning the facility may have. It may be the name of the facility given to it by the company or others in the industry or it may be the name of the nearest city or province.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: No standard set of site names exists.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Facility

Attribute_Definition:

The type of operation -- may be a mine or one of several kinds of processing plants

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: -
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The type of operation was not able to be determined
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: brine plant
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: A commodity is extracted from brine at the site
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: gas field
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Natural gas is produced at the site
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: kiln, mill
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: A concentrated mineral product is produced at the site by physically separating mineral components of an ore, and the facility also is known to have a kiln
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: mill
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: A concentrated mineral product is produced at the site by physically separating mineral components of an ore
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: mine
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Raw material is removed from the site for processing
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: mines
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The operation is a mining complex; specific mine names were not able to be determined
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: offshore mine
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The operation is an offshore mine
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: oilfield
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The operation pertains to an oil field
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: plant
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The operation is a processing plant for the commodity pertaining to the site
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: plant, refinery
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The operation is considered to be a refinery for the commodity pertaining to the site -- for petroleum operations a facility at which crude oil is converted to petroleum products; for metal operations a facility at which metals are purified
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: quarries
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The operation consists of a group of open pit mines
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: quarry
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The operation is a an open pit mine
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: refinery
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The operation is considered to be a refinery for the commodity pertaining to the site -- for petroleum operations a facility at which crude oil is converted to petroleum products; for metal operations a facility at which metals are purified
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: rolling mill
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The operation produces metal sheet or other similar products
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: smelter
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The operation is considered to be a smelter for the commodity pertaining to the site -- this refers to a processing facility where concentrates of ores are heated to high temperatures and metal is chemically extracted from the concentrate
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: smelter, refinery
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: the operation is both a smelter and a refinery for the commodity pertaining to the site
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: well
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The commodity is obtained through a well
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DMS_Lat

Attribute_Definition:

Angular distance measured on a meridian north or south from the equator, measured in degrees-minutes-seconds

Attribute_Definition_Source:

GEOnet Names Server (GNS) available at <http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/thesaurus/catalog/>

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 34° 11' 00" S
Range_Domain_Maximum: 37° 33' 18" N
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees, minutes, seconds

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DMS_Lon

Attribute_Definition:

Angular distance between the plane of a meridian east or west from the plane of the meridian of Greenwich, measured in degrees-minutes-seconds.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

GEOnet Names Server (GNS) available at <http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/thesaurus/catalog/>

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 025° 00' 00" W
Range_Domain_Maximum: 057° 29' 56" E
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees, minutes, seconds

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Latitude

Attribute_Definition:

Angular distance measured on a meridian north or south from the equator, measured in decimal degrees.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Spatial Data Transfer Standard maintained by USGS and available at <http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/sdts/standard.html>

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -34.19
Range_Domain_Maximum: 48.70
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Longitude

Attribute_Definition:

Angular distance between the plane of a meridian east or west from the plane of the meridian of Greenwich, measured in decimal degrees.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Spatial Data Transfer Standard maintained by USGS and available at <http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/sdts/standard.html>

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 22.133
Range_Domain_Maximum: 36.392
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COMMODITY

Attribute_Definition: The material mined or processed at the site

Attribute_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:: While commodities generally follow those covered in the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries available online at <http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mcs/>, in some cases descriptors are added to give information about the raw material, or process used. In some cases multiple commodities are processed at a site; all commodities pertaining to a site are listed in this field and there is no standard set of possible combinations though some combinations are more likely than others to occur.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: METHOD

Attribute_Definition:

The method of mining used by the operation if it is considered to be a mine

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: -
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Mining method is not known or is not applicable because the operation is a processing plant rather than a mine
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The mine is an open-pit or other surface mine
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S, U
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The mine is an open-pit or other surface mine and also has an underground component
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: U, S
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The mine is an underground mine with surface operations as well
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COMPANY

Attribute_Definition: The principal company operating at the site

Attribute_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: No standard set of company names exists

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATUS

Attribute_Definition: An indicator of whether an operation was producing in 2004

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: -
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The status of the operation is not known
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: active
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The operation was producing in 2004
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: closed
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The operation was closed in 2004
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CAPACITY

Attribute_Definition: The amount it is possible to produce at the facility

Attribute_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:: Capacity is numeric however in some records descriptors such as material being measured were added; some records may have capacities for different commodities. Capacities in different records can not be directly compared because units of measurement vary between records; the units are given in a different field in the record.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UNITS

Attribute_Definition:

The unit of measure for the plant capacity attribute of the site.

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 42 gallon barrels / day
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The plant capacity is measured by number of 42 gallon barrels that can be produced per day
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 42 gallon barrels / yr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The plant capacity is measured by number of 42 gallon barrels that can be produced per year
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: carats / yr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The plant capacity is measured in number of carats of the commodity that can be produced per year
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: cubic meters/yr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The plant capacity is measured in number of cubic meters of the commodity that can be produced per year
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: kg / yr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The plant capacity is measured in number of kilograms of the commodity that can be produced per year
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: million 42 gallon barrels / yr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The plant capacity is measured in millions of 42 gallon barrels that can be produced per year
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: million cubic meters
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The plant capacity is measured in million cubic meters but it is not known if it is per year or per day
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: million cubic meters / yr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The plant capacity is measured by the millions of cubic meters of the commodity that can be produced per year
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: t / yr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The plant capacity is measured in tons per year -- it is not known whether these are short tons or metric tons
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: t / yr, kg / yr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The plant capacity for the first commodity listed in the commodity field is measured in tons per year -- it is not known whether these are short tons or metric tons, and the plant capacity for the second commodity is measured in kilograms that can be produced per year
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: thousand 42 gallon barrels / day
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The plant capacity is measured in thousands of barrels that can be produced per day that each hold 42 gallons
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: thousand 42 gallon barrels / yr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: The plant capacity is measured in thousands of barrels that can be produced per year that each hold 42 gallons
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Yolanda Fong-Sam
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing Address
Address: 991 National Center
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703 648-7756

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Yfong-sam@usgs.gov

Distribution_Liability:

Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these data, software, or related materials. The use of firm, trade, or brand names in this report is for identification purposes only and does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Geological Survey. The names mentioned in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners.

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