Metadata: 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 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation 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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