Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
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| Site identification | ||
|---|---|---|
| id | Unique identifying number corresponding to label on map published as Open-File Report 2006-1135 | |
| site | Name given to a mine or processing plant that distinguishes it from others the company owning the facility may have. It may be t | |
| Geographic location | ||
| country | The country in which the mine or processing plant is located | |
| dms_lat | Angular distance measured on a meridian north or south from the equator, expressed in degrees-minutes-seconds | |
| dms_long | Angular distance between the plane of a meridian east or west from the plane of the meridian of Greenwich, expressed in degrees- | |
| latitude | Angular distance measured on a meridian north or south from the equator, measured in decimal degrees. | |
| longitude | Angular distance between the plane of a meridian east or west from the plane of the meridian of Greenwich, measured in decimal d | |
| Site characteristics | ||
| facility | The type of operation -- may be a mine or one of several kinds of processing plants | |
| method | The method of mining used by the operation if it is considered to be a mine | |
| company | The principal company operating at the site | |
| status | An indicator of whether an operation was producing in 2004 | |
| capacity | The amount it is possible to produce at the facility | |
| units | The unit of measure for the plant capacity attribute of the site. | |
| Commodities | ||
| commodity | The material mined or processed at the site | |