U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Active-, inactive-, and abandoned-mine information and selected geochemical data for the State of Utah by Jean L. Ryder* Open-File Report 96-653 Diskette This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. *U.S. Geological Survey, DFC, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225 1996 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 USGS DATABASES . . . . . . . . ......................................... . .1 RASS and PLUTO ...... .. .......................................... .1 MRDS . ...................................................... . . . .3 MILS . ................................................ . . . . . . .4 Retrieving Files From the Internet . .................................... . .4 Acknowledgements ...................................... . . . . . . . . . . .5 References Cited .... . .....................................................5 i INTRODUCTION The digital data files presented on this disk comprise selected informat- ion from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) databases related to active and inactive mine locations in the state of Utah and may be of use to people involved with environmental remediation, contamination work, and minerals exploration. This report and the accomanying database files can be downloaded across the internet via file transfer protocol using 'anonymous ftp' from the USGS system named greenwood.cr.usgs.gov (136.177.48.5). The files are located in the directory /pub/open-file-reports/ofr-96-0653. See page four for specific details on how to perform this transfer. The database manager is: Jean L. Ryder (303) 236-1191 jryder@helios.cr.usgs.gov U.S. Geological Survey Box 25046, Mail Stop 973 Denver, CO 80225-0046 Disclaimers: The databases, identified as RASS, PLUTO, MRDS, and MILS have been approved for release and publication by the Director of the USGS. Although these databases have been subjected to rigorous review and are substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use. Although the program LHA.COM ((c)Yoshizaki,1988-91) was used by the USGS to archive these files, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy and operation of the program and related program material, nor shall the fact of distribution constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in connection therewith. USGS DATABASES The National Geochemical Database is a collection of geochemical information maintained by the USGS and consists of five separate databases. The data retrieved here are from the Rock Analysis Storage System (RASS), PLUTO, Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS), and Minerals Availability System (MILS) databases. The fifth database, National Uranium Resource Evaluation, does not contain mine information. RASS and PLUTO The data from RASS and PLUTO have been collected over a period of time stretching from present-day back to the 1960's for the RASS data and to the 1930's for the PLUTO data. Scientific methods, instrumentation, and detection levels have changed significantly over this period of time. Thus, researchers are likely to find data from more than one analytical method and reported with more than one lower determination limit for any given element. All of the data are reported in parts per million unless designated as percent. In addition, the latitude and longitude points for some of these data are not specific to the sample site, but are listed as a corner point of the 7.5 minute quadrangle map for the specific area. The Utah RASS data files contain approximately 35 elements listed in alphabetical order. They are selected from two sample source categories, each with a letter designation in the computer filename indicating the sample source. The following lists the letter designation and the number of samples in the file: B = Mine, 268 samples C = Dump or Prospect Pit, 92 samples The Utah PLUTO data files contain up to 76 elements listed in alphabetical order. These are taken from five sample source categories, each with a letter designation included in the computer filename. The following lists the letter designmation and the number of samples in the file: D = Open Pit Mine or Quarry, 372 samples E = Prospect Pit, 468 samples F = Underground Mine, 689 samples G = Mine Dump, 113 samples H = Mill Product (smelter, tailing), 1 sample Thus, UT-RAS-B.DBF is a file of Utah data taken from the RASS database which contains information on samples collected from mines, in dBase format. UT-PLU-E.DBF is a file of Utah data from the PLUTO database containing sample information collected from prospect pits and in dBase format. The various analytical methods used to produce the RASS and PLUTO data are indicated by one or more letters following the element name at the top of each field of data and indicate the following: CO2-%= carbon dioxide, coulometric titration Crbnt C-%= carbonate carbon, coulometric titration Org C-%= organic carbon, calculation (Total-C minus Crbnt-C) Total C-%= total carbon, combustion H2O-P-%= moisture plus, couloumetry H2O-M-%= moisture minus, H2O-P minus dry wt. S= spectroscopy (see below for details) SI= selective ion electrode Total S-%= combustion An "S-" indicates semi-quantitative optical emission spectrography or inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy. The semi- quantitative optical emission spectrography results are reported in concentration intervals of 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 5, 7, or orders of magnitude thereof. On elements with no analytical method designated, information on the method used is not available. The precision of the quantitative analytical techniques used permits the use of two significant figures. Due to the formatting used by the computer programs in compiling this data, some of the data reported contain one or more insignificant digits beyond the two significant figures and should be ignored. The RASS and PLUTO semi-quant-emission-spec data may be reported with a "qualifying" letter attached to the result. These letters indicate the following: N = Not detected at the lower limit of determination. L = Amount detected is less than the lower limit of determination. G = Amount detected is greater than the maximum limit of determination. B = Not analyzed. H = Interference. T = Trace. For information concerning recent analytical methods, instrumentation, laboratory procedures, and quality control, see Arbogast, ed. (1990). MRDS The Mineral Resource Data System data originates not only from USGS studies but also from other federal and state agencies and primarily pertains to mineral commodities. The Utah dataset on this diskette includes information on 8278 sites. The data included here comprise 48 out of a total of 59 fields and contain mine name, location, deposit type, mineral age, commodities, products, and tectonics information. Two of the columns list alphabetic or numeric codes which are denoted as follows: 20) PROD: L = Large M = Medium S = Small U = Undetermined Y = Yes, there was production, but amount unknown N = No production 21) STATUS: 1 = Occurrence inactive 2 = Prospect inactive 3 = Prospect active 4 = Little developed producer, inactive 5 = Little developed producer, active 6 = Developed producer, inactive 7 = Developed producer, active 8 = Intermittent producer MILS The Minerals Industry Location Systems database provides information on locations of mines, their operational status, and information about the minerals at those locations. The Utah MILS data set contains over 6000 sites with 64 fields of data. The data on this diskette includes only the fields consisting of sequence number, name of deposit, deposit type, current status, location, and point of reference for all 6619 sites. The column listed as Sequence Number is composed of ten digits attributed as follows: Digits: 1-3 refer to the state code (049 for Utah) 4-6 refer to the county/province code used by the Department of Commerce 7-10 designate a unique deposit reference number assigned to each deposit within the state and county The Point of Location column lists the point from which the latitude and longitude were determined. For further information on any of these databases, contact the database manager listed at the beginning of this report. Retrieving Files From the Internet 1) Move to the directory on your PC where you want the files to be downloaded to. 2) Type: ftp greenwood.cr.usgs.gov 3) Type the following commands when prompted, remember that you must be in lower case letters: Name: anonymous Password: your network login name ftp> cd /pub/open-file-reports/ofr-96-0653 ftp> prompt (note: this command will let you download multiple files all at once) ftp> mget *.txt (note: there are two text files to be downloaded) ftp> binary (note: there are four binary files to be downloaded) ftp> mget *.exe ftp> bye 4) You should now be back on your local PC and the transferred files should reside in your current directory. Acknowledgements The author wishes to thank Baiba Barr, Mary Berger, and David Buckingham for their invaluable assistance in providing the data included in this report. References Cited Arbogast, B.F., ed., 1990, Quality assurance manual for the Branch of Geochemistry, U.S. Geological Survey: U.S.Geological Survey Open-File Report, 90-668, 184 p. LHA version 2.12, Copyright (c) Haruyasu Yoshizaki, 1988-91, A High-Performance File-Compression Program, 3/21/91.