Mineral Operations of Latin America and Canada

Metadata:

• 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: Rachel Bernstein

Originator: J.M. Eros

Originator: Meliany Quinatana-Velazquez

Publication_Date: 2006

Title: Mineral Operations of Latin America and Canada

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: USGS Open-File report

Issue_Identification: 2006-1375

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1375/>

Description:

Abstract:

This data set consists of records for over 900 mineral facilities in Latin America and Canada. The mineral facilities include mines, plants, smelters, 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, location, company name, facility type and capacity if applicable, and generalized coordinates. The data were compiled from multiple sources, including the 2003 and 2004 USGS Minerals Yearbooks (Latin America and Candada volume), data to be published in the 2005 Minerals Yearbook Latin America and Canada 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 Latin America and Canada, 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:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 2003

Ending_Date: 2005

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: irregular

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -130.4500 dd

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -35.2167 dd

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 73.0500 dd

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -54.1444 dd

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: economy

Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Theme_Keyword: structure

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:

USGS Mineral Commodity Surveys, 2006 available online at URL: <http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mcs/>

Theme_Keyword: alumina

Theme_Keyword: aluminum

Theme_Keyword: ammonia

Theme_Keyword: antimony

Theme_Keyword: asbestos

Theme_Keyword: barite

Theme_Keyword: bauxite

Theme_Keyword: bentonite

Theme_Keyword: bismuth

Theme_Keyword: boron

Theme_Keyword: bullion

Theme_Keyword: carbon black

Theme_Keyword: cement

Theme_Keyword: chromite

Theme_Keyword: chromium

Theme_Keyword: clay

Theme_Keyword: coal

Theme_Keyword: cobalt

Theme_Keyword: columbium

Theme_Keyword: copper

Theme_Keyword: diamond

Theme_Keyword: dolomite

Theme_Keyword: emerald

Theme_Keyword: ferroalloys

Theme_Keyword: ferronickel

Theme_Keyword: ferrosilicon

Theme_Keyword: fluorspar

Theme_Keyword: gemstone

Theme_Keyword: gold

Theme_Keyword: graphite

Theme_Keyword: gravel

Theme_Keyword: gypsum

Theme_Keyword: iodine

Theme_Keyword: iron

Theme_Keyword: kaolin

Theme_Keyword: lead

Theme_Keyword: lime

Theme_Keyword: liquified natural gas

Theme_Keyword: lithium

Theme_Keyword: limestone

Theme_Keyword: magnesite

Theme_Keyword: magnesium

Theme_Keyword: manganese

Theme_Keyword: methanol

Theme_Keyword: molybdenum

Theme_Keyword: natural gas

Theme_Keyword: natural gas liquids

Theme_Keyword: nickel

Theme_Keyword: niobium

Theme_Keyword: nitrates

Theme_Keyword: nitrogen

Theme_Keyword: petroleum:crude

Theme_Keyword: petroleum:refinery products

Theme_Keyword: phosphate

Theme_Keyword: potash

Theme_Keyword: pozzolan

Theme_Keyword: quartz

Theme_Keyword: rhenium

Theme_Keyword: sand

Theme_Keyword: salt

Theme_Keyword: silica sand

Theme_Keyword: silver

Theme_Keyword: steel

Theme_Keyword: stone

Theme_Keyword: strontium

Theme_Keyword: sulfur

Theme_Keyword: tellurium

Theme_Keyword: tantalum

Theme_Keyword: tin

Theme_Keyword: titanium

Theme_Keyword: tungsten

Theme_Keyword: uranium

Theme_Keyword: urea

Theme_Keyword: zeolite

Theme_Keyword: zinc

Theme_Keyword: zirconium

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), 2004; available at <http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/>

Place_Keyword: Latin_America

Place_Keyword: Canada

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:

FIPS 10-4 "Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions"

Place_Keyword: Anguilla

Place_Keyword: Antigua and Barbuda

Place_Keyword: Argentina

Place_Keyword: Aruba

Place_Keyword: Bahamas

Place_Keyword: Barbados

Place_Keyword: Belize

Place_Keyword: Bermuda

Place_Keyword: Bolivia

Place_Keyword: Brazil

Place_Keyword: British virgin Islands

Place_Keyword: Canada

Place_Keyword: cayman Islands

Place_Keyword: Chile

Place_Keyword: Colombia

Place_Keyword: Costa Rica

Place_Keyword: Cuba

Place_Keyword: Dominica

Place_Keyword: Dominican Republic

Place_Keyword: Ecuador

Place_Keyword: El Salvador

Place_Keyword: French Guiana

Place_Keyword: Grenada

Place_Keyword: Guadeloupe

Place_Keyword: Guatemala

Place_Keyword: Guyana

Place_Keyword: Haiti

Place_Keyword: Honduras

Place_Keyword: Jamaica

Place_Keyword: Martinique

Place_Keyword: Mexico

Place_Keyword: Montserrat

Place_Keyword: Netherlands Antilles

Place_Keyword: Nicaragua

Place_Keyword: Panama

Place_Keyword: Paraguay

Place_Keyword: Peru

Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico

Place_Keyword: St. Kitts and Nevis

Place_Keyword: St. Lucia

Place_Keyword: St. Pierre and Miquelon

Place_Keyword: St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Place_Keyword: Suriname

Place_Keyword: Trinidad and Tobago

Place_Keyword: Turks and Caicos Islands

Place_Keyword: Uruguay

Place_Keyword: Venezuela

Place_Keyword: Virgin Islands

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: 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr.

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.

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. There is no uniform precision.

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: Google

Publication_Date: 2006

Title: Google Earth

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: online

Publisher: Google

Online_Linkage: <http://earth.google.com/index.html>

Type_of_Source_Media: broadband, 3D application

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2006

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Google Earth

Source_Contribution:

This application provides 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: 2005

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

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document

Series_Information:

Series_Name: 2005 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: 2005

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Minerals Yearbook 2005 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: 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 and was used for the majority of the table because the 2005 volume had not been completed at the time the map was completed.

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 wasused if the 2005 or 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 2006-1375 with lists of operations known to be active in the countries of Latin America and Canada 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 2006-1375 was created, which is in the form of a map (ArcMap 9.1 map exported to PDF) and an excel spreadsheet.

Process_Date: 2006

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The excel spreadsheet with the list of operations was saved as a dbaseIV file. The table was added to ArcMap 9.1 and exported as a shapefile.

Process_Date: 2007

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: 907

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: D_WGS_1984

Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Latin America & Canada Mineral Industries

Entity_Type_Definition:

A mineral facility can consist of any number of the following: mines, gas/oil blocks or fields, processing plants, refineries, or smelters 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 2006-1375. Also used in notes field as an identifier for other operations when capacities are combined.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Open-File Report 2006-1375, online at <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1375/>

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 907

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: None

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Year

Attribute_Definition:

The year for which the plant capacity and activity status is valid

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2003

Range_Domain_Maximum: 2005

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Year

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

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: OP_Name

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, or a combination.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: No standard set of site names exists.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Op_Type

Attribute_Definition:

The type of operation -- may be a mine, an oil or gas field, 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: Block and Field

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

The operation refers to a block consiting of multiple oil or gas fields

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Field

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Either natural gas or oil is produced at the site in one or more fields

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 one or more mines on the site for processing

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mine and Plant

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

The operation contains facilities for removing raw materials and plants for processing

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mine and Refinery

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

The operation contains facilities for removing raw materials and refineries to purify commodities

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mine, Refinery and Smelter

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

The operation has a mine, refinery and smelter for removing and processing raw materials

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 consists of a processing plant or plants for commodities 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 and Quarry

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

The operation consists of one or more open pit mines and a processing plant or plants for commodities 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 and Refinery

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The site consists of processing and refining facilities

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 an open pit mine or 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: Refinery

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

The operation is considered to be a refinery or several refineries for the commodities 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: Refinery and Smelter

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

The operation is both a refinery and smelter or group of refineries and smelters for the commoditiy pertaining to the site

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Salt Pond

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

In this facility brine is collected in shallow ponds and allowed to evaporate.

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 or several smelters 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:

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: 54° 06' 52" S

Range_Domain_Maximum: 73° 03' 00" 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: 130° 27' 00" W

Range_Domain_Maximum: 35° 13' 00" W

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees, minutes, seconds

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DD_Lat

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: -54.1144

Range_Domain_Maximum: 73.0500

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DD_Lon

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: -130.4500

Range_Domain_Maximum: -35.2167

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 applicable because the operation is a processing plant, oil or gas field, refinery, or smelter,rather than a mine

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Mining method is not available, but the operation is a surface or underground mine, or some combination of surface and underground

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 has 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:

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 during the year listed

Attribute_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 during the year listed

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Inactive

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The operation was not producing during the year listed

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Planned

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

In 2005, there was indication that the facilitiy would open in 2007

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

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Under Construction

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The operation was under construction during the year listed

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 facility 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 facility 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: billion cubic meters/yr

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

The facility capacity is measured in the billions of cubic meters 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 facility 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: kg/yr

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

The facility 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/day

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

The facility capacity is measured in millions 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: million 42 gallon barrels / yr

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

The facility 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: t/day

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

The facility capacity is measured in metric tons of the commodity that can be produced in a day

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 facility capacity is measured by thousand 42-gallon barrels of the commodity that can be produced per day

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 facility capacity is measured by thousand 42-gallon barrels 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: thousand t/year

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

The facility capacity is measured in the thousand metric tons 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 facility capacity is measured in the number of metric tons of the commodity that can be produced per year

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Various professional directories

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Notes

Attribute_Definition:

Additional information about the record that users should be aware of -- often refers to combined plant capacities

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: No standard set of notes exists.

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: 703 648-7732

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.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: map and spreadsheet

Format_Version_Number: 1.0

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1375/>

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 2006

Metadata_Review_Date: 2007

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USGS Minerals Information Team

Contact_Person: Robert Callaghan

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing Address

Address: 983 National Center

City: Reston

State_or_Province: VA

Postal_Code: 20192

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-7709

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rcallaghan@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998