Spatiotemporal analysis of changes in lode mining claims around the McDermitt Caldera, northern Nevada and southern Oregon
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Abstract
Resource managers and agencies involved with planning for future federal land needs are required to complete an assessment of and forecast for future land use every ten years. Predicting mining activities on federal lands is difficult as current regulations do not require disclosure of exploration results. In these cases, historic mining claims may serve as a useful proxy for determining where mining-related activities may occur. We assess the utility of using a space–time cube (STC) and associated analyses to evaluate and characterize mining claim activities around the McDermitt Caldera in northern Nevada and southern Oregon. The most significant advantage of arranging the mining claim data into a STC is the ability to visualize and compare the data, which allows scientists to better understand patterns and results. Additional analyses of the STC (i.e., Trend, Emerging Hot Spot, Hot Spot, and Cluster and Outlier Analyses) provide extra insights into the data and may aid in predicting future mining claim activities.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Spatiotemporal analysis of changes in lode mining claims around the McDermitt Caldera, northern Nevada and southern Oregon |
| Series title | Natural Resources Research |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11053-017-9324-9 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Contributing office(s) | Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center |
| Description | 19 p. |
| First page | 319 |
| Last page | 337 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada, Oregon |
| Other Geospatial | McDermitt Caldera |
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