Metadata: 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: Derived from USGS Open-File report Issue_Identification: 2006-1375 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Rachel Bernstein Originator: J.M. Eros Originator: Meliany Quinatana-Velazquez Publication_Date: 2006 Title: Mineral Facilities of Latin America and Canada Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2006-1375 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA 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 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -35.2167 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 73.0500 South_Bounding_Coordinate: -54.1444 Keywords: 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) 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) 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: 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: -54.1144 Range_Domain_Maximum: 73.0500 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: -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/ Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: shapefile Format_Version_Number: 1.0 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ 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