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Mineral Resources layer
The Mineral Resources layer shows metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources. Included are deposit name, location,
commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references.
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| Mineral resources of Wisconsin |
Mineral resources of northeastern Minnesota |
Details
Commodity
The major commodities being mapped, e.g. iron, crushed stone, diamond, etc...
Type
Mine, prospect, occurence, processing plant, or unknown
Status
Producer, past producer, or unknown
Site
Name
Name of the site, deposit, or operation.
Old name
Names by which the site or operation has bee known in the past.
Size
Production size (small, medium, large, unknown)
Work type
General type of workings at the site.
First prod
Date of first production
Last prod
Date of last production
Ore
Type
Name of the ore mineral or material found in this deposit.
Body form
Form and shape of the ore body.
Control
Geologic features, typically structural, that exert control over the form, extent, or character of the deposit.
Deposit
General type of deposit or resource present at the site.
Struct
Description of geological structures at or near the deposit.
Rock
Type
Host rock type
Unit
Lithologic and stratigraphic information regarding the host rocks for the ore deposit.
Gangue
Name of the gangue mineral or material found in this deposit.
Ref
Bibliographic references providing information supporting the database record.
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Options
Transparency
Determines how much the underlying layer(s) will show through this layer.
Color by
The coloring scheme in use:
- Commodity: color by commodity
- Type: color by type (mine, prospect, occurence, etc...)
- Status : color by status (current producer, past producer, etc...)
Shape
The shape for the point
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Origin
This data layer can be obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Abstract
Mineral resource occurrence data covering the world, most thoroughly within the U.S.
This database contains the records previously provided in the Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS) of USGS and
the Mineral Availability System/Mineral Industry Locator System (MAS/MILS) originated in the U.S. Bureau of Mines, which is now part of USGS.
The MRDS is a large and complex relational database developed over several decades by hundreds of researchers and reporters.
This product is a digest in which the fields chosen are those most likely to contain valid information.
Collected over many decades, this information is highly variable
in quality. Currency of individual records is variable as well,
so it is likely that some information will be found to be out of
date. This is a subject of continuing refinement by the USGS and
its cooperators.
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