Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Orris, Greta J. Originator: Grauch, Richard I. Title: Rare earth element mines, deposits, and occurrences Publication_Date: 2002 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 02-189 Publication_Information: Publisher: Geological Survey (U.S.) Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr02189 Online_Linkage: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/ Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-189/ Description: Abstract: This dataset contains location, geologic and mineral economic data for world rare earth mines, deposits, and occurrences. The data in this compilation were derived from published and non-published sources. Geographic coordinates are provided for 577 of the 799 deposits described here. Purpose: This dataset was compiled for the University of Arizona's Center for Mineral Resources Rare Earth monograph, a summary document intended to reflect our current knowledge of the geology and mineral economics of the rare earths, including yttrium. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2002 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -166.5 East_Bounding_Coordinate: 175.8667 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71 South_Bounding_Coordinate: -41.1 Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: none Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Alexandria Digital Library Feature Type Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: mineral deposit areas Theme_Keyword: mine sites Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Common geographic areas Place_Keyword: fLD50 = Africa Place_Keyword: fLD70 = Asia Place_Keyword: fLD80 = Asia Minor and Middle East Place_Keyword: fLD60 = Australia and New Zealand Place_Keyword: fLD20 = Central America Place_Keyword: fLD40 = Europe Place_Keyword: fLD10 = North America Place_Keyword: fLD30 = South America Place_Keyword: fLD90 = Southeast Asia Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General glossary for mineral resources spatial data Theme_Keyword: comma-delimited text Theme_Keyword: DBF Theme_Keyword: HTML table Theme_Keyword: KML Theme_Keyword: shapefile Theme_Keyword: tab-delimited text Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Lithologic classification of geologic map units Theme_Keyword: Intrusive carbonatite Theme_Keyword: Volcanic carbonatite Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Mineral Resources Data System commodity types Theme_Keyword: rare earth elements Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: cerium Theme_Keyword: dysprosium Theme_Keyword: economic geology Theme_Keyword: erbium Theme_Keyword: europium Theme_Keyword: gadolinium Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Theme_Keyword: holmium Theme_Keyword: lanthanum Theme_Keyword: lutetium Theme_Keyword: mineral resources Theme_Keyword: natural resource assessment Theme_Keyword: neodymium Theme_Keyword: praseodymium Theme_Keyword: prometium Theme_Keyword: rare earth elements Theme_Keyword: samarium Theme_Keyword: terbium Theme_Keyword: thulium Theme_Keyword: ytterbium Theme_Keyword: yttrium Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: alkaline complexes Theme_Keyword: heavy minerals Theme_Keyword: placers Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Greta J Orris Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 520 N. Park Avenue City: Tucson State_or_Province: AZ Postal_Code: 85719-5035 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 520-670-5583 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: greta@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/of02-189.png Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Simplified map showing global distribution of REE deposits, (540 x 270 pixels) Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PNG Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The accuracy of file data attributes is highly variable, especially for some parts of Africa and Asia. Most locations are believed to be within 2-5 minutes of the exact location; some locations are for the nearest town, and other locations are of undetermined accuracy. Location errors are a result of inadequate or incorrect original data, error caused by multiple locations with the same name, and error introduced by data entry or location format conversion. The data tables were spot-checked against the original data. Logical_Consistency_Report: Point data are given in degrees and minutes. Completeness_Report: This report is the most complete compilation of rare earth mines, deposits, and occurrences known. However, it is highly likely that there are additional occurrences of rare earths that are not included. In addition, data for many of the sites are incomplete. Determination of latitudes and longitudes for some sites were impossible given the available data. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The latitudes and longitudes were largely taken from Published data or determined from descriptions of the location using the maps available to us or internet-based gazeteers such as the GEOnet Names server on the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's database. The accuracy of these locations varies with the detail of the original information. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Harvey, S.E. Originator: Young, I. Originator: Billingsley, G. Publication_Date: 2002 Title: Geology of the Hoidas Lake area, Ena Domain, northwestern Saskatchewan Online_Linkage: http://er.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=11830,11827,11458,11455,11228,3385,5460,2936,Documents&MediaID=36540&Filename=harvey.pdf Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Saskatchewan Geological Survey Publication_Date: 2002 Title: Summary of Investigations 2002, Volume 2 Series_Information: Series_Name: Saskatchewan Industry Resources, Miscellaneous Report Issue_Identification: 2002-4.2 Other_Citation_Details: CD-ROM, Paper C-2, 13p Type_of_Source_Media: digital file, online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2002 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Harvey and others, 2002 Source_Contribution: Corrected point location for record 299 Process_Step: Process_Description: Data were separated into various fields (categories) within the Excel spreadsheet. Process_Date: 2001 Process_Step: Process_Description: Data reorganized in relational form for distribution through the USGS Mineral Resources Online Data Catalog Process_Date: 20101130 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer Contact_Organization: USGS ER GD Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192-0002 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6252 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Corrected locations of records 707, 747, and 750 at the suggestion of Robert Callaghan. Those point locations were obviously erroneous. Revised locations were drawn from matching these records with the corresponding records in MRDS, and using the coordinates from MRDS. Process_Date: 20111110 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer Contact_Organization: USGS ER GD Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192-0002 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6252 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Corrected location of record 299 at the suggestion of Robert Callaghan. That point location was obviously erroneous. Revised location was chosen as the location given for geochemical samples of the Jak zone in the http://er.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=11830,11827,11458,11455,11228,3385,5460,2936,Documents&MediaID=36540&Filename=harvey.pdf Process_Date: 20111114 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Harvey and others, 2002 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer Contact_Organization: USGS ER GD Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192-0002 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6252 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 577 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Geographic_Coordinate_Units: decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: World Geodetic System 1984 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS 84 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: main Entity_Type_Definition: Site description Attribute: Attribute_Label: rec_id Attribute_Definition: Record ID. Numeric record identifier without scientific significance. Integer values. Int of width 4. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 799 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: deptype Attribute_Definition: Deposit type. General category of mineral deposit. Textual values of no more than 10 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: carb Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Carbonatite Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: carb-re Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Carbonatite with residual enrichment Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: alk-ig Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alkalic igneous Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: hyd-feox Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hydrothermal Fe-oxide Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: oth-ig-aff Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other igneous-affiliated (including pegmatites and veins) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: ion-ad Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Ion adsorption Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: met Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Metamorphic Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: placer-sh Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Placer, shoreline Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: placer-al Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Placer, alluvial Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: placer-unc Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Placer, uncertain origin Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: placer-pal Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Placer, paleoplacer Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: phos Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Phosphorite Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: oth-baux Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other, Bauxite- or laterite-hosted Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: oth-f Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other, F deposits Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: oth-pb Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other, Pb deposits Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: oth-u Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other, Uranium deposits Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: oth-unc Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other, uncertain Attribute: Attribute_Label: depname Attribute_Definition: Site name. Name of the location, deposit, or mine. Textual values of no more than 89 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: country Attribute_Definition: Country. Country. Textual values of no more than 20 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: stprov Attribute_Definition: State or Province. State or province. Textual values of no more than 39 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 252 records have no value for stprov. Attribute: Attribute_Label: lat_dms Attribute_Definition: Latitude (DMS). Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds, written like 39-48N. Textual values of no more than 16 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 222 records have no value for lat_dms. Attribute: Attribute_Label: lon_dms Attribute_Definition: Longitude (DMS). Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds, written like 77-24W. Textual values of no more than 18 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 222 records have no value for lon_dms. Attribute: Attribute_Label: status Attribute_Definition: Site status. Development status (mine, deposit, occurrence) possibly indicating activity. Textual values of no more than 60 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 188 records have no value for status. Attribute: Attribute_Label: age_info Attribute_Definition: Geologic age. Geologic age estimates derived from radiometric dating. Textual values of no more than 88 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 441 records have no value for age_info. Attribute: Attribute_Label: company Attribute_Definition: Company. Name of company owning the property. Textual values of no more than 70 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 632 records have no value for company. Attribute: Attribute_Label: comments Attribute_Definition: Comments. Comments explaining descriptive fields. Textual values of no more than 273 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 317 records have no value for comments. Attribute: Attribute_Label: latitude Attribute_Definition: Geographic latitude. Geographic latitude in decimal degrees WGS84 calculated from lat_dms, south values negative. Real numbers stored in double precision. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 222 records have no value for latitude. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -42.233333333333 Range_Domain_Maximum: 71 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees Attribute: Attribute_Label: longitude Attribute_Definition: Geographic longitude. Geographic longitude in decimal degrees WGS84 calculated from lon_dms, west values negative. Real numbers stored in double precision. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 222 records have no value for longitude. 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Mineral name derived from tables 2 and 3 of the report and some educated guesswork. Textual values of no more than 38 characters. Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: hostrock Entity_Type_Definition: Bibliography Attribute: Attribute_Label: rec_id Attribute_Definition: Record ID. Record ID, a value of main:rec_id. Integer values. Int of width 4. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 799 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: value Attribute_Definition: Lithology. Lithology terms (not controlled). Textual values of no more than 100 characters. Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: resource Entity_Type_Definition: Resource estimates Attribute: Attribute_Label: rec_id Attribute_Definition: Record ID. Record ID, a value of main:rec_id. Integer values. Int of width 4. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 799 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: value Attribute_Definition: Tonnage and grades. Tonnage and grades of commodity oxides, sometimes including year for which those estimates were given. Textual values of no more than 100 characters. Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: reflink Entity_Type_Definition: Reference links, an associative table linking deposits with references one to many Attribute: Attribute_Label: rec_id Attribute_Definition: Record ID. Record ID, a value of main:rec_id. Integer values. Int of width 4. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 799 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: role Attribute_Definition: Information provided. Subject for which the reference was applicable: location, resources, or general. Textual values of no more than 8 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: reflink Attribute_Definition: Short reference. Short reference like Woolley, 2001, links to bib:reflink. Textual values of no more than 140 characters. Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: bib Entity_Type_Definition: Bibliography Attribute: Attribute_Label: ref_id Attribute_Definition: Reference ID. Reference ID, a unique identifier of this reference. Integer values. Int of width 4. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 260 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: reflink Attribute_Definition: Short reference. Short reference like Woolley, 2001, links to ref:reflink. Textual values of no more than 64 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: reference Attribute_Definition: Bibliographic citation. Bibliographic citation, generally in standard USGS format. Textual values of no more than 663 characters. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer Contact_Organization: USGS Geology, Energy, and Minerals Science Center Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192-0002 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6252 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov Distribution_Liability: This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. 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