Refractory, Abrasive and Other Industrial Mineral Operations

ISO-19139 Metadata

Metadata Information

Metadata language: eng
Metadata character set: utf8
Last update: 2017-10-04
Metadata constraints:
Security constraints:
Classification: unclassified
Classification system: None
Additional restrictions on handling the resource: None
Metadata contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Contact information:
Scope of the data described by the metadata: dataset
Name of the metadata standard used: NAP - Metadata
Version of the metadata standard: 1.2
Metadata identifier: 1516282940501r37183813621559536

Data Identification Information

Resource citation:
Title: Refractory, Abrasive and Other Industrial Mineral Operations
Date:
Reference date - publication: 2005-12-01
Presentation format: mapDigital
Cited responsible party:
Role: publisher
Organization's name: National Atlas of the United States
Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Reston, VA
Cited responsible party:
Role: originator
Organization's name: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact information:
Themes or categories of the resource: economy
Descriptive keywords:
Place keywords:
Keywords: United States, CONUS, Hawaii
Descriptive keywords:
Theme keywords:
Keywords: Economy, Refractory Minerals, Minerals Operations, Processing Plants, Minerals, Abrasive Minerals, Mining Operations
Descriptive keywords:
Keyword type not provided
Keywords: Downloadable Data
Keyword thesaurus:
Citation reference: 723f6998-058e-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66
Abstract: This map layer includes refractory, abrasive, and other industrial minerals operations in the United States. The data represent commodities covered by the Minerals Information Team (MIT) of the U.S. Geological Survey, and the operations are those considered active in 2003 and surveyed by the MIT. This is a revised version of the June 2004 map layer.The data is legacy and not expected to be updated. It is being provided as the best available until Mineral Resources identifies an alternative data source.
Purpose: These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the national level, and for large regional areas. The data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:2,000,000-scale data. No responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey or the National Atlas of the United States in the use of these data. This dataset represents refractory, abrasive, and other industrial minerals operations in the United States.
Dataset language:eng
Dataset character set: utf8
Status: completed
Resource maintenance:
Update frequency: irregular
Resource constraints:
General constraints:
Limitations of use: Access Constraint: None (Public Domain Information) Use Constraint: None (Public Use). Acknowledgment of the National Atlas of the United States of America and (or) the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Limitations of use: Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. No responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these data.
Spatial representation type: vector
Processing environment: Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1.4959
Resource extent:
Geographic element:
Bounding rectangle:
West longitude: -177.81077086321878
East longitude: -49.89824536508405
North latitude: 72.0409402783512
South latitude: 9.66938030216445
Resource extent:
Extent description: ground condition
Geographic element:
Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -157.842014
East longitude: -70.429504
North latitude: 48.805837
South latitude: 21.301003
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
2003-01-01
Resource extent:
Geographic element:
Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -157.842014
East longitude: -70.429504
North latitude: 48.805837
South latitude: 21.301003
Supplemental information: Additional minerals operations information can be obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information web page at http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/. If you are using this dataset as a shapefile, please be aware that it was converted from a Geodatabase. As a result, this shapefile may have attribution and metadata errors resulting from the conversion process. The following are known issues: null values may have been changed to 0s (zeros) or to blank values, numbers (including latitude and longitude) may have been rounded up or down, there may be issues with Unicode character strings, and time cannot be stored in a date field. Field names may have been truncated to no longer than 10 characters or completely changed, lengthy string attributes may have been truncated to 254 characters, and attribute columns may have been deleted. Shapefiles do not support coded domains and subtypes therefore the original file geodatabase attribution and metadata information for coded domains and subtypes could be incorrect or missing in the shapefile version. Please visit the following ESRI website for more information: http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/appendices/geoprocessing-considerations-for-Shapefile-output.htm

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier:
Value: 4326
Code space: EPSG
Version: 8.6.2

Data Quality

Scope of quality information:
Level of the data:dataset
Resource lineage:
Process step:
When the process occurred: 2005-11-01T00:00:00
Description: AMIS contains both proprietary and nonproprietary information. For each commodity, the Minerals Information Team (MIT) extracted from AMIS the nonproprietary information useful for this application and placed this information in a separate MicroSoft Excel spreadsheet. The MIT determined latitude and longitude for each mineral operation from at least one of the following sources: > Minerals Availability System/Minerals Industry Location System > (MAS/MILS) CD-ROM, U.S. Bureau of Mines Special Publication 12-95 > http://www.yahoo.com Searches performed on company or operation > name. > http://www.switchboard.com Searches performed on company or > operation name. > http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/multisystem_query_java.html Searches > performed on company or operation name. > Whenever possible the locational information was checked for accuracy. The minerals operations were then placed in commodity groupings. The resulting MicroSoft Excel spreadsheet containing industrial mineral operations was converted to a text file. The text file was loaded into ArcView and a shapefile was created.
Process step:
When the process occurred: 2016-11-25T00:00:00
Description: Added, "Not Available" to missing attribute in 'SITE NAME' Field.
Processor:
Role: pointOfContact
Individual's name: HIFLD Support Team
Contact information:
Source:
Level of the source data: Minerals operations descriptions
Source citation:
Title: Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS)
Date:
Cited responsible party:
Source extent:
Extent description: ground condition
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
2003-01-01
Source:
Level of the source data: The USGS Minerals Yearbook (MYB) contains statistical data and Information about approximately 90 commodities. Active operations were identified from tables and text in the MYB.
Source citation:
Title: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook Volume 1
Date:
Reference date - publication: 2004-01-01
Cited responsible party:
Source extent:
Extent description: Ground condition
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
2003-01-01
Data quality report:
Conceptual consistency:
Measure produced by the test: No tests for logical consistency were performed on this map layer.
Data quality result:
Data quality report:
Completeness omission:
Measure produced by the test: This category includes only economically significant U.S. minerals operations covered by the Minerals Information Team of the U.S. Geological Survey and considered currently active in 2003. No energy minerals operations are included. No secondary (recycling, "downstream") operations are included. This map layer shows plants and (or) mines in the United States. Clay operations (bentonite) may have many satellite pits, not all of which are specifically included. The points included are representative of the company.
Data quality result:

Distribution Information

Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Role: distributor
Organization's name: Earth Science Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747)
Voice: 703-648-5920
Address:
Delivery point: 507 National Center
City: Reston
Administrative area: VA
Postal code: 20192
Distribution order process:
Terms and fees: There is no charge for the map layer.
Distribution format:
Format name: File Geodatabase Feature Class
Format version:
Distribution format:
Format name: SDTS
Format version:
Distribution format:
Format name: ESRI Shapefile
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Transfer options:
Online distribution information:
Online location: http://mrdata.usgs.gov/mineplant/mineplant.zip
Connection protocol: