Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 200105

Title: Refractory, Abrasive, and Other Industrial Minerals Operations (Shapefile : 2001)

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: http://cugir.mannlib.cornell.edu/bucketinfo.jsp?id=7332

Description:

Abstract: This data set 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. The mineral operations are plants and/or mines considered active in 1997, or in 2001 bentonite and fire clay, and surveyed by the MIT. This file is an update of the 1998 data set.

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 in the use of these data.

Supplemental_Information: Additional minerals operations information can be obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information web page at: <http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/>

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2001

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -158

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 21

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: processing plants

Theme_Keyword: refractory minerals

Theme_Keyword: abrasive minerals

Theme_Keyword: talc and pryophyllite

Theme_Keyword: wollastonite

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: LCSH

Theme_Keyword: Geological Survey (U.S.)

Theme_Keyword: Sand and gravel industry.

Theme_Keyword: Mines and mineral resources.

Theme_Keyword: Mining.

Theme_Keyword: Stone-cutting.

Theme_Keyword: Tantalum alloys.

Theme_Keyword: Asbestos.

Theme_Keyword: Feldspar.

Theme_Keyword: Bentonite.

Theme_Keyword: Zeolites.

Theme_Keyword: Zircon.

Theme_Keyword: Olivine.

Theme_Keyword: Cyanite.

Theme_Keyword: Mullite.

Theme_Keyword: Fire-clay

Theme_Keyword: Garnet.

Theme_Keyword: Precious stones.

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: economy

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: LCSH

Place_Keyword: New York (State)

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None. 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.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Gita Urban-Mathieux

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 521 National Center

City: Reston

State_or_Province: VA

Postal_Code: 20192

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-5175

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: atlasmail@usgs.gov

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: No tests for logical consistency were performed on this data set.

Completeness_Report: This category includes only U.S. minerals operations covered by the Minerals Information Team of the U.S. Geological Survey and considered currently active in 1997, or in 2001 for bentonite and fire clay mineral operations. No energy minerals operations are included. This data set shows plants and/or mines in the United States.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: Unpublished material

Title: Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS)

Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1997

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: AMIS

Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: Unpublished material

Title: Ball clay and common clay update

Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2001

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: BEN-FIRE

Source_Contribution: Spatial and attribute information

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 1998

Title: Construction Minerals Operations

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Source_Scale_Denominator: 2000000

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1998

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ATLAS-MINOP

Source_Contribution: spatial and attribute information

Process_Step:

Process_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 data base. 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. (This site is no longer active.) Whenever possible the locational information was checked for accuracy. The minerals operations were then placed in commodity groupings. The resulting database file was loaded to ArcView and converted to ESRI Shapefile format. The National Atlas staff converted the shapefile to an Arc/INFO coverage and then to NAD83. The result was then converted back to shapefile format.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: AMIS

Process_Date: 1998

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ATLAS-MINOP

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Bentonite data were deleted from ATLAS-MINOP. BEN-FIRE is a text file containing updated information for bentonite and new information for fire clay. This text file was converted to an Arc/INFO coverage and projected to NAD83. The resulting data was added to ATLAS-MINOP. In addition, the longitude and latitude value for the Josephine County Operation (Plant), Oregon was updated.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ATLAS-MINOP

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: BEN-FIRE

Process_Date: 2001

Process_Step:

Process_Description: In order to geoprocess spatial files for New York State from the National Atlas Data for distribution in CUGIR, the nationwide data files were added to a map document in ArcInfo 8.2. Using the geoprocessing wizard's clip function, the spatial files were clipped to the detailed New York polygon.

Process_Date: 200212

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Refractory, abrasive, and other industrial minerals operations.

Entity_Type_Definition: Facilities that extract, process, and (or) distribute refactory, abrasive, and other industrial minerals.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: The representation of the entity in the data.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Point

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 0-dimensional element.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ESRI GIS software

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Area

Attribute_Definition: The size of the shape in coverage units.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.000

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Perimeter

Attribute_Definition: The perimeter of the shape in coverage units.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.000

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Minop8x020

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 383

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Commodity

Attribute_Definition: The mineral(s) produced or processed by the facility.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Mineral Commodity Summary, 2001 or <http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mcs/>

Codeset_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Site_name

Attribute_Definition: The name of the facility.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: There is no predefined set of valid facility names.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Company_na

Attribute_Definition: The name of the company which operates the facility.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: There is no predefined set of valid company names.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: State_loca

Attribute_Definition: The State in which the facility is located.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas, FIPS 5-2, 1987.

Codeset_Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: County_loc

Attribute_Definition: The county or county equivalent in which the facility is located.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-4, 1990.

Codeset_Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Latitude

Attribute_Definition: Angular distance measured on a meridian north or south from the equator.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Department of Commerce, 1992, Spatial Data Transfer Standard.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 21.30070

Range_Domain_Maximum: 48.80590

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, United Kingdom.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Department of Commerce, 1992, Spatial Data Transfer Standard.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -157.84250

Range_Domain_Maximum: -70.70400

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Plant_min

Attribute_Definition: Whether the facility is a plant or a mine.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: M

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The facility is a mine.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: P

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The facility is a plant.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: M/P

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The facility is both a mine and a plant.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Albert R. Mann Library

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Cornell University

City: Ithaca

State_or_Province: New York

Postal_Code: 14853

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 607-255-5406

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mann_ref@cornell.edu

Distribution_Liability: Cornell Unversity provides these geographic data "as is." Cornell University makes no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy of information contained in the geographic data. Cornell University further makes no warranty either expressed or implied, regarding the condition of the product or its fitness for any particular purpose. The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely with the user. Although these files have been processed successfully on computers at Cornell University, no warranty is made by Cornell University regarding the use of these data on any other system, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty. 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.