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