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Active Mines and Mineral Plants in the US

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of the Interior
Sub-Agency	US Geological Survey
Category	Geography and Environment
Date Released	2005
Date Updated	2005
Time Period	current as of 2003
Frequency	as needed
Description	Mine plants and operations for commodities monitored by the Minerals Information Team of the USGS. Operations included are those considered active in 2003 and surveyed by the USGS.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Research
Keywords	EPA, Brownfields, Assessment Grant, Hazardous Substance, Property Redevelopment, public health, environment, federal data download, regulated sites, hazardous, contaminated, polluted, federal datasets, Land Revitalization, land redevelopment, land reuse, real property, hazardous substance, kmz, xml, Shapefile
Unique ID	13

Contributing Agency Information

Citation
Agency Program Page	http://mrdata.usgs.gov/
Agency Data Series Page	http://tin.er.usgs.gov/mineplant/

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	site
Granularity	individual mine sites as reported by industry
Geographic Coverage	Nationwide

Data Description

Collection Mode	survey of mineral industry
Data Collection Instrument	online forms, personal contact
Data Dictionary/Variable List	Included in metadata

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://tin.er.usgs.gov/mineplant/
Additional Metadata	http://tin.er.usgs.gov/metadata/mineplant.xml

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