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Mineral Resource Data System: Conterminous US

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of the Interior
Sub-Agency	US Geological Survey
Category	Geography and Environment
Date Released	1996
Date Updated	2009
Time Period	variable
Frequency	revision ongoing
Description	MRDS describes metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references. It includes the original MRDS and MAS/MILS data.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Research
Keywords	MRDS, metallic, nonmetallic, mineral, resources, deposit, name, location, commodity, description, geologic, characteristics, production, reserves, references, MAS, MILS, federal data download, environment, mining industry, economy, economic geology, mineral resources, federal datasets, geology, site, deposit, operation, mining district, commodities, ore, processing plant, geochemical
Unique ID	14

Contributing Agency Information

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

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	site
Granularity	individual mines, prospects, and occurrences as well as groups
Geographic Coverage	global

Data Description

Collection Mode	compilation by researchers
Data Collection Instrument	various database entry systems
Data Dictionary/Variable List	included in metadata

Additional Dataset Documentation

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

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