Mineral Resources Data System

• Main Author: U.S. Geological Survey
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2005
• Subjects: mine sites; mineral deposit areas; geoscientificInformation; columnar text; DBF; file geodatabase (ESRI); HTML table; KML; OGC WFS; OGC WMS; personal geodatabase (ESRI); shapefile; economic geology; geospatial datasets; map interfaces; mineral resources; web map services; fAF = Afghanistan; fLD50 = Africa; fUS01 = Alabama; fUS02 = Alaska; fAL = Albania; fAG = Algeria; fAO = Angola; fAY = Antarctica; fAC = Antigua and Barbuda; fAR = Argentina; fUS04 = Arizona; fUS05 = Arkansas; fAM = Armenia; fLD70 = Asia; fLD80 = Asia Minor and Middle East; fAS = Australia; fLD60 = Australia and New Zealand; fAU = Austria; fAJ = Azerbaijan; fBF = Bahamas, the; fBA = Bahrain; fBG = Bangladesh; fBB = Barbados; fBO = Belarus; fBE = Belgium; fBH = Belize; fBN = Benin; fBL = Bolivia; fBK = Bosnia and Herzegovina; fBC = Botswana; fBR = Brazil; fVI = British Virgin Islands; fBU = Bulgaria; fUV = Burkina Faso; fBM = Burma; fBY = Burundi; fUS06 = California; fCB = Cambodia; fCM = Cameroon; fCA = Canada; fCJ = Cayman Islands; fLD20 = Central America; fCI = Chile; fCH = China; fKT = Christmas Island; fCO = Colombia; fUS08 = Colorado; fCF = Congo; fCG = Congo (Democratic Republic of the); fUS09 = Connecticut; fCS = Costa Rica; fIV = Cote D'Ivoire; fHR = Croatia; fCU = Cuba; fCY = Cyprus; fEZ = Czech Republic; fUS10 = Delaware; fDA = Denmark; fUS11 = District of Columbia; fDO = Dominica; fDR = Dominican Republic; fEC = Ecuador; fEG = Egypt; fES = El Salvador; fER = Eritrea; fEN = Estonia; fET = Ethiopia; fLD40 = Europe; fFJ = Fiji; fFI = Finland; fUS12 = Florida; fFR = France; fFG = French Guiana; fGB = Gabon; fGA = Gambia, The; fGG = Georgia; fUS13 = Georgia; fGM = Germany; fGH = Ghana; fGR = Greece; fGL = Greenland; fGP = Guadeloupe; fGT = Guatemala; fGV = Guinea; fGY = Guyana; fHA = Haiti; fUS15 = Hawaii; fHO = Honduras; fHU = Hungary; fUS16 = Idaho; fUS17 = Illinois; fIN = India; fUS18 = Indiana; fID = Indonesia; fUS19 = Iowa; fIR = Iran; fIZ = Iraq; fEI = Ireland; fIS = Israel; fIT = Italy; fJM = Jamaica; fJA = Japan; fJE = Jersey; fJO = Jordan; fUS20 = Kansas; fKZ = Kazakhstan; fUS21 = Kentucky; fKE = Kenya; fKN = Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; fKS = Korea, Republic of; fKG = Kyrgyzstan; fLA = Laos; fLE = Lebanon; fLT = Lesotho; fLI = Liberia; fLY = Libya; fLH = Lithuania; fUS22 = Louisiana; fLU = Luxembourg; fMK = Macedonia; fMA = Madagascar; fUS23 = Maine; fMI = Malawi; fMY = Malaysia; fML = Mali; fMB = Martinique; fUS24 = Maryland; fUS25 = Massachusetts; fMR = Mauritania; fMX = Mexico; fUS26 = Michigan; fUS27 = Minnesota; fUS28 = Mississippi; fUS29 = Missouri; fMG = Mongolia; fUS30 = Montana; fMH = Montserrat; fMO = Morocco; fMZ = Mozambique; fWA = Namibia; fNR = Nauru; fUS31 = Nebraska; fNP = Nepal; fNL = Netherlands; fNT = Netherlands Antilles; fUS32 = Nevada; fNC = New Caledonia; fUS33 = New Hampshire; fUS34 = New Jersey; fUS35 = New Mexico; fUS36 = New York; fNZ = New Zealand; fNU = Nicaragua; fNG = Niger; fNI = Nigeria; fLD10 = North America; fUS37 = North Carolina; fUS38 = North Dakota; fNO = Norway; fUS39 = Ohio; fUS40 = Oklahoma; fMU = Oman; fUS41 = Oregon; fPK = Pakistan; fPM = Panama; fPP = Papua New Guinea; fPA = Paraguay; fUS42 = Pennsylvania; fPE = Peru; fRP = Philippines; fPL = Poland; fPO = Portugal; fUS72 = Puerto Rico; fUS44 = Rhode Island; fRO = Romania; fRS = Russia; fRW = Rwanda; fSA = Saudi Arabia; fSG = Senegal; fSL = Sierra Leone; fLO = Slovakia; fSI = Slovenia; fBP = Solomon Islands; fSO = Somalia; fSF = South Africa; fLD30 = South America; fUS45 = South Carolina; fUS46 = South Dakota; fLD90 = Southeast Asia; fSP = Spain; fCE = Sri Lanka; fSC = St. Kitts and Nevis; fST = St. Lucia; fSU = Sudan; fNS = Suriname; fWZ = Swaziland; fSW = Sweden; fSZ = Switzerland; fSY = Syria; fTI = Tajikistan; fTZ = Tanzania; fUS47 = Tennessee; fUS48 = Texas; fTH = Thailand; fTO = Togo; fTS = Tunisia; fTU = Turkey; fTX = Turkmenistan; fUG = Uganda; fUP = Ukraine; fAE = United Arab Emirates; fUK = United Kingdom; fUS = United States; fUY = Uruguay; fUS49 = Utah; fUZ = Uzbekistan; fNH = Vanuatu; fVE = Venezuela; fUS50 = Vermont; fVM = Vietnam; fUS51 = Virginia; fUS78 = Virgin Islands of the United States; fUS53 = Washington; fWE = West Bank; fWI = Western Sahara; fUS54 = West Virginia; fUS55 = Wisconsin; fUS56 = Wyoming; fZA = Zambia; fZI = Zimbabwe; Alabama; Argentina; Canada; Fid; Greenland; New Zealand; Norway; Uruguay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Alaska
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Mineral resource occurrence data covering the world, most thoroughly within the U.S. This database contains the records previously provided in the Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS) of USGS and the Mineral Availability System/Mineral Industry Locator System (MAS/MILS) originated in the U.S. Bureau of Mines, which is now part of USGS. The MRDS is a large and complex relational database developed over several decades by hundreds of researchers and reporters. While database records describe mineral resources worldwide, the compilation of information was intended to cover the United States completely, and its coverage of resources in other countries is incomplete. The content of MRDS records was drawn from reports previously published or made available to USGS researchers. Some of those original source materials are no longer available. The information contained in MRDS was intended to reflect the reports used as sources and is current only as of the date of those source reports. Consequently MRDS does not reflect up-to-date changes to the operating status of mines, ownership, land status, production figures and estimates of reserves and resources, or the nature, size, and extent of workings. Information on the geological characteristics of the mineral resource are likely to remain correct, but aspects involving human activity are likely to be out of date.