Metadata for U.S. Bureau of Mines Mineral Location Database

Identification Information:
Citation:
Originator: Montana State Library
Publication date: 10/06/1992
Title: U.S. Bureau of Mines Mineral Location Database
Publication place: Helena, Montana
Publisher: Montana State Library
Online linkage: http://nris.mt.gov/nsdi/nris/e00/ms4.zip
Online linkage: http://nris.mt.gov/nsdi/nris/shape/ms4.zip
Abstract:
Mine locations from the U.S. Bureau of Mines Mineral
Information Location System (MILS) database. Provided to
NRIS by Frances Baker of the Spokane office (509-353-2738 or
509-353-2712). This data was provided to BOM from many State
and Federal agencies, and the coordinates come from sources
of varying accuracy. The attributes included here are a
subset of those available from USBOM. Data from BOM's
"one-liner" report on 9/1/1992.
Purpose: Mine information database.

Time period of content:
Calendar date: 09/01/1992
Currentness reference: Publication Date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown
Access constraints: None
Use constraints: None
Point of contact:
Gerry Daumiller
Senior GIS Programmer
Montana State Library
1515 East 6th Avenue
Helena, Montana 59620-1800


Telephone: (406) 444-5358
Fax: (406) 444-0581
E-Mail: gdaumiller@mt.gov


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Data Quality Information:
Attribute accuracy report: Unknown

Logical consistency report: None
Completeness report: Unknown


Horizontal Posistional Accuracy Report: Unknown

Lineage:
Source information:
Originator:
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Branch of Engineering and Economic Analysis
Publication date: 09/01/1992
Title: Mineral Information System
Publication place: Spokane, WA
Publisher: U.S. Bureau of Mines
Other citation details:
East 360 3rd Avenue
509-353-2735
Source scale denominator: 0
Type of source media: Electronic file
Source contribution: The data set is a copy of this source.
Calendar date: 09/01/1992

Process step: Project the Bureau of Mines data to Albers.
Process date: 10/06/1992
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Spatial Data Organization Information:
Point and vector object information:
SDTS object type: Point
SDTS object count: 7481
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Spatial Reference Information:
Horizontal coordinate system definition:
Grid coordinate system name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983
SPCS zone identifier: 2500
Lambert conformal conic:
Standard parallel: 45
Standard parallel: 49
Longitude of central meridian: -109.5
Latitude of projection origin: 44.25
False easting: 600000.00000
False northing: 0.00000
Planar distance units: meters
Geodetic model:
Horizontal datum name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major axis: 6378137
Denominator of flattening ratio: 298.257
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Entity and Attribute Information:
Entity type label: MINE92.PAT
Entity type definition: Point Attribute Table

Attribute label: SEQ
Attribute definition:
U.S. BOM sequence number
1st two digits are the State code, next three are the
County code.

Attribute label: NAME
Attribute definition: Name of mine or prospect

Attribute label: OPTYPE
Attribute definition: Type of Mining Operation


Attribute
Value
Definition of
Attribute Value
UNDERGROUND Underground Mine
SURFACE Surface Mine
PROSPECT Mineral Prospect
SURF-UNDERG Surface & Underground Mine
HOT SPRING Hot Spring
MINERAL LOC Located Minerals
PLACER Placer Mine
UNKNOWN Unknown
PROC PLANT Processing Plant
WELL Well
UNDERWATER Under Water

Attribute label: STATUS
Attribute definition: Operations status


Attribute
Value
Definition of
Attribute Value
PAST PRODUCER Formerly a producing mine
RAW PROSPECT Raw Prospect
PRODUCER Currently a producing mine
EXP PROSPECT Exploration prospect???
DEVEL DEPOSIT Developed deposit???
UNKNOWN Unknown
TEMP SHUTDOWN Temporarily shut down
OTHER Other

Attribute label: DLAT
Attribute definition: Degrees of Latitude
Range domain minimum: 44
Range domain maximum: 48
Attribute measurement resolution: 1

Attribute label: MLAT
Attribute definition: Minutes of Latitude
Range domain minimum: 0
Range domain maximum: 59
Attribute measurement resolution: 1

Attribute label: SLAT
Attribute definition: Seconds of Latitude
Range domain minimum: 0
Range domain maximum: 59

Attribute label: DLONG
Attribute definition: Degrees of Longitude
Range domain minimum: 104
Range domain maximum: 117
Attribute measurement resolution: 1

Attribute label: MLONG
Attribute definition: Minutes of Longitude
Range domain minimum: 0
Range domain maximum: 59

Attribute label: SLONG
Attribute definition: Seconds of Longitude
Range domain minimum: 0
Range domain maximum: 59

Attribute label: UTMZ
Attribute definition: UTM coordinate zone
Range domain minimum: 11
Range domain maximum: 13

Attribute label: UTMN
Attribute definition: UTM northing
Range domain minimum: 4920699
Range domain maximum: 5428180

Attribute label: UTME
Attribute definition: UTM easting
Range domain minimum: 267358
Range domain maximum: 732812
Attribute measurement resolution: 1

Attribute label: PREC
Attribute definition: Precision of coordinates


Attribute
Value
Definition of
Attribute Value
100M 100 meters
10M 10 meters
500M 500 meters
UNK Unknown
1KM 1000 meters
1000 1000 meters?
10 10 meters?
5KM 5000 meters
500 500 meters?
250 250 meters?
100 100 meters?
5000 5000 meters?
10KM 10000 meters
>10KM More than 10000 meters
10000 10000 meters?

Attribute label: TWN
Attribute definition: Public Land Survey Township Number

Attribute label: NS
Attribute definition: Township North/South Designation


Attribute
Value
Definition of
Attribute Value
S Township South of Base Line
N Township North of Base Line

Attribute label: RNG
Attribute definition: Public Land Survey Range Number

Attribute label: EW
Attribute definition: Range East/West Designation


Attribute
Value
Definition of
Attribute Value
W Range West of Principal Meridian
E Range East of Principal Meridian

Attribute label: SECT
Attribute definition: Public Land Survey Section Number

Attribute label: SUB-SECT
Attribute definition: Sub-section designation

Attribute label: QUAD
Attribute definition: USGS quadrangle name

Attribute label: QUAD-SIZE
Attribute definition: USGS map series


Attribute
Value
Definition of
Attribute Value
7.5 MIN 1:24,000 scale 7.5-minute quadrangle
15 MIN 1:62,500 scale 15-minute quadrangle
1:250K 1:250,000 scale 1x2 degeree quadrangle
30 MIN 30-minute quadrangle

Attribute label: EVAL-TYPE
Attribute definition: Type of evaluation


Attribute
Value
Definition of
Attribute Value
R Resource data is available
C Complete data is available
M Not confirmed
L Location is confirmed

Attribute label: YR-CHKD
Attribute definition: Year checked
Range domain minimum: 0
Range domain maximum: 1992

Attribute label: EVALUATOR
Attribute definition: Checked by

Attribute label: PROP-FILE
Attribute definition: US BOM backup file number
Range domain minimum: 0
Range domain maximum: 100

Attribute label: LAST-MOD
Attribute definition: Date last modified

Attribute label: COM
Attribute definition:
List of up to 5 commodities mined
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Distribution Information:
Distributor:
Gerry Daumiller
Senior GIS Programmer
Montana State Library
1515 East 6th Avenue
Helena, Montana 59620-1800


Telephone: (406) 444-5358
Fax: (406) 444-0581
E-Mail: gdaumiller@mt.gov


Distribution liability:
Users must assume responsibility to determine the
usability of this data for their purposes.

Standard order process:
Non-digital form:
Contact the State Library to see if the data is
available as hardcopy maps.
Fees:
For-profit organizations must pay our costs to reproduce the
data. Fees can be waived if doing Government work.

Standard order process:
Digital form:
Format name: Arc/Info Export
Online option:
http://nris.mt.gov/nsdi/nris/e00/ms4.zip
Offline option:
Offline media: CD-ROM
Recording format: ISO 9660
Digital form:
Format name: ESRI Shapefile
Online option:
http://nris.mt.gov/nsdi/nris/shape/ms4.zip
Offline option:
Offline media: CD-ROM
Recording format: ISO 9660
Fees:
For-profit organizations must pay our costs to reproduce the
data. Fees can be waived if doing Government work.
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Metadata Reference Information:
Metadata date: 07/02/1993
Metadata review date: 10/05/1996
Metadata contact:
Gerry Daumiller
Montana State Library
1515 East 6th Avenue
Helena, Montana 59620-1800


Telephone: (406) 444-5358
Fax: (406) 444-0581
E-Mail: gdaumiller@mt.gov


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