Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Cox, Dennis P. Originator: Lindsey, David A. Originator: Singer, Donald A. Originator: Diggles, Michael F. Title: Sediment-hosted copper deposits of the world Publication_Date: 2003 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2003-107 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Menlo Park, California Publisher: Geological Survey (U.S.) Online_Linkage: http://mrdata.usgs.gov/sedcu/ Description: Abstract: Characteristics of 785 deposits, including grade, tonnage, rocks, mineralogy, and references Purpose: National and global scale mineral resource assessments require information of this nature about specific types of mineral deposits Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Multiple_Dates/Times: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 200304 Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20070625 Currentness_Reference: publication and revision dates Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180 East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90 South_Bounding_Coordinate: -60 Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: none Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Alexandria Digital Library Feature Type Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: mineral deposit areas Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General glossary for mineral resources spatial data Theme_Keyword: comma-delimited text Theme_Keyword: FileMaker Theme_Keyword: KML Theme_Keyword: Microsoft Excel format Theme_Keyword: tab-delimited text Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Mineral Resources Data System commodity types Theme_Keyword: Copper Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: cobalt Theme_Keyword: copper Theme_Keyword: economic geology Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Theme_Keyword: metallic ores Theme_Keyword: natural resource assessment Theme_Keyword: silver Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Dennis P Cox Contact_Organization: USGS WR SW GD Contact_Position: Volunteer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 345 Middlefield Road$Mail Stop 901 City: Menlo Park State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 94025 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 650-329-5328 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 650-329-5491 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dcox@usgs.gov Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Cox, Dennis P. Originator: Lindsey, David A. Originator: Singer, Donald A. Originator: Diggles, Michael F. Title: Sediment-hosted copper deposits of the world: Deposit models and database Publication_Date: 2003 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2003-107 Publication_Information: Publisher: Geological Survey (U.S.) Publication_Place: Menlo Park, California Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-107/ Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 785 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Geographic_Coordinate_Units: decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: World Geodetic System 1984 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS 84 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: main Entity_Type_Definition: General descriptive information about the deposit Attribute: Attribute_Label: rec_id Attribute_Definition: Record ID. A distinct numerical identifier for the database record without further scientific significance. Integer values. Int of width 4. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 785 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: depname Attribute_Definition: Deposit name. The most recent deposit name. Textual values of no more than 34 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: altname Attribute_Definition: Other names. Alternative names that have been used for the deposit. Textual values of no more than 46 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 708 records have no value for altname. Attribute: Attribute_Label: includes Attribute_Definition: Includes. The names of deposits that have been combined with the primary deposit as a result of the two-kilometer minimum separation rule. Textual values of no more than 67 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 722 records have no value for includes. Attribute: Attribute_Label: cntrycd Attribute_Definition: Country code. Coded abbreviation combining the country and state or province. Textual values of no more than 5 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: latdeg Attribute_Definition: Latitude degrees. Degrees of latitude. Integer values. Int of width 3. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -39 Range_Domain_Maximum: 73 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: latmin Attribute_Definition: Latitude minutes. Minutes of latitude. Integer values. Int of width 2. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 2 records have no value for latmin. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -59 Range_Domain_Maximum: 59 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: minutes Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: latsec Attribute_Definition: Latitude seconds. Seconds of latitude. Integer values. Int of width 2. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 291 records have no value for latsec. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -59 Range_Domain_Maximum: 60 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: seconds Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: londeg Attribute_Definition: Longitude degrees. Degrees of lontitude. Integer values. Int of width 4. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -142 Range_Domain_Maximum: 147 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: lonmin Attribute_Definition: Longitude minutes. Minutes of longitude. Integer values. Int of width 2. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 3 records have no value for lonmin. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -59 Range_Domain_Maximum: 59 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: minutes Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: lonsec Attribute_Definition: Longitude seconds. Seconds of longitude. Integer values. Int of width 2. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 300 records have no value for lonsec. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -59 Range_Domain_Maximum: 57 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: seconds Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: oreton Attribute_Definition: Ore tonnage. Total tons of ore based on total production, reserves, and resources at the lowest possible cutoff grade, in millions of metric tons. Real numbers stored in double precision. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 644 records have no value for oreton. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.12 Range_Domain_Maximum: 2600 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: million metric tons Attribute: Attribute_Label: cugrd Attribute_Definition: Copper grade. Average grade of copper for the deposit, as percent of metal in ore. Zero value means the grade (always for byproducts) was unavailable. Real numbers stored in double precision. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 644 records have no value for cugrd. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.15 Range_Domain_Maximum: 13 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute: Attribute_Label: cogrd Attribute_Definition: Cobalt grade. Average grade of cobalt for the deposit, as percent of metal in ore. Zero value means the grade (always for byproducts) was unavailable. Real numbers stored in double precision. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 767 records have no value for cogrd. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.07 Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.07 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent Attribute: Attribute_Label: aggrd Attribute_Definition: Silver grade. Average grade of silver for the deposit, as grams per metric ton of ore. Zero value means the grade (always for byproducts) was unavailable. Real numbers stored in double precision. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 744 records have no value for aggrd. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.3 Range_Domain_Maximum: 266 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: grams per metric ton Attribute: Attribute_Label: country Attribute_Definition: Country. Name of the country where the deposit occurs. Textual values of no more than 28 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: stprov Attribute_Definition: State or province. State or province, if known, where the deposit occurs. Textual values of no more than 21 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 327 records have no value for stprov. Attribute: Attribute_Label: deptype Attribute_Definition: Type of deposit. Classification of the deposit. Textual values of no more than 17 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: hostrock Attribute_Definition: Host rock. Type of rocks hosting the ore body, in the same terms used in published maps and reports. Textual values of no more than 83 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 42 records have no value for hostrock. Attribute: Attribute_Label: rockunder Attribute_Definition: Rock underlying. Type of rocks underlying the host rock, forming the footwall. Textual values of no more than 73 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 687 records have no value for rockunder. Attribute: Attribute_Label: depage Attribute_Definition: Age of deposit. Age of the deposit expressed using standard divisions of geologic time or in millions of years, when available. Textual values of no more than 35 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 6 records have no value for depage. Attribute: Attribute_Label: agemy Attribute_Definition: Age. Age of the deposit in millions of years before the present based on reported absolute (typically thermal dates) ages or midpoints of geologic time scale units. Real numbers stored in double precision. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 7 records have no value for agemy. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 2400 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: million years Attribute: Attribute_Label: rockover Attribute_Definition: Rock overlying. Type of rocks overlying the host rock. Textual values of no more than 61 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 714 records have no value for rockover. Attribute: Attribute_Label: assoctype Attribute_Definition: Associated Types. Supplementary information about the deposit type. Textual values of no more than 74 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 616 records have no value for assoctype. Attribute: Attribute_Label: comments Attribute_Definition: Comments. Supplementary information. Textual values of no more than 212 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 438 records have no value for comments. Attribute: Attribute_Label: geolunit Attribute_Definition: Geologic unit. Geologic unit code, a number matching polygons in XXXXXX. Textual values of no more than 49 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 187 records have no value for geolunit. Attribute: Attribute_Label: geolprov Attribute_Definition: Geologic province. Name of the geologic province in which the deposit formed. Textual values of no more than 22 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 592 records have no value for geolprov. Attribute: Attribute_Label: latitude Attribute_Definition: Latitude. Geographic latitude in decimal degrees, datum WGS84. South is negative, north positive. Real numbers stored in double precision. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -39.2166666666667 Range_Domain_Maximum: 73.8 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees Attribute: Attribute_Label: longitude Attribute_Definition: Longitude. Geographic longitude in decimal degrees, datum WGS84. West is negative, east positive. Real numbers stored in double precision. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -142.866666666667 Range_Domain_Maximum: 147.5 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees Attribute: Attribute_Label: cuton Attribute_Definition: Copper tonnage. Total tons of contained copper based on total production, reserves, and resources at the lowest possible cutoff grade, in millions of metric tons. Real numbers stored in double precision. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 644 records have no value for cuton. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00136 Range_Domain_Maximum: 52 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: million metric tons Attribute: Attribute_Label: continent Attribute_Definition: Continent. Coded abbreviation for the continent. Textual values of no more than 2 characters. Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: minerals Entity_Type_Definition: Mineralogy of the deposit as reported in scientific literature Attribute: Attribute_Label: rec_id Attribute_Definition: Record ID. Numerical identifier for the deposit, matches a value in main:rec_id. Integer values. Int of width 4. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 785 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: value Attribute_Definition: Mineralogy. Name of minerals reported as present in the deposit, without regard for their abundance. Most rock-forming minerals, such as feldspar, calcite, and quartz, are not included. Some variants of rock forming minerals that may be related to mineralization or alteration, such as Ag calcite, are included. Textual values of no more than 71 characters. Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: tracemin Entity_Type_Definition: Trace minerals of the deposit as reported in scientific literature Attribute: Attribute_Label: rec_id Attribute_Definition: Record ID. Numerical identifier for the deposit, matches a value in main:rec_id. Integer values. Int of width 4. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 785 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: value Attribute_Definition: Mineralogy. Name of trace minerals reported as present in the deposit, without regard for their abundance. Most rock-forming minerals, such as feldspar, calcite, and quartz, are not included. Some variants of rock forming minerals that may be related to mineralization or alteration, such as Ag calcite, are included. Textual values of no more than 76 characters. Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: ref Entity_Type_Definition: Scientific literature consulted by the authors to characterize the deposit Attribute: Attribute_Label: rec_id Attribute_Definition: Record ID. Numerical identifier for the deposit, matches a value in main:rec_id. Integer values. Int of width 4. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 785 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: value Attribute_Definition: References. Papers and web sites that were used to describe the deposit. In a few cases unpublished sources were used. Textual values of no more than 444 characters. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: USGS Information Services Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing Address: Box 25286, Denver Federal Center City: Denver State_or_Province: Colorado Postal_Code: 80255-0046 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 1-303-202-4695 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: infoservices@usgs.gov Resource_Description: USGS Open File Report 03-107 Distribution_Liability: This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards (or with the North American Stratigraphic Code). Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. 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