Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Berger, Vladimir I. Originator: Singer, Donald A. Originator: Bliss, James D. Originator: Moring, Barry C. Title: Ni-Co laterite deposits of the world Publication_Date: 2011 Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2011-1058 Publication_Information: Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Place: Menlo Park, California Online_Linkage: http://mrdata.usgs.gov/laterite/ Description: Abstract: Location, type, mineralogy, name, tonnage and grade, and geological setting for 120 deposits of this type. The US has no active nickel mines or nickel reserves. Purpose: This report helps to update a prior Ni laterite mineral deposit model by Singer (1986) for use in quantitative assessments of mineral resources at national and global scales. 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Originator: Singer, Donald A. Originator: Bliss, James D. Originator: Moring, Barry C. Title: Ni-Co laterite deposits of the world-database and grade and tonnage models Publication_Date: 2011 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2011-1058 Publication_Information: Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1058/ Type_of_Source_Media: digital files Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2011 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Berger and others (2011) Source_Contribution: Data from this report were reformatted and restructured to provide the current data set. Process_Step: Process_Description: Rearrangement of data using the OpenDocument spreadsheet, conversion to MySQL and PostgreSQL using custom PHP and Tcl scripts. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Berger and others (2011) Process_Date: 20110609 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer Contact_Organization: USGS ER GD Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192-0002 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6252 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov 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: 120 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: Descriptive characteristics of the deposit, including grade and tonnage estimates Attribute: Attribute_Label: rec_id Attribute_Definition: Record ID. 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Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Unabbreviated names Attribute: Attribute_Label: karst Attribute_Definition: Karst form. Subtype of linear shaped deposit, indicating karst processes occurred at the site. Textual values of no more than 3 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 116 records have no value for karst. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: yes Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The deposit or site does have this characteristic Attribute: Attribute_Label: latthick Attribute_Definition: Laterite thickness. Total thickness of the laterite mantle, including portions that would not be considered ore material, in meters Textual values of no more than 25 characters. 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Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 75 records have no value for nigrd. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.66 Range_Domain_Maximum: 2.4 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent by weight Attribute: Attribute_Label: niprgrd Attribute_Definition: Ni grade of production tonnage. Nickel grade as percent of metal in ore, with respect to produced tonnage. 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. 104 records have no value for niprgrd. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.07 Range_Domain_Maximum: 2.5 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent by weight Attribute: Attribute_Label: nirecutgrd Attribute_Definition: Ni cutoff grade of resource tonnage. 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Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.61 Range_Domain_Maximum: 12 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent by weight Attribute: Attribute_Label: other_rx Attribute_Definition: Other bedrock. Types of country rocks present both in the deposit and on a regional map. Textual values of no more than 106 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 8 records have no value for other_rx. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Rock type names, unabbreviated Attribute: Attribute_Label: other_name Attribute_Definition: Other names. Alternative or previously-used names by which the site is known. Textual values of no more than 30 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 84 records have no value for other_name. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Names, unabbreviated Attribute: Attribute_Label: overburden Attribute_Definition: Overburden m. Thickness of the material lying above the ore body in meters. Textual values of no more than 8 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 62 records have no value for overburden. Attribute: Attribute_Label: owneroper Attribute_Definition: Owner-Operator. Name of the owner, operator, or both. Textual values of no more than 94 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 13 records have no value for owneroper. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Names, unabbreviated Attribute: Attribute_Label: plateau Attribute_Definition: Plateau laterite form. 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Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 37 records have no value for resrc_std. Attribute: Attribute_Label: resrc_ton Attribute_Definition: Resource tonnage. Estimated resource tonnage at the site, 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. 24 records have no value for resrc_ton. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 3 Range_Domain_Maximum: 495 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: million metric tons Attribute: Attribute_Label: srctongrd Attribute_Definition: Source of tonnage and grade. Reference sources from which estimates of tonnage and grade were drawn. Textual values of no more than 130 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 4 records have no value for srctongrd. Attribute: Attribute_Label: srcbedrock Attribute_Definition: Source bedrock. Reference sources from which descriptions of bedrock were drawn. Textual values of no more than 144 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: startdate Attribute_Definition: Startup date. Year in which mining began. Textual values of no more than 34 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 45 records have no value for startdate. Attribute: Attribute_Label: stprov Attribute_Definition: State or Province. Name of the state or province in which the deposit is located. Textual values of no more than 37 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: (no value) Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Information not available for this record. 43 records have no value for stprov. Attribute: Attribute_Label: status Attribute_Definition: Status. Operational status of the site (producing, past producer, exploration, etc.). Textual values of no more than 60 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: subtype Attribute_Definition: Subtype. Mineralogical subtype of the deposit. Most sites have characteristics of all subtypes; this field indicates the dominant subtype as well as the others. Textual values of no more than 40 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: tectset Attribute_Definition: Tectonic setting. Description of the tectonic setting of the site. Textual values of no more than 163 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: tonnage Attribute_Definition: Total tonnage. Estimated total tonnage 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. 3 records have no value for tonnage. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.62 Range_Domain_Maximum: 495 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: million metric tons Attribute: Attribute_Label: ageweather Attribute_Definition: Weathering age. Estimated age of weathering in which the deposit was formed. Textual values of no more than 59 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: deptype Attribute_Definition: Simplified deposit subtype. Dominant mineralogical subtype of the deposit, drawn from the subtype field. Textual values of no more than 1 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Clay silicate subtype Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mg hydrous silicate subtype Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fe oxide subtype Attribute: Attribute_Label: qstatus Attribute_Definition: Simplified site status. General category of the site status (P = producing or past producer, E = exploration, U = undetermined includes idle). Textual values of no more than 1 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: P Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Producer or past producer (status text indicates production has occurred) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: E Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Exploration target, prospect, or occurrence (no commercial production is indicated by the status field) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: U Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Production unknown--status field indicates "idle" Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: minerals Entity_Type_Definition: Nickeliferous minerals reported at the site Attribute: Attribute_Label: rec_id Attribute_Definition: Record ID. Record identifier without scientific significance, 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: 120 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: role Attribute_Definition: Mineral role. Nickeliferous mineral or other mineral associated with the deposit. Textual values of no more than 16 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: nickeliferous Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mineral containing nickel reported present in the deposit Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: other Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mineral not containing nickel reported present in the deposit Attribute: Attribute_Label: value Attribute_Definition: Mineral name. Name of the mineral. Textual values of no more than 22 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Names of minerals not abbreviated Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: latrxprof Entity_Type_Definition: Descriptions of the laterite rock profile at the site Attribute: Attribute_Label: rec_id Attribute_Definition: Record ID. Record identifier without scientific significance, 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: 120 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: value Attribute_Definition: Profile description. Descriptions of the laterite rock profile, including grade estimates for nickel and other commodities). Textual values of no more than 289 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Laterite profile components with some descriptive information such as nickel or cobalt grade estimates Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: ref Entity_Type_Definition: Bibliographic references from which information about the site was drawn Attribute: Attribute_Label: rec_id Attribute_Definition: Record ID. Record identifier without scientific significance, 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: 120 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: value Attribute_Definition: Reference. Text of the bibliographic reference. Textual values of no more than 390 characters. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Textual bibliographic reference typically conforming to USGS style Attribute: Attribute_Label: onlink Attribute_Definition: Online linkage. Hypertext link to the online source of information. Textual values of no more than 160 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: access_date Attribute_Definition: Date accessed. Date the online source was accessed for this report. Textual values of no more than 10 characters. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer Contact_Organization: USGS ER GD Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192-0002 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6252 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov Resource_Description: USGS Open-File Report 2011-1058 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. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: WMS Format_Version_Number: 1.1.1 Format_Information_Content: Laterite deposit locations and characteristics including estimated tonnage and grade Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/laterite?request=getcapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.1.1& Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: Comma-separated values Format_Information_Content: Four tables in a zip package: main, minerals, latrxprof, ref File_Decompression_Technique: unzip Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://mrdata.usgs.gov/laterite/laterite-csv.zip Fees: none Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 2011-06-09 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Schweitzer, Peter, N Contact_Organization: Eastern Mineral Resources Team Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Mail Stop 954 City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998