Database fields in table mines

Mines, prospects, and occurrences in Costa Rica.

gid
Row ID
(Metadata)
Unique identifier for the row in the database table.
mines_id
cover-id
(Metadata)
Record identifier used as the cover-id value in the original ArcInfo coverage, lacks scientific significance.
code
Unknown ID
(Metadata)
Integer identifier of unknown significance.
overplot
Unknown modifier
(Unknown)
A few records have 'Y' in this field, but I do not know what it means.
recno
MRDS ID
(Site identification)
Identifier linking this record with the Mineral Resource Data System. This is the old-style identifier consisting of one or two letters followed by numbers.
site
Site name
(Site identification)
Name of the site.
commod
Commodities
(Site characteristics)
Commodity abbreviations, typically element symbols written in upper case letters.
dep_type
Deposit type
(Site characteristics)
Short description of the type of mineral deposit at the site.
model
Deposit model
(Site characteristics)
Name of the mineral deposit model.
model_no
Deposit model code
(Site characteristics)
Code identifying the mineral deposit model, generally a value from Cox and Singer (1986).
minerals
Minerals
(Site characteristics)
Names or types of minerals reported at the site, a list delimited by commas, semicolons, or both.
host_rock
Host rock
(Site characteristics)
Lithologic terms describing the rocks hosting the mineral deposit, a list delimited by commas.
alteration
Alteration
(Site characteristics)
Terms describing the mineral alteration at or near the site.
comments
Comments
(Site characteristics)
Descriptive comments about the deposit or site.
geom
Geometry, LCC
(Geographic location)
Geometry of the feature expressed in meters using the original map projection, Lambert Conformal Conic.
wgs84_geom
Geometry, WGS84
(Geographic location)
Geometry of the feature expressed in decimal degrees WGS84 west longitudes negative.