Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Schulz, Klaus J. Originator: Briskey, Joseph A. Title: Major mineral deposits of the world Publication_Date: 2005 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2005-1294 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/major-deposits/ Description: Abstract: Regional locations and general geologic setting of known deposits of major nonfuel mineral commodities. Originally compiled in five parts by diverse authors, combined here for convenience despite likely inconsistencies among the regional reports. Purpose: The five regional compilations of major mineral deposits that are here combined were originally created to begin a global mineral resource assessment, and so should be understood as providing generalized fundamental information about where in the world important mineral resources have been discovered. For our purposes, we did not need to obtain highly precise geographic locations or details of the geometry of the deposits or their precise geographic extents. The user should expect these point locations to be near the deposits they describe, but the locations may be expected to be one or a few kilometers from the actual locations. Likewise this survey did not require detailed information on the geological setting of each deposit or the extent of production or resource estimates. For larger deposits described here, such information may be available in other USGS databases or publications. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2009 Currentness_Reference: publication date of the last-appearing source Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -178.73 East_Bounding_Coordinate: 178.18 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 83.1 South_Bounding_Coordinate: -48.39 Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: none Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Alexandria Digital Library Feature Type Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: mine sites Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Common geographic areas Place_Keyword: fLD50 = Africa Place_Keyword: fLD70 = Asia Place_Keyword: fLD80 = Asia Minor and Middle East Place_Keyword: fLD60 = Australia and New Zealand Place_Keyword: fLD20 = Central America Place_Keyword: fLD40 = Europe Place_Keyword: fLD10 = North America Place_Keyword: fLD30 = South America Place_Keyword: fLD90 = Southeast Asia Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: economic geology Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Theme_Keyword: mineral resources Theme_Keyword: web map services Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Klaus J Schulz Contact_Organization: Midwest Region Contact_Position: Research Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: Mail Stop 954 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6320 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6383 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kschulz@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/major-deposits/ofr20051294.png Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Reduced-size map of the world showing the locations of the major deposits plotted., (540 x 270 pixels) Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PNG Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: This combination of data from the five reports did not address accuracy of the deposit characteristics, but it did correct spelling of some commodity values. Logical_Consistency_Report: Rumor has it that, because the five component reports of OFR-2005-1294 were compiled by different geoscientists, there may be variations among the reports in the criteria by which deposits were chosen for inclusion, and it is clear from the data that the deposits of the US were documented more fully than those of the other regions, owing to greater access to source materials. Completeness_Report: Information in the component reports meet the needs of USGS coordinators as of 2005, but no further information has been added to reflect any newly discovered resources or deposits. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Zientek, Michael L. Originator: Orris, Greta J. Publication_Date: 2005 Title: Geology and nonfuel mineral deposits of the United States Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2005-1294-A Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1294/a/ Type_of_Source_Media: Digital file in Microsoft Excel format Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2005 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ofr20051294A Source_Contribution: Deposits of the United States Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Cunningham, Charles G. Originator: Zientek, Michael L. Originator: Bawiec, Walter J. Originator: Orris, Greta J. Publication_Date: 2005 Title: Geology and Nonfuel Mineral Deposits of Latin America and Canada Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2005-1294-B Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1294/b/ Type_of_Source_Media: Digital file in PDF Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2005 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ofr20051294B Source_Contribution: Deposits of Latin America and Canada Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Peters, Stephen G. Originator: Nokleberg, Warren J. Originator: Doebrich, Jeff L. Originator: Bawiec, Walter J. Originator: Orris, Greta Originator: Sutphin, David M. Originator: Wilburn, David R. Publication_Date: 2005 Title: Geology and nonfuel mineral deposits of Asia and the Pacific Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2005-1294-C Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1294/c/ Type_of_Source_Media: Digital file in shapefile format Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2005 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ofr20051294C Source_Contribution: Deposits of Asia and the Pacific Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Nokleberg, Warren J. Originator: Bawiec, Walter J. Originator: Doebrich, Jeff L. Originator: Lipin, Bruce R. Originator: Miller, Robert J. Originator: Orris, Greta J. Originator: Zientek, Michael L. Publication_Date: 2005 Title: Geology and nonfuel mineral deposits of Greenland, Europe, Russia, and northern Central Asia Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2005-1294-D Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1294/d/ Type_of_Source_Media: Digital file in PDF Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2005 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ofr20051294D Source_Contribution: Deposits in Europe and northern Central Asia Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Taylor, Cliff D. Originator: Schulz, Klaus J. Originator: Doebrich, Jeff L. Originator: Orris, Greta Originator: Denning, Paul D. Originator: Kirschbaum, Michael J. Publication_Date: 2009 Title: Geology and Nonfuel Mineral Deposits of Africa and the Middle East Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2005-1294 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1294/e/ Type_of_Source_Media: Digital file in PDF Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2009 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ofr20051294E Source_Contribution: Deposits in Africa and countries of the Middle East Process_Step: Process_Description: Data table from part A was obtained by request to the senior author as a spreadsheet. Data from part C was published as a GIS shapefile. Data from the other parts was scraped from the PDF reports on the web. Commodity lists were parsed, spelling was corrected, and consistent commodity identifiers were stored in the separate commodity table (joined to the deposit table on the field gid present in both tables). Commodity values in the commodity table are element symbols for elemental commodities, and lower-case names for mineral commodities, with the addition of the element groups REE and PGE as is common practice. References from the reports were combined and duplicates removed. Digital compiler aspires to connect the full references with the short citations that are contained in the tables, but as of 2015-09-18 this has not been successfuly completed. 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Simple record number for this database. Integer values. Integer of width 4. Attribute: Attribute_Label: dep_name Attribute_Definition: Deposit name. Name of the site or deposit, possibly with alternatives. Textual values of no more than 128 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: country Attribute_Definition: Country. Country in which the site is located. Textual values of no more than 32 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: state Attribute_Definition: State. State in which the site is located, for US sites. Textual values of no more than 48 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: latitude Attribute_Definition: Latitude. Geographic latitude in decimal degrees, WGS84, south latitudes negative. Real numbers stored in double precision. Attribute: Attribute_Label: longitude Attribute_Definition: Longitude. Geographic longitude in decimal degrees, WGS84, west longitudes negative. Real numbers stored in double precision. Attribute: Attribute_Label: commodity Attribute_Definition: Commodity. List of commodities present at the site. Textual values of no more than 80 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: dep_type Attribute_Definition: Deposit type. Generalized type of deposit. Textual values of no more than 40 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: type_detail Attribute_Definition: Deposit type detail. More details on deposit type, where available. Textual values of no more than 96 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: model_code Attribute_Definition: Deposit model code. Identifier of the deposit model, from Cox and Singer 1986. Textual values of no more than 16 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: model_name Attribute_Definition: Deposit model name. Name of the deposit model, from Cox and Singer 1986. Textual values of no more than 80 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: metallic Attribute_Definition: Commodity type. Metallic or non-metallic. Textual values of no more than 16 characters. Attribute: Attribute_Label: citation Attribute_Definition: Source citation. Short bibligraphic references as used in scientific texts, semicolon-separated list. Textual values of no more than 96 characters. Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: commodity Entity_Type_Definition: Commodities listed separately and regularized in spelling and capitalization Attribute: Attribute_Label: gid Attribute_Definition: Record ID. Unique identifier of the site within this database, a value of deposit:gid. Integer values. Integer of width 4. Attribute: Attribute_Label: value Attribute_Definition: Commodity. Name of mineral commodity or elemental symbol. Textual values of no more than 32 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 OFR 2005-1294, parts A through E, data tables only Distribution_Liability: 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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