Prospect- and mine-related features on USGS topographic maps

Symbols indicating mining-related features digitized from historical USGS topographic maps in the western part of the conterminous US. Includes prospect pits, mine shafts and adits, quarries, open-pit mines, tailings piles and ponds, gravel and borrow pits, and other features.

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Service, version URL Capabilities document
WMS, version 1.3.0 https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/usmin Capabilities
WFS, version 1.1.0 https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/wfs/usmin Capabilities

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State KML Size
Alabama usmin-AL.kmz 10.9M bytes
Arkansas usmin-AR.kmz 2.1M bytes
Arizona usmin-AZ.kmz 2.5M bytes
California usmin-CA.kmz 7.6M bytes
Colorado usmin-CO.kmz 2.4M bytes
Connecticut usmin-CT.kmz 1.0M bytes
District of Columbia usmin-DC.kmz 6k bytes
Delaware usmin-DE.kmz 233k bytes
Florida usmin-FL.kmz 4.6M bytes
Georgia usmin-GA.kmz 2.4M bytes
Iowa usmin-IA.kmz 1.0M bytes
Idaho usmin-ID.kmz 1.3M bytes
Illinois usmin-IL.kmz 3.2M bytes
Indiana usmin-IN.kmz 3.8M bytes
Kansas usmin-KS.kmz 2.1M bytes
Kentucky usmin-KY.kmz 20.2M bytes
Louisiana usmin-LA.kmz 1.1M bytes
Massachusetts usmin-MA.kmz 1.0M bytes
Maryland usmin-MD.kmz 2.8M bytes
Maine usmin-ME.kmz 3.0M bytes
Michigan usmin-MI.kmz 3.1M bytes
Minnesota usmin-MN.kmz 4.1M bytes
Missouri usmin-MO.kmz 3.0M bytes
Mississippi usmin-MS.kmz 280k bytes
Montana usmin-MT.kmz 2.0M bytes
North Carolina usmin-NC.kmz 2.9M bytes
North Dakota usmin-ND.kmz 760k bytes
Nebraska usmin-NE.kmz 482k bytes
New Hampshire usmin-NH.kmz 1.6M bytes
New Jersey usmin-NJ.kmz 3.6M bytes
New Mexico usmin-NM.kmz 2.1M bytes
New York usmin-NY.kmz 1.0M bytes
Nevada usmin-NV.kmz 4.7M bytes
Ohio usmin-OH.kmz 21.8M bytes
Oklahoma usmin-OK.kmz 1.5M bytes
Oregon usmin-OR.kmz 1.7M bytes
Pennsylvania usmin-PA.kmz 58.7M bytes
Rhode Island usmin-RI.kmz 686k bytes
South Carolina usmin-SC.kmz 1.0M bytes
South Dakota usmin-SD.kmz 933k bytes
Tennessee usmin-TN.kmz 6.3M bytes
Texas usmin-TX.kmz 7.2M bytes
Utah usmin-UT.kmz 1.6M bytes
Virginia usmin-VA.kmz 23M bytes
Vermont usmin-VT.kmz 506k bytes
Washington usmin-WA.kmz 1.4M bytes
West Virginia usmin-WV.kmz 56.6M bytes
Wisconsin usmin-WI.kmz 2.2M bytes
Wyoming usmin-WY.kmz 1.8M bytes

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USGS_TopoMineSymbols_ver9_Geodatabase.zip (File geodatabase 141M bytes)

USGS_TopoMineSymbols_ver9_Shapefiles.zip (Shapefile 252M bytes)

Download zipped shapefiles by state:

State Shapefile Size
Alabama usmin-AL.zip 9.4M bytes
Arkansas usmin-AR.zip 2.0M bytes
Arizona usmin-AZ.zip 2.8M bytes
California usmin-CA.zip 7.8M bytes
Colorado usmin-CO.zip 2.6M bytes
Connecticut usmin-CT.zip 814k bytes
Delaware usmin-DE.zip 224k bytes
District of Columbia usmin-DC.zip 19k bytes
Florida usmin-FL.zip 4.2M bytes
Georgia usmin-GA.zip 2.2M bytes
Iowa usmin-IA.zip 1.0M bytes
Idaho usmin-ID.zip 1.4M bytes
Illinois usmin-IL.zip 3.0M bytes
Indiana usmin-IN.zip 3.6M bytes
Kansas usmin-KS.zip 2.0M bytes
Kentucky usmin-KY.zip 18.2M bytes
Louisiana usmin-LA.zip 1.0M bytes
Maine usmin-ME.zip 2.5M bytes
Maryland usmin-MD.zip 2.3M bytes
Massachusetts usmin-MA.zip 947k bytes
Michigan usmin-MI.zip 3.1M bytes
Minnesota usmin-MN.zip 3.9M bytes
Missouri usmin-MO.zip 3.0M bytes
Mississippi usmin-MS.zip 2.1M bytes
Montana usmin-MT.zip 2.1M bytes
North Carolina usmin-NC.zip 2.3M bytes
North Dakota usmin-ND.zip 761.0k bytes
Nebraska usmin-NE.zip 463.7k bytes
New Hampshire usmin-NH.zip 1.3M bytes
New Jersey usmin-NJ.zip 2.9M bytes
New Mexico usmin-NM.zip 2.1M bytes
New York usmin-NY.zip 1.6M bytes
Nevada usmin-NV.zip 5.9M bytes
Ohio usmin-OH.zip 19.7M bytes
Oklahoma usmin-OK.zip 1.4M bytes
Oregon usmin-OR.zip 1.7M bytes
Pennsylvania usmin-PA.zip 48M bytes
Rhode Island usmin-RI.zip 547k bytes
South Carolina usmin-SC.zip 835.4k bytes
South Dakota usmin-SD.zip 917.8k bytes
Tennessee usmin-TN.zip 5.9M bytes
Texas usmin-TX.zip 7.2M bytes
Utah usmin-UT.zip 1.7M bytes
Vermont usmin-VT.zip 427k bytes
Virginia usmin-VA.zip 18.2M bytes
Washington usmin-WA.zip 1.4M bytes
West Virginia usmin-WV.zip 49.1M bytes
Wisconsin usmin-WI.zip 2.3M bytes
Wyoming usmin-WY.zip 1.7M bytes

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