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Active Mines and Mineral Processing Plants in the United States in 2003

Summary

This data set includes mineral and metal operations in the United States. The data represent commodities monitored by the National Minerals Information Center of the USGS, and the operations included are those considered active in 2003 and surveyed by the MIT

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Purpose

The digital data set of the National Minerals Information Center is used to create electronic and hard copy maps that depict various mineral or metal mine and/or processing locations on a national map. The data can be used to conduct graphic analysis on national and large regional scales.

Map

Spatial Services

External WMS Service

ScienceBase WMS

Communities

  • LC MAP - Landscape Conservation Management and Analysis Portal
  • North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative

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Provenance

Additional Information

OGC Web Service Extension

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serviceLegendUrlhttp://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/active-mines?
serviceMapUrlhttp://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/active-mines?
serviceVersion1.1.1
typeWMS

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