Prospect- and Mine-Related Features from U.S. Geological Survey 7.5- and 15-Minute Topographic Quadrangle Maps of the United States (ver. 10.0, May 2023)

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Publication Date: 2016-08-04
Last Revision: 2023-05-22

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Horton, J.D., and San Juan, C.A., 2016, Prospect- and mine-related features from U.S. Geological Survey 7.5- and 15-minute topographic quadrangle maps of the United States (ver. 10.0, May 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F78W3CHG.

Summary

Version 10.0 of these data are part of a larger U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) project to develop an updated geospatial database of mines, mineral deposits, and mineral regions in the United States. Mine and prospect-related symbols, such as those used to represent prospect pits, mines, adits, dumps, tailings, etc., hereafter referred to as “mine” symbols or features, have been digitized from the 7.5-minute (1:24,000, 1:25,000-scale; and 1:10,000, 1:20,000 and 1:30,000-scale in Puerto Rico only) and the 15-minute (1:48,000 and 1:62,500-scale; 1:63,360-scale in Alaska only) archive of the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (HTMC), or acquired from available databases (California and Nevada, 1:24,000-scale only). Compilation of [...]

Summary

Version 10.0 of these data are part of a larger U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) project to develop an updated geospatial database of mines, mineral deposits, and mineral regions in the United States. Mine and prospect-related symbols, such as those used to represent prospect pits, mines, adits, dumps, tailings, etc., hereafter referred to as “mine” symbols or features, have been digitized from the 7.5-minute (1:24,000, 1:25,000-scale; and 1:10,000, 1:20,000 and 1:30,000-scale in Puerto Rico only) and the 15-minute (1:48,000 and 1:62,500-scale; 1:63,360-scale in Alaska only) archive of the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (HTMC), or acquired from available databases (California and Nevada, 1:24,000-scale only). Compilation of these features is the first phase in capturing accurate locations and general information about features related to mineral resource exploration and extraction across the U.S. The compilation of 725,690 point and polygon mine symbols from approximately 106,350 maps across 50 states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (PR) and the District of Columbia (DC) has been completed: Alabama (AL), Alaska (AK), Arizona (AZ), Arkansas (AR), California (CA), Colorado (CO), Connecticut (CT), Delaware (DE), Florida (FL), Georgia (GA), Hawaii (HI), Idaho (ID), Illinois (IL), Indiana (IN), Iowa (IA), Kansas (KS), Kentucky (KY), Louisiana (LA), Maine (ME), Maryland (MD), Massachusetts (MA), Michigan (MI), Minnesota (MN), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), Montana (MT), Nebraska (NE), Nevada (NV), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), New Mexico (NM), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), North Dakota (ND), Ohio (OH), Oklahoma (OK), Oregon (OR), Pennsylvania (PA), Rhode Island (RI), South Carolina (SC), South Dakota (SD), Tennessee (TN), Texas (TX), Utah (UT), Vermont (VT), Virginia (VA), Washington (WA), West Virginia (WV), Wisconsin (WI), and Wyoming (WY). The process renders not only a more complete picture of exploration and mining in the U.S., but an approximate timeline of when these activities occurred. These data may be used for land use planning, assessing abandoned mine lands and mine-related environmental impacts, assessing the value of mineral resources from Federal, State and private lands, and mapping mineralized areas and systems for input into the land management process. These data are presented as three groups of layers based on the scale of the source maps. No reconciliation between the data groups was done.

Datasets were developed by the U.S. Geological Survey Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center (GGGSC). Compilation work was completed by USGS National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) interns: Emma L. Boardman-Larson, Grayce M. Gibbs, William R. Gnesda, Montana E. Hauke, Jacob D. Melendez, Amanda L. Ringer, and Alex J. Schwarz; USGS student contractors: Margaret B. Hammond, Germán Schmeda, Patrick C. Scott, Tyler Reyes, Morgan Mullins, Thomas Carroll, Margaret Brantley, and Logan Barrett; and by USGS personnel Virgil S. Alfred, Damon Bickerstaff, E.G. Boyce, Madelyn E. Eysel, Stuart A. Giles, Autumn L. Helfrich, Alan A. Hurlbert, Cheryl L. Novakovich, Sophia J. Pinter, and Andrew F. Smith.

First release: August 4, 2016
Revised: December 1, 2017 (ver. 1.0)
Revised: April 30, 2018 (ver. 2.0)
Revised: April 10, 2019 (ver. 3.0)
Revised: November 25, 2019 (ver. 4.0)
Revised: July 29, 2020 (ver. 5.0)
Revised: April 12, 2021 (ver. 6.0)
Revised: April 19, 2022 (ver. 7.0)
Revised: September 29, 2022 (ver. 8.0)
Revised: January 30, 2023 (ver. 9.0)
Revised: May 22,2023 (ver. 10.0)

Contacts

Point of Contact :: John D Horton
Originator :: John D Horton, Carma A San Juan
Metadata Contact :: John D Horton
Data Owner :: Mineral Resources Program
SDC Data Owner :: Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center
USGS Mission Area :: Energy and Minerals
Publisher :: U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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USGS_TopoMineSymbols_ver10_Metadata.xml Original FGDC Metadata	View	73.01 KB	application/fgdc+xml
USGS_TopoMineSymbols_ver10_Metadata.zip “Metadata (all versions)”		72.47 KB	application/zip
USGS_TopoMineSymbols_ver10_Geodatabase.zip “Geodatabase version”		142.34 MB	application/zip
USGS_TopoMineSymbols_ver10_Shapefiles.zip “Shapefiles version”		253.38 MB	application/zip
USGS_TopoMineSymbols_ver10_DataDictionary.csv “Data dictionary”		5.28 KB	text/csv
USGS_TopoMineSymbols Revision History.txt “Revision history”		12.6 KB	text/plain
USGS_TopoMineSymbols_ver10_thumbnail.png		8.54 MB	image/png

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USMIN - Mineral Deposit Database project website	https://www.usgs.gov/USMIN
USGS - The National Map Viewer - Add Data - Featured Data	https://apps.nationalmap.gov/viewer/
USGS - Mineral Resources Online Spatial Data	https://mrdata.usgs.gov/

Purpose

These data are a digital version of mine symbols found on USGS 7.5- and 15-minute series topographic maps. These data are suitable for use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or other database and geospatial software. Collection of data of this type is a part of the mission of the Mineral Resources Program of the USGS. The information is intended to meet the needs of a wide community of users that extends from geoscience and mineral exploration communities to State and Federal agencies, private industry, and the general public.

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