Refractory, Abrasive, and Other Industrial Minerals Operations

This map layer includes refractory, abrasive, and other industrial minerals operations in the United States. The data represent commodities covered by the Minerals Information Team (MIT) of the U.S. Geological Survey, and the operations are those considered active in 2003 and surveyed by the MIT. This is a revised version of the June 2004 map layer.

Tags: abrasive minerals, bentonite, boron, diatomite, economy, All tags... feldspar, garnet, gemstones, kyanite, minerals, minerals operations, mines, mining operations, olivine, processing plants, pyrophyllite, refractory minerals, silica, talc, trona, wollastonite, zeolites, zircon, Fewer tags

Mined areas of the Springfield Coal in Illinois

Outlines of areas mined for the Springfield coal in Illinois as of January 1, 1996. This information was extracted from detailed coal mine data stored in the ISGS Coal Section library database. Lines delineate the approximate outer boundary of individual mines (if known) or general mined areas. Interior mine boundaries such as pillars or small blocks of unmined coal are commonly not depicted. Outlines have been compiled from a variety of sources. Outlines of areas mined before 1987 are commonly from source maps at scales of 1:62,500 or smaller. Outlines of areas mined since 1987 are commonly digitized at scales ranging from 1:4800 to 1:12,000. Mines whose extent is not known or which only mined a few acres are not...

Categories: Web Site; Tags: 17005 = Bond, 17011 = Bureau, 17017 = Cass, 17019 = Champaign, 17021 = Christian, All tags... 17023 = Clark, 17025 = Clay, 17027 = Clinton, 17029 = Coles, 17033 = Crawford, 17035 = Cumberland, 17039 = De Witt, 17041 = Douglas, 17045 = Edgar, 17047 = Edwards, 17049 = Effingham, 17051 = Fayette, 17055 = Franklin, 17057 = Fulton, 17059 = Gallatin, 17061 = Greene, 17063 = Grundy, 17065 = Hamilton, 17073 = Henry, 17077 = Jackson, 17079 = Jasper, 17081 = Jefferson, 17083 = Jersey, 17095 = Knox, 17099 = La Salle, 17101 = Lawrence, 17105 = Livingston, 17107 = Logan, 17113 = McLean, 17115 = Macon, 17117 = Macoupin, 17119 = Madison, 17121 = Marion, 17123 = Marshall, 17129 = Menard, 17135 = Montgomery, 17137 = Morgan, 17139 = Moultrie, 17143 = Peoria, 17145 = Perry, 17147 = Piatt, 17155 = Putnam, 17157 = Randolph, 17159 = Richland, 17163 = St. Clair, 17165 = Saline, 17167 = Sangamon, 17169 = Schuyler, 17173 = Shelby, 17175 = Stark, 17179 = Tazewell, 17183 = Vermilion, 17185 = Wabash, 17189 = Washington, 17191 = Wayne, 17193 = White, 17199 = Williamson, 17203 = Woodford, Illinois, coal, geology, geoscientificInformation, minerals, mines, resources, Fewer tags

Metal stress on the plankton communities of Sado River (Portugal)

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Portugal, Sado R., SW 3030 Effects of pollution; P 2000 FRESHWATER POLLUTION; Q, Water Resources Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aqua, algae, biological stress, All tags... heavy metals, metals, mine tailings, mine wastes, mines, mining wastes, phytoplankton, plankton, pollution effects, population dynamics, productivity, rivers, tolerance, water pollution, water pollution effects, zooplankton, Fewer tags

Dominating chemical factors in mine water induced impoverishment of the invertebrate fauna of two streams in the Durham coalfield, UK

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Acid Mine Drainage, Acidity, British Isles, England, Durham, British Isles, England, Durham, Coal, All tags... Environmental Effects, Freshwater pollution, Invertebrata, Invertebrata, Invertebrates, Iron, Mine Wastes, Mine drainage, P 2000 FRESHWATER POLLUTION; X 24156 Environmental impact; S, Pollution Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; Water Resources A, Stream Pollution, Streams, Sulfates, Water Pollution Sources, Water pollution, mines, sulfate, Fewer tags

Soil Characteristics of Rehabilitating and Unmined Coastal Dunes at Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Acacia karroo, Coastal environments, Coastal zone management, D 04715 Reclamation; Q2 02123 Conservation; Q5 01523 Conserv, Dunes, All tags... Ecological succession, Ecology Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Liv, Environmental restoration, Mines, Nature conservation, Raphanus sativus, Soil properties, South Africa, South Africa, Richards Bay, Fewer tags

Integrated algal sulphate reducing high rate ponding process for the treatment of acid mine drainage wastewaters

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Acid Mine Drainage, Acidic wastes, Algae, Biomass, Industrial effluents, All tags... Mine drainage, Mines, Ponding, Ponds, Refineries, Remediation, SW 3070 Water quality control; P 3000 SEWAGE & WASTEWATER TR, Sulfate-reducing bacteria, Sulfates, Sulfur Bacteria, Wastewater treatment, Water Resources Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Microbiology, Fewer tags

Potential of soil and groundwater contamination due to mine subsidence under a landfill

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Barriers, Civil engineering, Clay, Clay Linings, Clays, All tags... Containment, Disposal sites, Environmental engineering, Groundwater pollution, Hydrology, Landfills, Mine Wastes, Mine tailings, Mines, Mining, P 5000 LAND POLLUTION; P 2000 FRESHWATER POLLUTION; SW 3020 , Pollution Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aqua, Pollution control, Pollution effects, Soil contamination, Soils, Subsidence, Waste Disposal, Waste disposal sites, Water Pollution Sources, landfills, Fewer tags

Copper, copper mining effluents and grazing as potential determinants of algal abundance and diversity in northern Chile

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Abundance, Algae, Algae (Brown), Algae (Red), Biomass, All tags... Biotic factors, Chile, Chile, Chlorophyta, Coastal waters, Community composition, Copper, Copper (see also Cuprosolvency, Heavy metals), Effluents, Grazing, Herbivores, Herbivory, ISE, Chile, Intertidal environment, K 03009 Algae; P 1000 MARINE POLLUTION; D 04803 Pollution ef, Lessonia nigrescens, Lessonia nigrescens, Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology;, Mine Wastes, Mine tailings, Mines, Mining, Mining waste waters, Mining wastes, Phaeophyta, Plant populations, Pollution (Water), Pollution effects, Population dynamics, Population number, Rhodophyta, Rhodophyta, Seaweeds, Species diversity, Vegetation cover, Water Pollution Effects, Fewer tags

Lead and zinc in sediments and biota from Maarmorilik, West Greenland: an assessment of the environmental impact of mining wastes on an Arctic fjord system

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: ANE, Greenland, Vest Groenland, Maarmorilik, Algae, Aquatic organisms, Arctic, Bioaccumulation, All tags... Biota, Contaminated sediments, Environmental impact, Feeding, Fjords, Fucus distichus, Greenland, Greenland, Greenland, Maarmorilik, Heavy metals, Human Population; Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycolo, Indicator species, Lead, M1 310 Waste Disposal and Management; K 03099 Pollution; X 2, Marine organisms, Marine pollution, Metals, Mine tailings, Mines, Mining, Mining waste waters, Mining wastes, Monitoring, Polar environments, Pollution dispersion, Pollution effects, Seaweeds (Brown), Sediment pollution, Sediments, Tailings, Wastes, Water quality (Natural waters), Zinc, tailings, Fewer tags

TRAIL SYSTEM AND OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, OCHOCO NATIONAL FOREST AND CROOKED RIVER NATIONAL GRASSLAND; CROOK, GRANT, JEFFERSON, HARNEY, AND WHEELER COUNTIES, OREGON.

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Archaeological Sites, Cemeteries, Crooked River National Grassland, E2 30 Parks, Refuges and Forests, EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements, All tags... Endangered Species (Animals), Endangered Species (Plants), Fisheries, Forests, Historic Sites, Land Use, Mines, Motor Vehicles, National Forest Management Act of 1976, Compliance, Ochoco National Forest, Oregon, Recreation Resources Management, Roads, Soils Surveys, Trails, Transmission Lines, Water Quality, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Ruins of Harmony Borax Mill. Death Valley National Park, California. 1938.

Ruins of Harmony Borax Mill. Death Valley National Park, California. 1938.

Categories: Image; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Death Valley National Park, Death Valley National Park, California, Mills, Mines, National Parks, All tags... Photographers, Thayer, T.P. Collection, photo print, Fewer tags

Ruled mica book in kaolinized pegmatite, Big Bess mine. Gaston County, North Carolina. 1953.

Ruled mica book in kaolinized pegmatite, Big Bess mine. Gaston County, North Carolina. Figure 32, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 248-A. 1953.

Categories: Image; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Jahns, Richard Henry Collection, Mineral Specimens, Mines, Photographers, photo print

A structure in large cleavage sheets of muscovite. Southeastern United States. 1953.

A structure in large cleavage sheets of muscovite. Typical flat A sheet below; color zoning shows a left edge of sheet above. Southeastern United States. Figure 28, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 248-A. 1953.

Categories: Image; Tags: Jahns, Richard Henry Collection, Mineral Specimens, Mines, Photographers, photo print

Hydraulic mine, North San Juan, Bedrock in foreground; auriferous gravel in bluff, Nevada County, California, 1905.

Hydraulic mine, North San Juan, Bedrock in foreground; auriferous gravel in bluff, Nevada County, California, 1905.

Categories: Image; Tags: Mines, Mines, Mills, Quarries, Old Hydraulic Mines, photo print

Exposure of coarse alluvial material on No.1 bench near head of Armells Creek east of Hilger, sec.

Exposure of coarse alluvial material on No.1 bench near head of Armells Creek east of Hilger, sec. 1, T. 17 N., R. 19 E. (See image 1134.) Fergus County, Montana. August 13, 1921.

Categories: Image; Tags: Alden, W.C. Collection, Mines, Montana Images, Photographers, photo print

Mouth of Santa Ana Canon. San Bernardino County, California. 1920.

Looking northeast to mouth of Santa Ana Canon, from a point near junction of Santa Ana River and Mill Creek in N. 1/2 of sec. 17, T. 1 S, R. 2 W. San Bernardino County, California. February 1920.

Categories: Image; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Mills, Mines, Photographers, San Bernardino County, California, Thompson, D.G. Collection, All tags... photo print, Fewer tags

Shovel operating in open cut at Montgomery mine. The ladder is leaning against a "horse" or pinnacle of limestone.

Shovel operating in open cut at Montgomery mine. The ladder is leaning against a "horse" or pinnacle of limestone. Independence County, Arkansas. 1918. Plate 14-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 734. 1923.

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Faulted veinlets of chalcocite and quartz pyrite ore; Mountain View mine, 600 foot level, south crosscut, north vein, east vein.

Faulted veinlets of chalcocite and quartz pyrite ore; Mountain View mine, 600 foot level, south crosscut, north vein, east vein. Jefferson County, Montana. Circa 1900. Plate 16-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 74. 1912.

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Sweet mine and smelter plant of Mansfield group. Vein outcroppings in right and left foreground, looking southwesterly.

Sweet mine and smelter plant of Mansfield group. Vein outcroppings in right and left foreground, looking southwesterly. Santa Cruz County, Arizona. 1909. Plate 16-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 582. 1915.

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Different view of Eagle River running through mining area at Gilman zinc mine on Battle Mountain, between Redcliff and Minturn.

Different view of Eagle River running through mining area at Gilman zinc mine on Battle Mountain, between Redcliff and Minturn. Eagle County, Colorado. ca. 1980.

Categories: Image; Tags: Gilman Zinc Mine, Mines, Mines, Mills, Quarries, color transparency (slides)