Value of mineral production by state

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Title: Value of mineral production by state

Abstract:

This data set includes the value of mineral production by State in the United States. The data represent commodities covered by the Minerals Information Team (MIT) of the U.S. Geological Survey.

Supplemental_Information:

Additional mineral and metal production and consumption information can be obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information Team web page at: <http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/>

1. How should this data set be cited?

   Minerals Information Team, U.S. Geological Survey, 2002, Value of mineral production by state: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -168.0

   East_Bounding_Coordinate: 67.0

   North_Bounding_Coordinate: 74.0

   South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.0

3. What does it look like?

4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

   Beginning_Date: 1992

   Ending_Date: 2000

   Currentness_Reference: ground condition

5. What is the general form of this data set?

6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
   1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      Indirect_Spatial_Reference:

      U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas (FIPS 5-2): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology.

      U.S. Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, (FIPS 6-4): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology.

      This is a Point data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
      • Point (51)

   2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

   Annual mineral prodiction value

   Name of the State or territory for which value of mineral production is reported. (Source: Value of mineral production by State or territory and by year within the United States.)

   1993

   Value of mineral production by State territory in 1993. (Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team)

   Formal codeset
   Codeset Name:	Mining and Quarrying Trends 1993 or <http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/m&q;/>
   Codeset Source:	U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

   1994

   Value of mineral production by State or territory in 1994. (Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team)

   Formal codeset
   Codeset Name:	Mining and Quarrying Trends 1994 or <http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/m&q;/>
   Codeset Source:	U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

   1995

   Value of mineral production by State or territory in 1995. (Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team)

   Formal codeset
   Codeset Name:	Mining and Quarrying Trends 1995 or <http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/m&q;/>
   Codeset Source:	U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

   1996

   Value of mineral production by State or territory in 1996. (Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team)

   Formal codeset
   Codeset Name:	Mining and Quarrying Trends 1996 or <http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/m&q;/>
   Codeset Source:	U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

   1997

   Value of mineral production by State or territory in 1997. (Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team)

   Formal codeset
   Codeset Name:	Mining and Quarrying Trends 1997 or <http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/m&q;/>
   Codeset Source:	U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

   1998

   Value of mineral production by State or territory in 1997. (Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team)

   Formal codeset
   Codeset Name:	Mining and Quarrying Trends 1998 or <http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/m&q;/>
   Codeset Source:	U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

   1999

   Value of mineral production by State or territory in 1997. (Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team)

   Formal codeset
   Codeset Name:	Mining and Quarrying Trends 1999 or <http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/m&q;/>
   Codeset Source:	U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

   2000

   Value of mineral production by State or territory in 1997. (Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team)

   Formal codeset
   Codeset Name:	Mining and Quarrying Trends 2000 or <http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/m&q;/>
   Codeset Source:	U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team

1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
   • Minerals Information Team, U.S. Geological Survey

2. Who also contributed to the data set?

3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

   Chief Scientist
   Minerals Information Team, U.S. Geological Survey
   988 National Center
   Reston, VA 20192
   

   703-648-6400 (voice)
   

The electronic data of the Minerals Information Team is used to make mineral and metal production and consumption information available on the Internet.

1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

   Minerals Yearbook Statistical Summary (source 1 of 9)

   U.S. Geological Survey, 1993, Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS).

   Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

   Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

   AMIS (source 2 of 9)

   U.S. Geological Survey, 1994, Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS).

   Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

   Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

   AMIS (source 3 of 9)

   U.S. Geological Survey, 1995, Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS).

   Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

   Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

   AMIS (source 4 of 9)

   U.S. Geological Survey, 1996, Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS).

   Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

   Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

   AMIS (source 5 of 9)

   U.S. Geological Survey, 1997, Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS).

   Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

   Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

   AMIS (source 6 of 9)

   U.S. Geological Survey, 1998, Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS).

   Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

   Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

   AMIS (source 7 of 9)

   U.S. Geological Survey, 1999, Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS).

   Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

   Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

   AMIS (source 8 of 9)

   U.S. Geological Survey, 2000, Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS).

   Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

   Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

   AMIS (source 9 of 9)

   U.S. Geological Survey, 2001, Automated Minerals Information System (AMIS).

   Type_of_Source_Media: Internal USGS server

   Source_Contribution: Minerals operations descriptions

2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

   Date: 1993 (process 1 of 9)

   Data was transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.

   Date: 1994 (process 2 of 9)

   Data was transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.

   Date: 1995 (process 3 of 9)

   Data was transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.

   Date: 1996 (process 4 of 9)

   Data was transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.

   Date: 1997 (process 5 of 9)

   Data was transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.

   Date: 1998 (process 6 of 9)

   Data was transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.

   Date: 1999 (process 7 of 9)

   Data was transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.

   Date: 2000 (process 8 of 9)

   Data was transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.

   Date: 2002 (process 9 of 9)

   Data was transferred from LOTUS spreadsheets used to generate Statistical Summary Minerals Yearbook chapter tables to an EXCEL spreadsheet then linked to shapefiles via State name.

1. How well have the observations been checked?

2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

   This data set includes only U.S. value of nonfuel mineral production for operations covered by the Minerals Information Team of the U.S. Geological Survey in the year for which data was reported. Energy minerals are excluded.

5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

   No tests for logical consistency were performed on this data set.

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

None. Acknowledgment of the Minerals Information Team, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, government of the United States of America would be appreciated in products derived from these data.

1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

   Chief Scientist
   U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Division, Minerals
   988 National Center
   Reston, VA 20192
   

   703-648-6400 (voice)
   

2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

   valstp1.xls

3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

   Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

4. How can I download or order the data?

Dates:

Last modified: 01-May-2002

Metadata author:

John F. Papp
U.S. Geological Survey
989 National Center
Reston, VA 20192

703-648-4963 (voice)
jpapp@usgs.gov

Metadata standard:

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)