Mineral Resources, 1996 is a point theme representing mineral deposits worldwide.
Purpose
For educational, non-commercial purposes. This dataset is appropriate for use in a GIS.
Supplemental Information
Mineral resources are natural substances that are used to produce power and raw materials for economic needs. Mineral resources are irregularly distributed and nonrenewable (exhaustible). In other words, mineral resources can be restocked only through exploration and the development of new deposits. Deposits are subject to different natural, technological, and economic conditions of development and exploitation.
The definition of mineral resources is economic. It does not depend directly on the rock content of a useful substance.
Scientific and technological progress allows new deposits to be exploited that have a lower content of useful substances, higher content of impurities, or worse ore occurrence. New minerals begin to be mined as well. Hence, the array of mineral resources that are used by humans is constantly expanding.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
1996
Bounding Box
West
-180
East
180
North
85
South
-85
Theme Keyword
geoscientificinformation
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme Keyword
Mineral resources
Deposits
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
Earth
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
1996
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
For current Columbia affiliates only.
Use Restrictions
For educational, non-commercial use only.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
None planned
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
ESRI
Delivery Point
380 New York Street
City
Redlands
State
California
Postal Code
92373-8100
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
909-793-2853
Contact Facsimile Telephone
909-793-5953
Contact Electronic Mail Address
info@esri.com
Hours of Service
7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday-Friday
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Entity point
Point and Vector Object Count
4391
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
0.000000
Longitude Resolution
0.000000
Geographic Coordinate Units
Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
D_Clarke_1866
Ellipsoid Name
Clarke 1866
Semi-major Axis
6378206.400000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
294.978698
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
minerals
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
AREA
Area
PERIMETER
Perimeter
EURESDD_
Europe
EURESDD_ID
Europe ID
NAME
Name
DIAK_CDE
Code for any diacritical marks in the resource site name
TYPE
The origin of the mineral resource
GROUP
The kind of mineral resource
CONTENTS
The abbreviation or name of the commodity
FIPS_CNTRY
Country Code
SIZE
The size of the site relative to other sites with the same mineral
POLYGONID
ID Number
SCALE
ANGLE
NARESDD_
North America
NARESDD_ID
North America ID
SARESDD_
South America
SARESDD_ID
South America ID
ASRESDD_
Asia
ASRESDD_ID
Asia ID
AURESDD_
Australia
AURESDD_ID
Australia ID
AFRESDD_
Africa
AFRESDD_ID
Africa ID
Distribution Information
Format Name
geopackage
Distributor
ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20090624
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Contact Person
GIS/Metadata Librarian
Contact Address
Address
420 W. 118th St. 215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
(212) 854-6012
Contact Electronic Mail Address
data@library.columbia.edu
Hours of Service
7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday-Friday
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
