Mining Centers, 1996 is a point theme representing major Mining centers worldwide. Attribute information includes the name of the mining center, the size and ecological impact of the mining activity and the type of mining resource.
Purpose
For educational, non-commercial purposes. This dataset is appropriate for use in a GIS.
Supplemental Information
The present-day extractive industry is actually a complex of mineral extraction and ore dressing industries. It includes fuel production and extraction of ore, chemical raw materials, and nonmetallic minerals including diamonds, graphite, feldspar, fluorspar, asbestos, mica, dolomite, quartzite, and building materials. Extractive industry is essential for supplying regions and nations with the raw materials and energy necessary for economic development. Its impact is reflected in the distribution patterns of the world economy.
The spatial distribution and production structure of extractive industry are determined by a great number of factors. These factors include geology and geography of mineral beds, their reserves, qualities, accessibility, and natural and climatic conditions. Social and economic conditions are also important. They include internal and external market demands for raw materials, the equipment and technology of mining and processing, infrastructure, and the labor force.
Serious environmental impacts result from many mining activities.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
1996
Bounding Box
West
-180
East
180
North
85
South
-85
Theme Keyword
economy
environment
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme Keyword
Mining centers
Extraction
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
2158
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
mining
Entity Type Definition
Mining Centers
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
SAMINDD_
Europe
SAMINDD_ID
Europe
NAME
The name of an extractive industrial center
DIAK_CDE
Contains a code for any diacritical marks in the name
NAME1
The local name of a mining center.
DIAK_CDE1
Contains a code for any diacritical marks in the local name
CONTENTS
The abbreviation or name of the commodity mined.
GROUP
Indicates the type of mining resource
SIZE
Indicates size of the mining activity
ECOL
Indicates the ecological impact of the mining activity
FIPS_CNTRY
two-letter country code
POLYGONID
ID number
SCALE
Scale
ANGLE
Angle
NAMINDD_
North America
NAMINDD_ID
North America
EUMINDD_
Europe
EUMINDD_ID
Europe
AUMINDD_
Australia
AUMINDD_ID
Australia
ASMINDD_
Asia
ASMINDD_ID
Asia
AFMINDD_
Africa
AFMINDD_ID
Africa
Distribution Information
Format Name
geopackage
Distributor
ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20090630
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
