Entry_ID: (required)
Entry_Title: Rare Earth Element Mines, Deposits, and Occurrences
Group: Data_Set_Citation
  Originator(s): Greta J. Orris; Richard I. Grauch
  Title: Rare Earth Element Mines, Deposits, and Occurrences
  Publication: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
  Publication_Date: 2002
  Publication_Place: Tucson, AZ
  Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
  Data_Presentation_Form: table
  URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-189/
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Keyword: rare earths
Keyword: lanthanides
Keyword: yttrium
Keyword: carbonatites
Keyword: heavy minerals
Keyword: placers
Keyword: alkaline complexes
Group: Temporal_Coverage
  Start_date: 2001
  Stop_date: 2001
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Data_Set_Progress: Complete
Group: Spatial_Coverage
  Southernmost_Latitude: -41.1
  Northernmost_Latitude: 71.0
  Westernmost_Longitude: -166.5
  Easternmost_Longitude: 175.8667
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Location: world
Group: Data_Resolution
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  Access_Constraints: None.
  Use_Constraints: This digital database is not meant to be used or displayed at any scale larger than 1:1,000,000.
Originating_Center: (required)
Group: Data_Center
  Data_Center_Name: USGS Information Services Open-File Report Sales
  Dataset_ID: USGS Open-File Report 02-189
Group: Data_Center_Contact
  Last_name: USGS Information Services Open-File Report Sales
  First_name: N/A
  Phone: (303)202-4700
  Group: Address
    Box 25286
    Denver, CO 80225
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  Storage_Medium: MS Excel 98 or later
Group: Distribution
  Distribution_Media: online
  Distribution_Format : Excel Workbook
  Distribution_Size: 0.35 megabytes
  Fees: None
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Group: Multimedia_Sample
  URL: http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/metadata/open-file/02-189/browse.png
  Format: PNG
  Group: Description
    Screen capture of ArcExplorer window showing these data plotted with boundaries of countries of the world.  1056x626 pixels, 47k bytes
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Group: Reference
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Group: Summary
  This dataset was compiled for the University of Arizona's
  Center for Mineral Resources Rare Earth monograph, a summary
  document intended to reflect our current knowledge of the
  geology and mineral economics of the rare earths, including
  yttrium.
  
  This dataset contains location, geologic and mineral economic
  data for world rare earth mines, deposits, and occurrences.
  The data in this compilation were derived from published and
  non-published sources.
  
  This dataset consists of one Excel 98 workbook file, OF02189.xls.
  Fields include deposit type, deposit or district name,
  country,state or province, latitude, longitude, source of
  location information, tonnage-grade, source and date of
  estimate(s), production status, REE mineralogy, other ore or
  significant minerals, gangue and rock-forming minerals, age,
  age-dating method, host rock(s), company, comments, and
  references.
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Group: DIF_Author
  Last_name: Orris
  First_name: Greta
  Middle_name: J.
  Email: greta@usgs.gov
  Phone: (520) 670-5583
  Group: Address
    520 North Park Avenue Suite 355
    Tucson, AZ 85719
    USA
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DIF_Revision_Date: 20020515
Science_Review_Date: