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Miscellaneous Industrial Minerals Operations |
What this map layer shows:
The locations of 304
miscellaneous industrial minerals plants and mines. |
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Background Information |
Sample Map
Miscellaneous industrial minerals operations are facilities that extract,
process, or distribute miscellaneous industrial minerals, such
as kaolin, lime, salt, and fuller's earth. This map layer was compiled
by the Minerals
Information Team of the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS). This information is part of the Mineral
Resources Program,
which is responsible for providing and communicating current, unbiased
information on the occurrence, quality, quantity, and availability of
mineral resources.
The Miscellaneous Industrial Minerals Operations map layer shows the
locations of 304 miscellaneous industrial minerals plants and mines
in the 50 United States. Only U.S. minerals operations surveyed
by the Minerals Information Team of the USGS and considered currently
active in 2003 are included. No energy minerals operations or
secondary (recycling, "downstream") operations are part
of this map layer. Descriptive information includes the mineral
produced or processed at the facility, the facility location and
name, and whether the facility is a mine, a plant, or both. Further
information on individual industrial minerals is available from
the Mineral
Commodity Summaries. |
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