Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
Mineral Resources > Online Spatial Data > Mineral Resources Data System
Tables and fields explained here are available only as part of the comprehensive download package rdbms-tab-all.zip
Table | Description |
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ages | Geologic ages associated with host or associated rocks or with mineralization at the site. |
alteration | Mineralogical and chemical alteration at or near the site, which may help to indicate the geographic extent of the geological processes producing the deposit. |
analytical_data | Results of chemical or mineralogical analysis on materials at or near the site |
comments | Additional textual information about a site or deposit. |
commodity | Mineral commodities present at the site, whether exploited commercially or not. |
conc_proc | Processes that concentrated or enriched the mineralization of the deposit |
coords | Geographic coordinates of the site or deposit |
datadxny | Data dictionary explains purpose of tables and contents of fields |
deposits | Site identification and general characteristics |
districts | Formal or informal mining district names. |
dups | Relationships among database records, typically to identify records that seem to describe the same resource, but also records that describe part of another resource or a larger system of which the other resource is a part. |
groupings | Categories or sets of records that share some administrative characteristic such as being part of a given study or analysis. |
holdings | Mineral rights ownership information |
land_status | Land status information |
location | Geographic areas overlapping the resource |
materials | Minerals or other materials present in the deposit |
model | Mineral deposit model of the site |
names | Names associated with the site |
orebody | Characteristics of the ore body |
ore_control | Controls on emplacement of ore such as faults or other structural features |
other_dbs | Other database records pertaining to the site. May include obsolete or predecessor databases as well as those maintained by other Federal agencies. |
ownership | Resource ownership information |
physiography | Physiographic area where the resource is found |
plss_coordinates | Public land survey system descriptions of the location |
production | Production information |
production_detail | Details of the production statistics |
reference | Bibliographic references |
reporter | Reporters who compiled or edited information about the site. |
resources | Resource estimates for the site or deposit |
resource_detail | Resource details |
rocks | Geological materials at the site |
structure | Geologic structural features affecting or characterizing the site or deposit |
tectonic | Tectonic setting in which the site or deposit is situated |
workings | Workings at the site |