ur2002_albers: Compilation Uranium Mines Shape File

Metadata:


Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: ICF Consulting, Inc. GIS Lab

Publication_Date: August 2002

Title: ur2002: Compilation Uranium Mines Shape File

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage:

Larger_Work_Citation:

Description:

Abstract: This is an ArcView shape file of uranium mines for the States of Arizona, California, Texas, South Dakota, North Dakota, Washington, Nevada, Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.It is comprised of the following independent source databases: DB1-DB7, DB11-DB24. Please see the source database metadata for more detailed information.

Purpose: The purpose of this data set is to develop a single spatial inventory of abandoned uranium mines in the United States.

Supplemental_Information: The original mine data were collected from a variety of sources including federal, state and tribal government agencies.

Time_Period_of_Content: various

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: August 2002

Currentness_Reference: These data represent mine information collected over the past 2-3 decades.

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.895685

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.878224

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.000000

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -30.327519

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: uranium, mines

Theme_Keyword: uranium mines

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Colorado Plateau

Place_Keyword: Arizona

Place_Keyword: New Mexico

Place_Keyword: Colorado

Place_Keyword: Utah

Place_Keyword: Colorado Plateau

Place_Keyword: North Dakota

Place_Keyword: South Dakota

Place_Keyword: Texas

Place_Keyword: Washington

Place_Keyword: Nevada

Place_Keyword: Wyoming

Place_Keyword: California

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: none

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: ICF Consulting, Inc

Contact_Person: GIS Professional

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 9300 Lee Highway

City: Fairfax

State_or_Province: VA

Postal_Code: 22031

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-934-3000

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-934-3974

Hours_of_Service: 9 am to 5 pm

Security_Information:

Security_Classification: Unclassified

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.1.649

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Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The quality of this composite is affected by the lack of standardization across the different sources. No attempt has been made to quality assess the attribute data.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Inconsistencies between county and coordinate information exist.

Completeness_Report: The file is only complete with respect to the source files provided.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Publication_Date: August 2002

Title:

ur2002: Composite uranium mines shape file

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document

Process_Step:

Process_Description: The ArcView shapefile ur2002.shp is a compendium of abandoned uranium mine data. This database is an effort to pull together the disparate mine sources that exist for the Colorado Plateau and west. The DB_Alias field indicates the source database that contains the source-specific mine data. The ICF_ID may be used to relate the ur2002.shp spatial records with the additional attribute data available in the original mine data source now stored in dBase format. Source databases were collected in a variety of electronic and non-electronic formats, including hardcopy maps, Excel and Access spreadsheets. All spreadsheet data were converted to dBase format after unique Ids and the DB_Alias fields were added. These are accessible in GIS to perform relates to the spatial data set. Coordinate information available from the source materials were utilized to generate a single composite shape file. Not infrequently, the geographic information that attended the spatial information was in conflict (e.g., the coordinate information would place the mine in a different county than indicated in the geographic information detailing the mine county location. Since apart from fieldwork, the actual location could not be verified, an effort has been made to flag mines (QA_FLAG = "9") whose coordinates place them in a completely different state than indicated in the attribute data.

Metadata have been generated for every source file and all source tables have been placed in an Access database.

The attribute data are unchanged from the source files. The quality of the spatial location of the coordinates provided is also unchanged. Spatial locations of a sample subset from ur2002 were compared to similarly named and unnamed mines depicted on USGS 1:24,000 and 1:100,000 scale maps. This effort to quality-check the locations was only partially successful where USGS mine coverage was decent. Many areas, where fewer mines exist, are often not depicted with mine symbols on USGS maps.

Process_Date: August 2002

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: ICF Consulting, Inc

Contact_Person: GIS Professional

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: 9300 Lee Highway

City: Fairfax

State_or_Province: VA

Postal_Code: 22031

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-934-3000

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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 22809

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Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: North America Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 20.000000

Standard_Parallel: 60.000000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -96.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 40.000000

False_Easting: 0.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.032768

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.032768

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: ur2002

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ICF_ID

Attribute_Definition: Unique Identifier, this field is used to identify and join each record in the separate databases, ur2002, and in the Access database.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DB_ALIAS

Attribute_Definition: A numeric reference to identify each record with its original database.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: db1: BRASSCAP

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: URS/Techlaw

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: db2: Colorado (BLM) Abandoned Mine Land Inventory

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: URS/Techlaw

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: db3: Colorado (FS) Abandoned Mine Land Database

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: URS/Techlaw

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: db4: Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc. and URS/Techlaw

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: db5: Mines Availability System / Minerals Industry Location System (MAS/MILS)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc. and URS/Techlaw

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: db6: Utah (BLM) Abandoned/inactive Mine Land Inventory

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: URS/Techlaw

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 7

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: db7: Utah Abandoned Mine Reclamation (AMR) Database

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: URS/Techlaw

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 11

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: db11: NAVAJO LANDS PROJECT ATLAS, 1994 - 2000

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 12

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: db12: State of Arizona Mine Data

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 13

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: db13: US Forest Service Mine Data for Arizona

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 14

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: db14: BLM Mine Data for Arizona and New Mexico

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 15

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: db15: South Dakota Abandoned Mine Lands Inventory

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 16

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: db16: California (FS) Mines

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 17

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: db17: Texas Department of Health

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 18

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: db18: New Mexico Mines Database

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 19

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: db19: Wyoming Abandoned Mine Land

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 20

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Db20: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 21

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Db21: Texas Mines from Adams & Smith Report

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 22

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Db22: Dakotas Mines from USAEC Map 1967

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 23

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Db23: Montana State Library (MILS)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:ICF Consulting, Inc.

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 24

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:Db24: Inactive Mineral Production Sites – U. of Texas

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DBUNIQUE

Attribute_Definition:Unique Identifier from the source database

Attribute_Definition_Source:ICF Consulting, Inc.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Latitude in decimal degrees

Attribute_Definition_Source:ICF Consulting, Inc.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Longitude in decimal degrees

Attribute_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DATUM

Attribute_Definition: Datum, assumed NAD83 when unavailable

Attribute_Definition_Source:ICF Consulting, Inc.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COUNTY_NAM

Attribute_Definition:County Name

Attribute_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CNTY_FIPS

Attribute_Definition: Any of the standardized systems of numeric and/or alphabetic coding issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency in the U. S. Department of Commerce, for use by the Federal Government and others. County code equivalents-three digits for the Federal Information Processing Standards Code

Attribute_Definition_Source:Census Bureau Glossary

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE_NAME

Attribute_Definition: State Name

Attribute_Definition_Source:ICF Consulting, Inc.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE_CODE

Attribute_Definition: State Abbreviation

Attribute_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MINE_NAME

Attribute_Definition: Mine Name as identified in the source database

Attribute_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: QC_FLAG

Attribute_Definition: Outlier Flag – indicates coordinates place mine outside appropriate state boundary

Attribute_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Null

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Not an Outlier

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Outlier (State and Coordinates Disagree)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ICF Consulting, Inc.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ZIPCODE

Attribute_Definition: A five-digit code assigned by the U.S. Postal Service to a section of a street, a collection of streets, an establishment, structure, or group of post office boxes, for the delivery of mail.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Census Bureau Glossary

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: QAQC

Attribute_Definition: Identifies mine locations that were reviewed for quality assurance, quality control, under this work effort.

Attribute_Definition_Source:URS Corporation

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MADS

Attribute_Definition: Method, accuracy and description of point location determinations.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Derived from URS/Techlaw's 7 original databases

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Distribution_Information:

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 5.419

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20020902

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: ICF Consulting, Inc

Contact_Person: GIS Professional

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 9300 Lee Highway

City: Fairfax

State_or_Province: VA

Postal_Code: 22031

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-934-3000

Hours_of_Service: 9 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday EST

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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