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Known Mineral Deposit Areas, Arizona, 1993

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Identification Information

Citation
Title
Known Mineral Deposit Areas, Arizona, 1993
Originator
Arizona. State Land Department
Publisher
Arizona State Land Department
Publication Date
1993-01-01T:00:00:00
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Abstract
This coverage shows known mineral deposit areas (KMDA's) in Arizona for locatable minerals. Locatable minerals include all that may be obtained by locating and perfecting mining claims under the General Mining Law of 1872. KMDAs are grouped into HIGH, MODERTE, and LOW categories.
Purpose
The data are created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems for a variety of planning and analysis purposes. Use of data for Engineering work is prohibited. This datasets is made available to interested persons through the University of Arizona's instance of Open Geoportal. It has been provided to assist educators, students, researchers, and policy makers in mapping and/or analysis applications.
Temporal Extent
Time Period
Begin
1993-01-01T00:00:00
End
1993-12-31T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-115.025973
East
-108.912937
North
37.038919
South
31.277561
ISO Topic Category
geoscientificInformation
environment
Theme Keyword
Minerals
Known mineral deposit areas (KMDA)
AZKMDAALB
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
Place Keyword
AZKMDAALB
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Place Keyword
State of Arizona
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNIS
Status
completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
notPlanned
Language
eng
Point of Contact
Contact
Arizona State Land Department, Arizona Land Resources Information System
Position Name
GIS Data Transfer Specialist
Delivery Point
1616 West Adams
City
Phoenix
Administrative Area
Arizona
Postal Code
85007
Country
US
Email
gisdata@lnd.state.az.us
Phone
(602) 542-4709

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
NAD83 / UTM zone 12N (EPSG:26912)
Code Space
EPSG
Version
7.9

Data Quality Information

Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Report
Absolute External Positional Accuracy
Absolute External Positional Accuracy
Lineage
Process Step
Description
The data set was created by importing the digital file into Arc/Info. The source was an Arc/Info export file.
Process Date
1993-01-01T00:00:00
Process Step
Description
Dataset renamed from Minerals.shp to Arizona_KMDA_1993.shp by Ben Hickson with the University of Arizona Library. Metadata fields corresponding the Open Geoportal Working Group Best Practices Guide (http://opengeoportal.org/working-groups/metadata/) were also updated.
Process Date
Source
Title
Unknown
Publication Date
Originator
US Department of Interior, Bureau of Mines
Description
The data set was created by importing the digital file into Arc/Info. The source was an Arc/Info export file.

Distribution Information

Distributor
University of Arizona Library
Online Access
Protocol
Name

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
Vector Object Type
complex
Vector Object Count
459

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
Metadata File Identifier
Dataset URI
http://dx.doi.org/10.2458/azu_geo_arizona_kmda_1993
Metadata Date Stamp
2017-08-16T16:31:55
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
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