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Information on the extractive industries in the U.S. from federal data.
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Finalize data documentation #673

Closed meiqimichelle closed 8 years ago

meiqimichelle commented 8 years ago

We have a checklist for data files. We need a checklist for data documentation for all our datasets. These will be on our site for our datasets, and will be links to other agencies for their datasets.

meiqimichelle commented 8 years ago

@mentastc Lets use this issue to track documentation for datasets. We can go back and forth on Word docs in email (or whatever is easiest) and can check things off as we have final versions here.

Docs on site

Links out (need to fill in links here)

meiqimichelle commented 8 years ago

@mentastc This is the info I got in an email from Bob. Can you confirm that the 'by company' dataset documentation is the same as what's currently available on the beta site, plus this language?

Other Commodities Anhydrous Sodium Sulfate (ton), Borax-Decahydrate (ton), Borax-Pentahydrate (ton), Boric Acid (ton), Carbon Dioxide Gas (CO2) (mcf), Cinders (ton), Clay (ton), Copper Concentrate (ton), Gilsonite (ton), Gold (ton), Gypsum (ton), Helium (bbl), Langbeinite (ton), Lead Concentrate (ton), Leonardite (ton), Limestone (ton), Magnesium Chloride Brine (ton), Manure Salts (ton), Muriate Of Potash-Granular (ton), Muriate Of Potash-Standard (ton), Other (ton), Phosphate Raw Ore (ton), Potash (ton), Purge Liquor (ton), Quartz Crystal (lb), Salt (ton), Sand/Gravel (ton), Sand/Gravel-Cubic Yards (cyd), Silver (oz), Soda Ash (ton), Sodium Bi-Carbonate (ton), Sodium Bisulfite (ton), Sodium Sesquicarbonate (ton), Sulfide (ton), Sulfur (lton), Sylvite-Raw Ore (ton), Trona Ore (ton), Zinc Concentrate (ton).

Locatable Minerals The federal law governing locatable minerals is the General Mining Law of 1872 (May 10, 1872), which declared all valuable mineral deposits belonging to the United States ... to be free and open to citizens of the United States to explore for, discover, and purchase. Mineral deposits subject to acquisition in this manner are generally referred to as “locatable minerals.” Locatable minerals include metallic minerals (gold, silver, lead, copper, zinc, nickel, etc.), nonmetallic minerals (fluorspar, mica, certain limestones and gypsum, tantalum, heavy minerals in placer form and gemstones) and certain uncommon variety minerals. It is very difficult to prepare a complete list of locatable minerals because the history of the law has resulted in a definition of minerals that includes economics.

Mineral Materials The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) makes mineral materials located on public lands, such as sand, gravel, crushed stone, decorative stone, clay and pumice available for sale under the authority of the Materials Act of 1947. This law authorizes the BLM to sell these mineral materials at fair market value and to grant free-use permits to Government agencies and nonprofit organizations, so long as public land resources, the environment and the public are protected. Mineral materials are among our most basic natural resources. In particular, sand, gravel, and crushed stone, also known as construction aggregate, extracted on BLM administered public lands are necessary for making ready-mixed concrete, asphalt, and many other building materials. By making locally available aggregate supplies available on public lands, BLM can help reduce consumer costs (fuel and energy costs), and reduce environmental impacts (air quality emissions and greenhouse gases).

meiqimichelle commented 8 years ago

Talked to Chris online, this text is in the latest version of the documentation already.