Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
Originator: Price, M.
Originator: Hamilton, W.N.
Originator: Fildes, B.J.
Publication Date: 2003
Title: Alberta industrial mineral deposits and occurrences (GIS data, point features)
Edition: v.2
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Series Information:
Series Name: Digital Data
Issue Identification: DIG 2003-0014
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications/DIG/ZIP/DIG_2003_0014.zip
Description:
Abstract:
The AMDO (Alberta Mineral Deposits and Occurrences) application was created by the Minerals and Coal Geoscience Section of the Alberta Geological Survey as a database for mineral deposits in Alberta in the early 1990s. It was originally released as Open File Report OFR 91-17. Industrial minerals from that data source have been extracted into Microsoft Access, their locations refined or corrected and presented in GIS format.
Purpose:
For viewing and querying the industrial mineral digital data in GIS (geographic information systems) form.
Supplemental Information: In English
Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Range of Dates/Times:
Beginning Date: 1993
Ending Date: 2003
Currentness Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: Irregular
Spatial Domain:
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate: -119.9952
East Bounding Coordinate: -110.02384
North Bounding Coordinate: 59.935334
South Bounding Coordinate: 49.035649
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: none
Theme Keyword: building stone
Theme Keyword: ceramic
Theme Keyword: chemical properties
Theme Keyword: clay
Theme Keyword: diamond
Theme Keyword: geographic information systems
Theme Keyword: gis data
Theme Keyword: gypsum deposits
Theme Keyword: industrial
Theme Keyword: limestone
Theme Keyword: mineral deposits
Theme Keyword: mineral potential
Theme Keyword: prospecting
Theme Keyword: salt
Theme Keyword: shale
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus: none
Place Keyword: 72e
Place Keyword: 72l
Place Keyword: 72m
Place Keyword: 73d
Place Keyword: 73e
Place Keyword: 73l
Place Keyword: 73m
Place Keyword: 74d
Place Keyword: 74e
Place Keyword: 74l
Place Keyword: 74m
Place Keyword: 82g
Place Keyword: 82h
Place Keyword: 82i
Place Keyword: 82j
Place Keyword: 82n
Place Keyword: 82o
Place Keyword: 82p
Place Keyword: 83a
Place Keyword: 83b
Place Keyword: 83c
Place Keyword: 83d
Place Keyword: 83e
Place Keyword: 83f
Place Keyword: 83g
Place Keyword: 83h
Place Keyword: 83i
Place Keyword: 83j
Place Keyword: 83k
Place Keyword: 83l
Place Keyword: 83m
Place Keyword: 83n
Place Keyword: 83o
Place Keyword: 83p
Place Keyword: 84a
Place Keyword: 84b
Place Keyword: 84c
Place Keyword: 84d
Place Keyword: 84e
Place Keyword: 84f
Place Keyword: 84g
Place Keyword: 84h
Place Keyword: 84i
Place Keyword: 84j
Place Keyword: 84k
Place Keyword: 84l
Place Keyword: 84m
Place Keyword: 84n
Place Keyword: 84o
Place Keyword: 84p
Place Keyword: alberta
Place Keyword: canada
Access Constraints: Public
Use Constraints:
Acknowledgement of the Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological Survey as the originator/source of this information is required as described in the Open Government License - Alberta.
Point of Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
Contact Person: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Position: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: Alberta Energy Regulator
Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW
City: Edmonton
State or Province: Alberta
Postal Code: T6B 2X3
Country: Canada
Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 422-1927
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918
Contact Electronic Mail Address: AGS-Info@aer.ca
Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Data Set Credit: E.J.Waters
Native Data Set Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Se
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
Originator: Hamilton, W.N.
Originator: Price, M.C.
Originator: Chao, D.K.
Publication Date: 1999
Title: Industrial mineral deposits and occurrences in Alberta
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
Series Information:
Series Name: Map
Issue Identification: MAP 224
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta
Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Other Citation Details: Scale 1:1000000.
Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
Data Quality Information:
Logical Consistency Report:
This is a compilation of data from several different sources, both published and unpublished. In many cases deposits were described in their original sources using the Alberta Township System to reference locations. Every effort was made to ensure the points do plot in their respective ATS locations, as given in the attribute table.
Completeness Report:
Due to the technology used for the original implementation of this data set, values in some of the fields may have been truncated during the conversion to MSAccess, including: Mineral Analysis, Chemical Analysis, Physical Tests, and possibly others. Full references for each occurrence are in process, therefore are incomplete at this time.
Lineage:
Process Step:
Process Description:
Data were originally captured in digital format into Hypercard, an Apple MacIntosh (hierarchical) database application, and published in that format in 1993. Data were maintained in Hypercard until approximately 2001, when they were exported to Microsoft Excel for translation to MSAccess. It was at this point that some fields became truncated and some data were lost, due to a 256-character limit in Excel. The data were cleaned and corrected using other means, including text exports, however some errors are known to exist. Data were then imported into MSAccess, and in 2002-03 were plotted and checked against the provincial township fabric for location inaccuracies. These checks were done for each mineral occurrence using ArcView 3.2. This shapefile is prepared via a query of the Access database, for public distribution.
Process Date: 2003
Process Step:
Process Description: This dataset was extended to include: 'Iron, oolitic', 'gold', 'Va/Ni (Fly Ash)', and 'Ammonite'.
Process Date: 2010
Spatial Data Organization Information:
Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector
Point and Vector Object Information:
SDTS Terms Description:
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: Entity point
Point and Vector Object Count: 1364
Spatial Reference Information:
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude Resolution: 0.000000
Longitude Resolution: 0.000000
Geographic Coordinate Units: degree
Geodetic Model:
Horizontal Datum Name: North_American_Datum_1983
Ellipsoid Name: Geodetic Reference System of 1980
Semi-major Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257222
Entity and Attribute Information:
Detailed Description:
Entity Type:
Entity Type Label: ind_pt_ll.dbf
Entity Type Definition: Feature attributes
Entity Type Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute Label: COMMODITY
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Name of the mineral or rock which represents the potential economic value for the deposit
Attribute:
Attribute Label: LEGENDNAME
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Map legend name
Attribute:
Attribute Label: NAME
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Deposit name
Attribute:
Attribute Label: SIZE_CLASS
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Qualitative indication of the deposit size
Attribute:
Attribute Label: NATURE
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: General description of the nature of the deposit
Attribute:
Attribute Label: STATUS
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Development status
Attribute:
Attribute Label: GEOL_FM
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Name of formal rock unit (group/formation/member) in which deposit occurs
Attribute:
Attribute Label: AGE
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Geologic age of deposit
Attribute:
Attribute Label: DESCRIPTIO
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Description of the deposit
Attribute:
Attribute Label: CHEM_ANAL
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Referenced chemical analysis data for samples taken from the deposit
Attribute:
Attribute Label: MIN_ANAL
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Referenced mineral analysis data for samples taken from the deposit
Attribute:
Attribute Label: GEOPH_SVY
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Type of geophyiscal survey carried out, if any
Attribute:
Attribute Label: GCHEM_SVY
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Method of geochemical pospecting carried out, if any
Attribute:
Attribute Label: PHYS_TESTS
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Physical tests undertaken to characterize the economic suitability of the commodity
Attribute:
Attribute Label: BENEFIC_N
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Studies to determine best technique for upgrading raw material
Attribute:
Attribute Label: RECOVER
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition:
Indication of relative ease with which mineral could be recovered by conventional mining or quarrying techniques
Attribute:
Attribute Label: ACCESS
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Indication of the relative ease with which the deposit can be accessed
Attribute:
Attribute Label: ECON_USE
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Economic use of the commodity
Attribute:
Attribute Label: OWNER__OPE
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Name of current owner or operator
Attribute:
Attribute Label: DEVELOPMEN
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Comments on propects for development of the deposit
Attribute:
Attribute Label: REFERENCES
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Reference source
Attribute:
Attribute Label: DEPNO
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: AGS deposit number
Attribute:
Attribute Label: CATEGORY
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Geologic setting/origin category
Attribute:
Attribute Label: LONG83
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Longitude, NAD 83
Attribute:
Attribute Label: LAT83
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Latitude, NAD 83
Attribute:
Attribute Label: ID
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Definition: Primary key, database ID
Distribution Information:
Distributor:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
Contact Person: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Position: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: Alberta Energy Regulator
Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW
City: Edmonton
State or Province: Alberta
Postal Code: T6B 2X3
Country: Canada
Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 422-1927
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918
Contact Electronic Mail Address: AGS-Info@aer.ca
Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Resource Description: DIG0003
Distribution Liability:
The Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological Survey (AER/AGS) licenses this information under the Open Government License - Alberta. Any references to proprietary software in our documentation, and/or any use of proprietary data formats in our releases, do not constitute endorsement by the AER/AGS of any manufacturer's product.
Standard Order Process:
Digital Form:
Digital Transfer Information:
Transfer Size: 3.048
Metadata Reference Information:
Metadata Date: 20040928
Metadata Review Date: 20041231
Metadata Future Review Date: 20041231
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
Contact Person: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Position: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: Alberta Energy Regulator
Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW
City: Edmonton
State or Province: Alberta
Postal Code: T6B 2X3
Country: Canada
Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 422-1927
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918
Contact Electronic Mail Address: AGS-Info@aer.ca
Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Time Convention: local time
Metadata Access Constraints: none
Metadata Use Constraints: none
Metadata Extensions:
Online Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile Name: ESRI Metadata Profile