US Mines

Submitted by guywire on Tue, 12/16/2008 - 11:51pm.
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Last updated 01/15/2009
Raw file: US_mines.csv (1.36 MB)
Includes 32742 locations in the following areas:
- United States: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY
- Canada: ON
- some may be in: AB, DC, DE, MA, MEX, QC (near a border)
6 location(s) outside USA/Canada
All mines in the US (lower 48 only) according to the USGS gazette database. This is not screened for duplicates except as by the USGS so if they say there are 6 mines with the some coordinates who am I to deny them?
mining / mine operations
Note: most of these mines have little to nothing left on the surface, but it's neat to see where they were or know the names that belong to a tailings pile you find.
Miss POI removed locations that didn't have coordinates on 01-15-09
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