Mineral facilities of Africa and the Middle East /

This map displays over 1,500 mineral facilities in Africa and the Middle East. The mineral facilities include mines, plants, mills, or refineries of aluminum, cement, coal, copper, diamond, gold, iron and steel, nickel, platinum-group metals, salt, and silver, among others. The data used in this pos...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Eros, J. M.
Corporate Authors:	U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Information Team, Geological Survey (U.S.)
Other Authors:	Candelario-Quintana, Luissette
Format:	Map
Language:	English
Published:	Reston, Va. : U.S. Geological Survey, [2006]
Series:	Open-file report (Geological Survey (U.S.)) ; 2006-1135.
Subjects:	Mineral industries > Africa > Maps. Mineral industries > Middle East > Maps. Mineral industries > Turkey > Maps. Mines and mineral resources > Africa > Maps. Mines and mineral resources > Middle East > Maps. Mines and mineral resources > Turkey > Maps. Mineral industries. Mines and mineral resources. Africa. Middle East. Turkey. Maps.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS85910

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Summary:	This map displays over 1,500 mineral facilities in Africa and the Middle East. The mineral facilities include mines, plants, mills, or refineries of aluminum, cement, coal, copper, diamond, gold, iron and steel, nickel, platinum-group metals, salt, and silver, among others. The data used in this poster were compiled from multiple sources, including the 2004 USGS Minerals Yearbook (Africa and Middle East volume), Minerals Statistics and Information from the USGS Web site ... and data collected by USGS minerals information country specialists. Data reflect the most recent published table of industry structure for each country. ... See Table 1 for general information about each mineral facility site including country, location and facility name, facility type, latitude, longitude, mineral commodity, mining method, main operating company, status, capacity, and units.
Item Description:	"March 2006." "Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984. Datum: D_WGS_1984. Prime Meridian: 0." Insets: Morocco and western Algeria -- Central African Copper Belt -- South Africa centered on the Witwatersrand Basin -- Central Iran -- Zimbabwe. Includes text, insets, and notes. Cartographic material.
Physical Description:	1 map : color ; 85 x 85 cm., on sheet 97 x 116 cm. + table (Excel file at USGS website) Also available via Internet from the USGS web site. Address as of 9/12/07: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1135/; current access via PURL.