Ontario Mining Division Boundaries Coordinate system: 4269 - "NAD83" Abstract: This data set is a polygon coverage that can be used to identify the location of mining division boundaries, which were set up to outline the geographic area that a Mining Recorder would be responsible for. Mining Recorders administer the staking and filing of Mining Claims within Ontario. The number of divisions has varied over the years. There are currently 9 divisions. Up until the 90s there were Mining Recorder's offices in most or all of the 9 divisions. This changed in 1997 when the Provincial Recording Office opened in Sudbury and the offices in the other 8 divisions were closed. The Provincial Recording Office currently has 3 Provincial Mining Recorders, each one is assigned three divisions. This is mainly just for administrative purposes to allow each of the 3 teams to be responsible for any assigned work within their Divisions. A Provincial Mining Recorder can make decisions affecting mining claims/lands anywhere in the province. There are currently 9 divisions: Red Lake Kenora Patricia (Sioux Lookout) Thunder Bay Sault Ste Marie Porcupine Larder Lake Sudbury Southern Ontario

Additional Documentation

• Metadata Information

  Language: eng; CAN

  Last Update: 2013-09-17

  Other Maintenance Requirements:

  8ff82ed8-fafa-4392-be56-d20ceba44cb7

  Metadata Contact:

  Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries Toronto Ontario, Canada

  Contact Instructions:

  gis@scholarsportal.info

  Metadata Standard:

  North American Profile of ISO19115:2003 - Geographic Information

• Citation Information

  
  
  

  Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry Sudbury Ontario, Canada

  Ontario Geological Survey Ontario, Canada

  Themes or Categories of the Resource: boundaries

  Keywords:

  GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGY, MINES, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, MNDM, MINISTRY OF NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT AND MINES, GIS, MANAGEMENT, BOUNDARY, MINING DIVISION, ADMINISTRATION

  GEOLOGY, MINING, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, GIS, MANAGEMENT

  Geology, Géologie, Mining industry, Industrie minière, Boundaries, Frontière, Geographic information systems, Système d'information géographique, Management, Gestion

  Place Keywords:

  Continent > North America > Canada > Ontario

  Purpose:

  To provide a generalized overview of the Mining Division Boundaries in a geospatial context.

  Dataset Language: eng; CAN

  Status: completed

  Update Frequency: notPlanned

  Spatial Representation Type: vector

  Processing Environment:

  Geophysical Data as GeoTIFF format; ESRI Shape Files, ESRI coverages.

  Extent

  West Longitude: -95.250393

  East Longitude: -74.335274

  North Latitude: 56.859340

  South Latitude: 41.676055

  
  

  Supplemental Information:

  Legislated or Legal Authority for Collection: N/A. Additional Time Period Information: Date of Shapefile production. Measure Description: Horizontal: +/- 250 m or 1/4 mile; Vertical: Not Applicable.

• Spatial Representation - Vector

  Geometric Objects:

  Object Type: composite

  Object Count: 9

• Reference System Information

  Reference System Identifier

  Value: 4269

  Code Space: http://www.epsg-registry.org/

• Data Quality Information

  Scope Level: dataset

  The number of divisions has varied over the years. There are currently 9 divisions. Up until the 90s there were Mining Recorder's offices in most or all of the 9 divisions. This changed in 1997 when the Provincial Recording Office opened in Sudbury and the offices in the other 8 divisions were closed.

  
  

• Distribution Information

  Distributor:

  Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange, Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) Peterborough Ontario, Canada