Mineral Deposit Inventory Coordinate system: 4269 - "NAD83" Abstract: The Mineral Deposit Inventory (MDI) provides information on metallic, non-metallic, industrial and building stone occurrences/deposits across Ontario. Each MDI record provides all or some of the following information: deposit name(s), location, status (e.g., occurrence, prospect, producer, past producer), commodities, character/classification, geological structure, lithology, minerals and mineral alteration, geochemistry, exploration history, and production and reserve data where available. Also included are notes on deposit visits and references to additional publications related to the deposit. This database is an updated inventory of mineral deposits in the province of Ontario and supersedes previous Mineral Deposits Inventory (MDI) releases. Originally compiled in the early 1970s by the Resident Geologist Program (RGP), the database is continually being reviewed and updated by RGP staff. There are approximately 150 new records and 850 updated records in the 2013 release. MDI data are provided in 2 formats in this release: 1) a relational database, and 2) MDI provincial coverage in a geospatial GIS (ESRI® shape file, point and polygon) format. The complete MDI relational database is provided in Microsoft® Access® 2003 format. For the geospatial data, basic mineral deposit information (MDI number, commodities and property status) is provided. Geospatial data are provided in North American Datum 1983 (NAD83) geographic co-ordinate system using Geodetic Reference System 1980 (GRS80).

Additional Documentation

• Metadata Information

  Language: eng; CAN

  Last Update: 2014-05-26

  Other Maintenance Requirements:

  Metadata was created using metadata provided by Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines.

  Metadata Contact:

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

  Contact Instructions:

  gis@scholarsportal.info

  Metadata Standard:

  North American Profile of ISO 19115 Geographic Information Metadata

• Citation Information

  
  

  Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines Sudbury Ontario, Canada

  Ontario Geological Survey Ontario, Canada

  Themes or Categories of the Resource: geoscientificInformation

  Keywords:

  GEOLOGY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MINERAL EXPLORATION, MINERALS, INVENTORY, MINERAL DEPOSIT INVENTORY, MINERAL DEPOSITS, GENERAL, MINERAL OCCURENCES, MINERAL RESOURCES, STONE, open data

  GEOLOGY, MINERAL CONTENT, SURVEYS, EXPLORATION, INVENTORIES

  Geology, Géologie, Minerals, Minerai, Surveys, Sondage, Explorations, Exploration, Inventories, Inventaire

  Place Keywords:

  Continent > North America > Canada > Ontario

  Purpose:

  The Mineral Deposit Inventory is a digital geoscience database providing an overview of mineral occurrences within the province of Ontario. The database contains information on metallic and industrial mineral deposits, as well as some building stone and aggregate sites. This deposit information can be used as source data for geographic information systems and earth science analysis for research and mineral exploration. The objective of this product is to collect and disseminate geoscience information for Ontario.

  Dataset Language: eng; CAN

  Status: completed

  Update Frequency: notPlanned

  Spatial Representation Type: vector

  Extent

  West Longitude: -95.153668

  East Longitude: -74.343757

  North Latitude: 56.859169

  South Latitude: 41.678120

  
  

  Supplemental Information:

  Additional information and metadata are found within a readme file provided with the product.

• Reference System Information

  Reference System Identifier

  Value: 4269

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

• Data Quality Information

  Scope Level: dataset

  This database is an updated inventory of mineral deposits in the province of Ontario and supersedes previous MDI releases. Originally compiled in the early 1970s by the Resident Geologist Program (RGP), the database is continually being reviewed and updated by RGP staff. There are approximately 150 new records and 850 updated records in the 2013 release.

  
  

• Distribution Information

  Distributor:

  Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines Sudbury Ontario, Canada

• Related Links

  • Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines - Mineral Deposits (MDI)