National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines

This database aggregates basic information on orphaned and abandoned mine sites from participating Canadian jurisdictions, including their name, location, jurisdiciton, and the commodity that was mined. It was originally created in 2012 through the National Orphaned/Abandoned Mines Initiative and has undergone several updates since that time. Data on sites in each jurisdiction is owned and maintained by that jurisdiction. The database includes links to the corresponding records in that jursidiction. While the database includes common informaiton about all sites, there may be discrepancies in the types of data provided about sites in different jurisdictions and data from some jurisdictions may be updated more frequently than others.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2012
Date ( RI_366 )
2012
Date ( RI_368 )
2024-04
RI_414
  Government of Canada;Natural Resources Canada;Lands and Minerals Sector - Aviva Silburt ( Deputy Director, Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan Secretariat )
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Orphaned and Abandoned mines
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Mining industry
  • Environmental impact
  • Environmental management
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
otherRestrictions; autresRestrictions RI_609
Other constraints
Data on sites in each jurisdiction is owned and maintained by that jurisdiction. While the database includes common information about all sites, there may be discrepancies in the types of data provided about sites in different jurisdictions and data from some jurisdictions may be updated more frequently than others. The database includes links to the corresponding records in that jurisdiction. As the dataset is an aggregation of data from other sources, the Government of Canada assumes no responsibility for errors, inaccuracies or omissions in the data provided. Data is provided to the user on an "as is" basis, without warranties of any kind, expressed or implied.
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Health
Begin date
1845
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3978 /
Distribution format
  • CSV ( unknown )

  • ESRI REST ( 10.8.1 )

  • WMS ( 1.3.0 )

RI_414
  Government of Canada;Natural Resources Canada;Lands and Minerals Sector - Aviva Silburt ( Deputy Director, Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan Secretariat )
OnLine resource
National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines (OAM) ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines Database ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;eng

OnLine resource
National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines Database ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;fra

OnLine resource
National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines Data Dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;DOCX;eng,fra

OnLine resource
National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines Data Dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra

OnLine resource
National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines (OAM) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines (OAM) ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines (OAM) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

File identifier
330ec960-cc52-47d9-840b-d93470347ab4 XML
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2024-06-18T14:53:40
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada;Natural Resources Canada;Lands and Minerals Sector - Aviva Silburt ( Deputy Director, Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan Secretariat )
 
 

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