sand, gravel, coal, lignite, Mississippi
MDEQ Surface Mining enforcement of regulations and permits. These should be used with the mine boundaries file which contains the mines' border.
These are point locations of all permitted (active and inactive) mines, The points can be anywhere within the permitted boundary. The file contains the operator and mined materal and whether it has been reclaimed if inactive.
Mississippi Dept. of Environmental Quality, Surface Mining Division
Permits before 2009 have a low positional accuracy. Questions about the actual boundaries can be found in the permit file at MDEQ. This file is a helpful guide to the public, but we do not guarentee the accuracy of the positions and table data. Since it is not updated daily, some information may be out of date.
West | -91.499068 | East | -88.126547 |
North | 34.994298 | South | 30.241657 |
Maximum (zoomed in) | 1:5,000 |
Minimum (zoomed out) | 1:625,000 |
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THEMES OR CATEGORIES OF THE RESOURCE boundaries, economy, environment
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TITLE Surface Mine Points10_24_2019
CREATION DATE 2019-10-24 00:00:00
PUBLICATION DATE 2019-10-24 00:00:00
PRESENTATION FORMATS * digital map
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Responsible party
INDIVIDUAL'S NAME T. Duncan
ORGANIZATION'S NAME MDEQ
CONTACT'S POSITION Geologist in Training
CONTACT'S ROLE originator
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Phone
VOICE 601-961-5500
Address
TYPE physical
DELIVERY POINT 700 N. State St.
CITY Jackson ADMINISTRATIVE AREA MS POSTAL CODE 39202 COUNTRY US
E-MAIL ADDRESS tduncan@mdeq.ms.gov
Hours of service
8-5
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DATASET LANGUAGES * English (UNITED STATES)
DATASET CHARACTER SET utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format
STATUS on-going
SPATIAL REPRESENTATION TYPE * vector
Credits
Mississippi Dept. of Environmental Quality, Surface Mining Division
ArcGIS item properties
NAME MS_SurfaceMinePoints_Oct2019
SIZE 0.039
LOCATION file://\\DESKTOP- TP9LNVL\F$\DATA\00_ENVIRONMENTAL\MS_SurfaceMinePoints_Oct2019.shp
ACCESS PROTOCOL Local Area Network
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Extent Description
Mississippi, state of.
Temporal extent
BEGINNING DATE 1978-01-01 00:00:00
ENDING DATE 2019-10-24 00:00:00
Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
EXTENT TYPE Extent used for searching
WEST LONGITUDE -91.499068
EAST LONGITUDE -88.126547
NORTH LATITUDE 34.994298
SOUTH LATITUDE 30.241657
EXTENT CONTAINS THE RESOURCE Yes
Extent in the item's coordinate system
WEST LONGITUDE 340313.294800
EAST LONGITUDE 648214.071600
SOUTH LATITUDE 1050810.495600
NORTH LATITUDE 1576616.194500
EXTENT CONTAINS THE RESOURCE Yes
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Resource maintenance
UPDATE FREQUENCY fortnightly
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Constraints Limitations of use
Permits before 2009 have a low positional accuracy. Questions about the actual boundaries can be found in the permit file at MDEQ. This file is a helpful guide to the public, but we do not guarentee the accuracy of the positions and table data. Since it is not updated daily, some information may be out of date.
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ArcGIS coordinate system
TYPE Projected
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE REFERENCE GCS_North_American_1983_HARN
PROJECTION NAD_1983_HARN_Mississippi_TM
Coordinate reference details
Projected coordinate system
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Y ORIGIN -12297100
XY SCALE 450339697.45066422
Z ORIGIN -100000
Z SCALE 10000
M ORIGIN -100000
M SCALE 10000
XY TOLERANCE 0.001
Z TOLERANCE 0.001
M TOLERANCE 0.001
HIGH PRECISION true
LATEST WELL-KNOWN IDENTIFIER 3815
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VALUE 3815
CODESPACE EPSG
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FEATURE CLASS NAME MS_SurfaceMinePoints_Oct2019
OBJECT TYPE point
OBJECT COUNT 1449
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FEATURE CLASS NAME MS_SurfaceMinePoints_Oct2019
FEATURE TYPE Simple
GEOMETRY TYPE Point
HAS TOPOLOGY FALSE
FEATURE COUNT 1449
SPATIAL INDEX TRUE
LINEAR REFERENCING FALSE
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RESOURCE LEVEL attribute
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Lineage statement
The points are added where ARCGIS has located a label for the polygon mine boundaries
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Process
DATE 2019-10-25 16:02:33
TOOL LOCATION c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.6\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\DeleteField
Command issued
DeleteField "D:\State-Layers\MinePoints And Boundaries\Points And Boundaries\Points10_24_2019.shp" APP_NO;PERMIT_NO;EXP_DATE;TOTAL_ACRE
INCLUDE IN LINEAGE WHEN EXPORTING METADATA No
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NAME Shapefile
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TRANSFER SIZE 0.039
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TYPE Feature Class
ROW COUNT 1449
Definition
esri generated
Definition source
esri
FIELD FID ►
ALIAS FID
DATA TYPE OID
WIDTH 4
PRECISION 0
SCALE 0
Field description
Internal feature number.
Description source
Esri
Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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ALIAS Shape
DATA TYPE Geometry
WIDTH 0
PRECISION 0
SCALE 0
Field description
Feature geometry.
Description source
Esri
Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.
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FIELD OBJECTID ►
ALIAS OBJECTID
DATA TYPE Integer
WIDTH 10
PRECISION 10
SCALE 0
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FIELD PermitNumb ►
ALIAS PermitNumb
DATA TYPE String
WIDTH 12
PRECISION 0
SCALE 0
Field description
Permit Number, year follows the P and sequential number after hyphen
Description source
MDEQ
Range of values
MINIMUM VALUE P78-001
MAXIMUM VALUE P19-038
BEGINNING DATE OF VALUES 1978-01-01
ENDING DATE OF VALUES 2019-10-24
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FIELD AI ►
ALIAS AI
DATA TYPE Integer
WIDTH 10
PRECISION 10
SCALE 0
Field description
Agency Interest number, interagency way to track permits through MDEQ
Description source
MDEQ
Range of values
MINIMUM VALUE 1
MAXIMUM VALUE 75000
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FIELD POINT_X ►
ALIAS POINT_X
DATA TYPE Double
WIDTH 19
PRECISION 0
SCALE 0
Field description
Longitude in decimal degrees of point location
Description source
MDEQ
Range of values
MINIMUM VALUE -180
MAXIMUM VALUE 180
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FIELD POINT_Y ►
ALIAS POINT_Y
DATA TYPE Double
WIDTH 19
PRECISION 0
SCALE 0
Field description
Latitude in decimal degrees of point location.
Description source
MDEQ
Range of values
MINIMUM VALUE -90
MAXIMUM VALUE 90
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FIELD APP_NUM ►
ALIAS APP_NUM
DATA TYPE String
WIDTH 10
PRECISION 0
SCALE 0
Field description
Application number
Description source
MDEQ
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FIELD OPERATOR ►
ALIAS OPERATOR
DATA TYPE String
WIDTH 50
PRECISION 0
SCALE 0
Field description
Person or business who holds the permit to mine the land.
Description source
MDEQ
Description of values
string text
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FIELD SECTION ►
ALIAS SECTION
DATA TYPE String
WIDTH 30
PRECISION 0
SCALE 0
Field description
PLS section numbers the mine is located in
Range of values
MINIMUM VALUE 1
MAXIMUM VALUE 36
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FIELD TOWNSHIP ►
ALIAS TOWNSHIP
DATA TYPE String
WIDTH 10
PRECISION 0
SCALE 0
Field description
PLS townships and direction north or south
Description source
MDEQ
Description of values
Mississippi townships
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FIELD RANGE ►
ALIAS RANGE
DATA TYPE String
WIDTH 20
PRECISION 0
SCALE 0
Field description
PLS ranges north or south
Description source
MDEQ
Description of values
range in Mississippi
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FIELD COUNTY ►
ALIAS COUNTY
DATA TYPE String
WIDTH 30
PRECISION 0
SCALE 0
Field description
county mine is in
Description source
MDEQ
Description of values
MS county
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FIELD PERCENT_RE ►
ALIAS PERCENT_RE
DATA TYPE Integer
WIDTH 5
PRECISION 5
SCALE 0
Field description
Percent of bond released as result of reclaimation.
Description source
MDEQ
Range of values
MINIMUM VALUE 0
MAXIMUM VALUE 100
UNITS OF MEASURE percent
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FIELD ISSUE_DATE ►
ALIAS ISSUE_DATE
DATA TYPE Date
WIDTH 8
PRECISION 0
SCALE 0
Field description
date permit was issued.
Description source
MDEQ
BEGINNING DATE OF VALUES 1978-01-01
ENDING DATE OF VALUES 2019-10-24
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FIELD MATERIAL ►
ALIAS MATERIAL
DATA TYPE String
WIDTH 25
PRECISION 0
SCALE 0
Field description
type of material being mined
Description source
MDEQ
Accuracy information
ACCURACY sand, clay, gravel, borrow material,
Explanation
Older mines have outdated verbage such as dirt.
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FIELD TYPE_MINE ►
ALIAS TYPE_MINE
DATA TYPE String
WIDTH 250
PRECISION 0
SCALE 0
Field description
mining technique used.
Description source
MDEQ
Accuracy information
ACCURACY open pit, dredge, wash
Explanation
Older mines have outdated verbage such as strip
MEASUREMENT FREQUENCY unknown
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FIELD STATUS ►
ALIAS STATUS
DATA TYPE String
WIDTH 1
PRECISION 0
SCALE 0
Field description
whether is is active or inactive as reclaimed or not reclaimed.
Description source
MDEQ
List of values
VALUE A
DESCRIPTION active
ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE DEFINITION SOURCE mdeq
VALUE I
DESCRIPTION inactive
ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE DEFINITION SOURCE mdeq
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METADATA LANGUAGE English (UNITED STATES)
METADATA CHARACTER SET utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format
SCOPE OF THE DATA DESCRIBED BY THE METADATA * dataset
SCOPE NAME * dataset
LAST UPDATE 2019-10-28
ArcGIS metadata properties
METADATA FORMAT ArcGIS 1.0
METADATA STYLE FGDC CSDGM Metadata
STANDARD OR PROFILE USED TO EDIT METADATA FGDC
CREATED IN ARCGIS FOR THE ITEM 2019-10-28 07:36:23
LAST MODIFIED IN ARCGIS FOR THE ITEM 2019-10-28 07:36:40
Automatic updates
HAVE BEEN PERFORMED Yes
LAST UPDATE 2019-10-28 07:36:40
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INDIVIDUAL'S NAME T. Duncan
ORGANIZATION'S NAME MDEQ
CONTACT'S POSITION Geologist in Training
CONTACT'S ROLE originator
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Phone
VOICE 601-961-5500
Address
TYPE physical
DELIVERY POINT 700 N. State St.
CITY Jackson ADMINISTRATIVE AREA MS POSTAL CODE 39202 COUNTRY US
E-MAIL ADDRESS tduncan@mdeq.ms.gov
Hours of service
8-5
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Detailed Description Entity Type
ENTITY TYPE LABEL MS_SurfaceMinePoints_Oct2019
Entity Type Definition
esri generated
ENTITY TYPE DEFINITION SOURCE esri
Attribute
ATTRIBUTE LABEL FID
Attribute Definition
Internal feature number.
ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE Esri
Attribute Domain Values Unrepresentable Domain
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute
ATTRIBUTE LABEL Shape
Attribute Definition
Feature geometry.
ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE Esri
Attribute Domain Values Unrepresentable Domain
Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute
ATTRIBUTE LABEL OBJECTID
Attribute
ATTRIBUTE LABEL PermitNumb
Attribute Definition
Permit Number, year follows the P and sequential number after hyphen
ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE MDEQ
Attribute Domain Values Range Domain
RANGE DOMAIN MINIMUM P78-001
RANGE DOMAIN MAXIMUM P19-038
BEGINNING DATE OF ATTRIBUTE VALUES 1978-01-01
ENDING DATE OF ATTRIBUTE VALUES 2019-10-24
ATTRIBUTE ATTRIBUTE LABEL AI ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION
Agency Interest number, interagency way to track permits through MDEQ
ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE MDEQ
Attribute Domain Values Range Domain
RANGE DOMAIN MINIMUM 1
RANGE DOMAIN MAXIMUM 75000
ATTRIBUTE ATTRIBUTE LABEL POINT_X ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION
Longitude in decimal degrees of point location
ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE MDEQ
Attribute Domain Values Range Domain
RANGE DOMAIN MINIMUM -180
RANGE DOMAIN MAXIMUM 180
ATTRIBUTE ATTRIBUTE LABEL POINT_Y ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION
Latitude in decimal degrees of point location.
ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE MDEQ
Attribute Domain Values Range Domain
RANGE DOMAIN MINIMUM -90
RANGE DOMAIN MAXIMUM 90
ATTRIBUTE ATTRIBUTE LABEL APP_NUM ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION
Application number
ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE MDEQ
ATTRIBUTE ATTRIBUTE LABEL OPERATOR ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION
Person or business who holds the permit to mine the land.
ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE MDEQ
Attribute Domain Values Unrepresentable Domain
string text
ATTRIBUTE ATTRIBUTE LABEL SECTION ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION
PLS section numbers the mine is located in
Attribute Domain Values Range Domain
RANGE DOMAIN MINIMUM 1
RANGE DOMAIN MAXIMUM 36
ATTRIBUTE ATTRIBUTE LABEL TOWNSHIP ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION
PLS townships and direction north or south ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE MDEQ ATTRIBUTE DOMAIN VALUES
Unrepresentable Domain
Mississippi townships
ATTRIBUTE ATTRIBUTE LABEL RANGE ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION
PLS ranges north or south
ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE MDEQ
Attribute Domain Values Unrepresentable Domain
range in Mississippi
ATTRIBUTE ATTRIBUTE LABEL COUNTY ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION
county mine is in
ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE MDEQ
Attribute Domain Values Unrepresentable Domain
MS county
Attribute
ATTRIBUTE LABEL PERCENT_RE
Attribute Definition
Percent of bond released as result of reclaimation.
ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE MDEQ
Attribute Domain Values Range Domain
RANGE DOMAIN MINIMUM 0
RANGE DOMAIN MAXIMUM 100
ATTRIBUTE UNITS OF MEASURE percent
ATTRIBUTE ATTRIBUTE LABEL ISSUE_DATE ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION
date permit was issued.
ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE MDEQ
BEGINNING DATE OF ATTRIBUTE VALUES 1978-01-01
ENDING DATE OF ATTRIBUTE VALUES 2019-10-24
ATTRIBUTE ATTRIBUTE LABEL MATERIAL ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION
type of material being mined ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE MDEQ ATTRIBUTE VALUE ACCURACY INFORMATION
ATTRIBUTE VALUE ACCURACY sand, clay, gravel, borrow material,
Attribute Value Accuracy Explanation
Older mines have outdated verbage such as dirt.
ATTRIBUTE ATTRIBUTE LABEL TYPE_MINE ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION
mining technique used.
ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE MDEQ
Attribute Value Accuracy Information
ATTRIBUTE VALUE ACCURACY open pit, dredge, wash
Attribute Value Accuracy Explanation
Older mines have outdated verbage such as strip
Attribute Measurement Frequency
012
Attribute
ATTRIBUTE LABEL STATUS
Attribute Definition
whether is is active or inactive as reclaimed or not reclaimed.
ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE MDEQ
ATTRIBUTE DOMAIN VALUES ENUMERATED DOMAIN ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE A
Enumerated Domain Value Definition
active
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source
mdeq
ENUMERATED DOMAIN ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE I
Enumerated Domain Value Definition
inactive
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source
mdeq
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