Mineral exploration sites of Latin America and the Caribbean

This dataset presents information about exploration sites relating to the mineral industries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Exploration sites include sites in active exploration status, sites with feasibility work being performed or planned, exploration at a producing mine for a mine expansion, or sites that are approved for or under development but not yet at the producing stage. Relevant data fields include the mineral commodities present at the site, project name, project type, operator, owners of the site, geographic coordinates, and locational accuracy. These data are dervied from work conducted by staff of the Material Flow Analysis section of the National Minerals Information Center.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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modified 20200821
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publisher U.S. Geological Survey
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theme {geospatial}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • argentina
  • bolivia
  • brazil
  • chile
  • ckan
  • colombia
  • development
  • economic-geology
  • economy
  • ecuador
  • environment
  • exploration
  • feasibility
  • french-guiana
  • geo
  • geoscientificinformation
  • geoss
  • guyana
  • jamaica
  • location
  • metallic-mineral-resources
  • mexico
  • mineral-commodities
  • mineral-commodity
  • mineral-resources
  • national
  • nicaragua
  • nonmetallic-mineral-resources
  • north-america
  • peru
  • suriname
  • united-states
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maintainer Michael S. Baker
maintainer_email mbaker@usgs.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-21T12:54:36.061024
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T12:54:36.061028
notes This dataset presents information about exploration sites relating to the mineral industries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Exploration sites include sites in active exploration status, sites with feasibility work being performed or planned, exploration at a producing mine for a mine expansion, or sites that are approved for or under development but not yet at the producing stage. Relevant data fields include the mineral commodities present at the site, project name, project type, operator, owners of the site, geographic coordinates, and locational accuracy. These data are dervied from work conducted by staff of the Material Flow Analysis section of the National Minerals Information Center.
num_resources 2
num_tags 35
title Mineral exploration sites of Latin America and the Caribbean