MSHA Quartz Samples

Lists all operator and inspector dust samples taken. It includes information such as cassette numbers, date the sample was taken, quartz percentage, sample type, occupation codes related to the person or area sampled and mine information. Cassette number is the primary key for this dataset and it can be linked to the Mines dataset using Mine ID for further mine information.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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describedBy https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/DataSets/Quartz_Samples_Definition_File.txt
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identifier MSHA-19-012:030-178
landingPage https://www.msha.gov/mine-data-retrieval-system
language {en-US}
modified 2025-04-02T11:39:00.227Z
programCode {015:001}
publisher Mine Safety and Health Administration
publisher_hierarchy Mine Safety and Health Administration > Mine Safety and Health Administration
resource-type Dataset
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temporal 2000-01-01/2025-03-31
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • air-quality
  • cassette
  • micrograms
  • mining
  • msha
  • quartz
  • quartz-percent
  • silica
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Victor Yu
maintainer_email yu.victor@dol.gov
metadata_created 2025-09-23T14:48:00.561891
metadata_modified 2025-09-23T14:48:00.561896
notes Lists all operator and inspector dust samples taken. It includes information such as cassette numbers, date the sample was taken, quartz percentage, sample type, occupation codes related to the person or area sampled and mine information. Cassette number is the primary key for this dataset and it can be linked to the Mines dataset using Mine ID for further mine information.
num_resources 1
num_tags 16
title MSHA Quartz Samples