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    • Mining and Mineral Development in the National Parks

    Metadata Updated: January 25, 2026

    Contrary to popular belief, there IS mining and mineral development in our National Parks. The table on back shows the number of operations as of January 1, 1991. The following definitions will help explain the data in the table.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 14, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date January 25, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI NPS DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 14, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date January 25, 2026
    Publisher National Park Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/NPS_DataStore_2239536
    Data First Published 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Data Last Modified 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Category Generic Dataset
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:24
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/nps-data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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    Harvest Source Id d917c1a9-26b7-43ea-b8c5-c77ec750a850
    Harvest Source Title DOI NPS DCAT-US
    Homepage URL https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2239536
    Old Spatial -179,17.5,-64.5625839,73
    Program Code 010:118, 010:119
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 2c963219a35f4866c81df54fa971b0211394ed4d5a527a501d945ccde15a222c
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -179, 17.5, -179, 73, -64.5625839, 73, -64.5625839, 17.5, -179, 17.5}

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