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Mineral Facilities of Latin America and CanadaBy
Rachel Bernstein, Mike Eros, and Meliany Quintana-Velázquez2006
U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1375
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000250Kilometers
Scale: 1:12,000,000Projection: Robinson
Datum: World Geodetic System 1984Central Meridian: 85 W ±
Latin America and CanadaMineral Facilities
Detail MapsA, B, C, D, E
Scale 1:6,000,000
0 100 200km
Southeastern Brazil Bolivia and Neighboring CountriesCentral Peru
Central America Colombia and Western Venezuela
This map displays Latin America and Canada political boundaries alongwith the locations of more than 900 resource extraction and processingfacilities. The facilities include mines, oil and gas fields, refineries,smelters, and other processing plants of aluminum, cement, coal, copper,gold, iron and steel, lead, nickel, salt, silver, and zinc, among others. Thedata used in this poster were compiled from multiple sources, includingthe most recent available information from the 2003 through 2005 USGSMinerals Yearbook (Latin America and Canada volumes), MineralsStatistics and Information from the USGS Web Site
(http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/), and data collected by USGSminerals information country specialists from sources such as
statistical publications of individual countries, annual reports andpress releases of operating countries, and trade journals. Data
reflect the most recent published table of industry structurefor each country at the time of this publication.
Additional information and explanation is availablefrom the country specialists.
See Table 1 for general information about eachmineral facility site including country,
location and facility name, facility type,geographic coordinates, commodity,
mining method, main operatingcompany, status, capacity, and
units.
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not implyendorsement by the U.S. Government.
U.S. Geological Survey12201 Sunrise Valley Dr.MS 991Reston, VA 20192
Primary Contact:
Yolanda [email protected]
Ph: (703) 648-7756Fax: (703) 648-7737
Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela
Ivette E. [email protected]
Alfredo C. [email protected]
Yolanda [email protected]
Omayra Bermú[email protected]
Steven T. [email protected]
Country specialist Countries
French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay
Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Brazil, Canada, Peru
Aruba, Barbados, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad &Tobago
U.S. Geological Survey12201 Sunrise Valley Dr.MS 991Reston, VA 20192
Primary Contact:
Yolanda [email protected]
Ph: (703) 648-7756Fax: (703) 648-7737
Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela
Ivette E. [email protected]
Alfredo C. [email protected]
Yolanda [email protected]
Omayra Bermú[email protected]
Steven T. [email protected]
Country specialist Countries
French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay
Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Brazil, Canada, Peru
Aruba, Barbados, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad &Tobago
A r c t i c O c e a n
B e a u f o r t S e a
Gulf of Alaska
Hudson Bay
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Bay of Fundy
Chesapeake Bay
A t l a n t i c O c e a n
Gulf of Mexico
Bay of Campeche
Gulf ofCalifornia
C a r i b b e a n S e aA
B
Gulf of Honduras
Gulf of Panama
Gulf ofVenezuela
Gulf of Guayaquil
Gulf of San Matias
Gulf of San Jorge
C
D E
P a c i f i c O c e a n
Country political boundaries, names, water bodies, and graticules are derived from Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) world shapefiles.
Mines within the 5 enclosed regions marked A, B, C, D, and E are labeled on the 5 corresponding large-scale inset maps.
Points on the map are mineral facility sites plotted using the estimated coordinates shown in table 1. Site locations are plotted according to degree decimal notation; when an original reference was made in degree-minute-second, it was converted to decimal degrees and vice-versa. Both formats are noted in the table for reference. Precision varies where coordinates are not available to the second.
Legend
Country political boundaries, names, water bodies, and graticules are derived from Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) world shapefiles.
Mines within the 5 enclosed regions marked A, B, C, D, and E are labeled on the 5 corresponding large-scale inset maps.
Points on the map are mineral facility sites plotted using the estimated coordinates shown in table 1. Site locations are plotted according to degree decimal notation; when an original reference was made in degree-minute-second, it was converted to decimal degrees and vice-versa. Both formats are noted in the table for reference. Precision varies where coordinates are not available to the second.
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