What Are "Materials" In The USGS?
Minerals or other materials present in the deposit.
Term Definitions
- DEP_ID
- Site or deposit identification number within this database, used as a key linking all tables containing information about the site.
- Record
- (REC) Sequence index of this materials record among those associated with the site.
- Role
- (ORE_GANGUE) Category term indicating the role played by the material: ore, gangue, or trace. Ore contains the recovered commodity. Gangue is waste or contaminant. Trace is low concentration but geologically significant.
- Material
- (MATERIAL) Name of a material present at the site. Primarily International Mineralogical Association (IMA) approved mineral names, but also includes ore-commodity terms such as marble.
- INSERTED_BY
- Database user who inserted this record.
- INSERT_DATE
- Date this table record was first entered.
- UPDATED_BY
- Database user who last updated this record
- UPDATE_DATE
- Date this table record was last updated.
- (table)
- Minerals or other materials present in the deposit
