What Is "Production" In The USGS?
Production information.
Term Definitions
- DEP_ID
- Site or deposit identification number within this database, used as a key linking all tables containing information about the site.
- Production Year Relation
- (YR_BA) Before (<) or after (>) symbols, specifying whether production occurred before or after the date in YR.
- Production Year
- (YR) The year of the production information, or the ending year of cumulative production.
- Record
- (REC) Sequence index of this production record, among those associated with the site.
- Production Period
- (CUM_PER) Text description of the production period, like "Pre-Civil War to 1945".
- Production Period Type
- (ENTRY_TP) Type of production period - "Y" for a single year, "C" for cumulative range of years.
- Amount Mined
- (MINED) The amount of ore mined or material processed during the specified time period.
- Amount Mined Units
- (UNITS) Mined units, such as grams, metric tons, or cubic meters.
- Item Mined
- (ITEM) The type of material mined or processed, such as "ore" or "concentrate"
- Accuracy
- (ACC) Accuracy of the MINED number, "Acc" for accurate, "Est" for estimated.
- Best Record
- (BEST_REC) This has been determined to be the best record to use for aggregated totals or other computations, when multiple records may exist for this dep_id, yr, rec, and entry_tp combination.
- Work CMT
- (WORK_CMT) Textual information related to production carried forward from the predecessor databases old MRDS and MAS/MILS.
- 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.
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- Production information
