Mineral Claims

Owned by Diego Cesa de Meira (Unlicensed)
Sept 13, 2019
2 min read

Description

A Patented Mining Claim is one for which the Federal Governmenthas passed its title to the claimant, making it private land. A person may mineand remove minerals from a mining claim without a mineral patent. However,a mineral patent gives the owner exclusive title to the locateble minerals.It also gives the owner title to the surface and other resources.
With a Patented Cailm: You own the Land as well as the minerals.

An Un-patented Mining Claim is a particular parcel of Federal land, valuable for a specific mineral deposit or deposits. It is aparcel for which an individual has asserted a right of possession. The rightis restricted to the extraction and development of a mineral deposit. Therights granted by a mining claim are valid against a challenge by theUnited States and other claimants only after the discovery of a valuablemineral deposit.
With a Unpatented Claim: You are leasing, from the government, the right to extract minerals. No land ownership is conveyed.

Mineral deposits subject to Placer Claims include all those deposits not subject to lode claims. Originally, these included only deposits of unconsolidated materials, such as sand and gravel, containing free gold orother minerals. By Congressional acts and judicial interpretations, manynonmetallic bedded or layered deposits, such as gypsum and high calciumlimestone, are also considered placer deposits.

Originator

  1. Government of Yukon

  2. Government of Northwest Territories

  3. Government of Nunavut

  4. Canada Open Data

Use Cases

  1. As an Aboriginal Consultation Officer, I want like to be able to visualize potential future mining projects based on mineral claims in the area so that the minister is well informed.

Source(s)

Description

Source

Format

Date

Update Frequency

Metadata

Cost

Link

Remarks

Description

Source

Format

Date

Update Frequency

Metadata

Cost

Link

Remarks

Mining (Placer, Quartz, Coal)

Government of Yukon

ESRI REST

N/A

N/A

N/A

Free

ESRI REST

 

Oil and Gas

Government of Yukon

ESRI REST

N/A

N/A

N/A

Free

ESRI REST

 

Mining (Mineral Claim, Oil and Gas Rights, Mines, Wells)

Government of Northwest Territories

KML
WMS
ArcGIS Map
SHP

N/A

N/A

Yes

Free

KML
WMS
ArcGIS Map
SHP

SHP download requires account registration

Mineral Claim (Nunavut)

Canada Open Data

WMS

ESRI REST
WFS
SHP
2015

On-Going

Yes

Free

WMS
ESRI REST
WFS
SHP

 

Remarks

  1. As each Territory maintain their own data, schema for each dataset is different.

  2. Data download from NWT Centre for Geomatics requires account registration.

  3. The most appropriate dataset to use for EGIS would be from WMS web service as it does not require periodic updates.

Process for EGIS integration

WMS Service:

  1. WMS Service can be integrated directly into EGIS

SHP File:

  1. SHP can be integrated directly into ArcMap and ArcGIS.

TC Smart Maps:

  1. Not all GIS applications can consume KML file directly due to its unique data structures such as NetworkLinks, folders, models etc.

  2. Please contact Lawrence Chong, Digital Services Directorate for TC Smart Maps KML dataset and format translation.

  3. TC Smart Maps KML link: \tc.gc.ca\tcgis\GISData\Google Mashup\Northern Resources\MineralClaim\MineralClaim.kmz

Customization:

  1. Schema transformation: As required

  2. Denormalization: No Required

  3. Value coding: Not required

  4. Attribute renaming: As required to improve readability

  5. Attribute removal: No required

  6. Geoenrichment: Feature symbolization is recommended to improve visualization

  7. Format translation: As needed

  8. Language translation: French version available for selected dataset