National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines

National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines This database aggregates basic information on orphaned and abandoned mine sites from participating Canadian jurisdictions, including their name, location, jurisdiciton, and the commodity that was mined. It was originally created in 2012 through the National Orphaned/Abandoned Mines Initiative and has undergone several updates since that time. Data on sites in each jurisdiction is owned and maintained by that jurisdiction. The database includes links to the corresponding records in that jursidiction. While the database includes common informaiton about all sites, there may be discrepancies in the types of data provided about sites in different jurisdictions and data from some jurisdictions may be updated more frequently than others. 2024-07-02 Natural Resources Canada aviva.silburt@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca Health and SafetyNature and EnvironmentOrphaned and Abandoned minesMining industryEnvironmental impactEnvironmental management National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines (OAM)ESRI REST https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/NRCan/oam_en/MapServer/0 National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines DatabaseCSV https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/Mining-industry_Industrie-miniere/oam/OAM%20Database_2024_EN_Updated.csv National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines DatabaseCSV https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/Mining-industry_Industrie-miniere/oam/OAM%20Database_2024_FR_Updated.csv National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines Data DictionaryDOCX https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/Mining-industry_Industrie-miniere/oam/OAM%20Database_Data_Dictionary%20(Bilingual)_2024_Updated.docx National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines Data DictionaryPDF https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/Mining-industry_Industrie-miniere/oam/OAM%20Database_Data_Dictionary%20(Bilingual)_2024_Updated.pdf National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines (OAM)WMS https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/services/NRCan/oam_en/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines (OAM)ESRI REST https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/NRCan/oam_fr/MapServer/0 National Inventory of Orphaned and Abandoned Mines (OAM)WMS https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/services/NRCan/oam_fr/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

This database aggregates basic information on orphaned and abandoned mine sites from participating Canadian jurisdictions, including their name, location, jurisdiciton, and the commodity that was mined. It was originally created in 2012 through the National Orphaned/Abandoned Mines Initiative and has undergone several updates since that time. Data on sites in each jurisdiction is owned and maintained by that jurisdiction. The database includes links to the corresponding records in that jursidiction. While the database includes common informaiton about all sites, there may be discrepancies in the types of data provided about sites in different jurisdictions and data from some jurisdictions may be updated more frequently than others.

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