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BLM Natl MLRS Locatable Plans of Operations

Metadata Updated: May 11, 2024

This dataset contains plans of operations for locatable mineral cases derived from Legal Land Descriptions (LLD) contained in the US Bureau of Land Management's, BLM, Mineral and Land Record System(MLRS) and geocoded (mapped) using the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) derived from the most accurate survey data available through BLM Cadastral Survey workforce. Geospatial representations might be missing for some cases that can not be geocoded using the MLRS algorithm. Locatable minerals include all minerals locatable under the 1872 General Mining Law. This data set contains cases for locatable minerals under plan level operations with the case disposition of 'Authorized' or 'Pending'.Each case is given a data quality score based on how well it mapped.  These can be lumped into seven groups to provide a simplified way to understand the scores.Group 1: Direct PLSS Match. Scores “0”, “1”, “2”, “3” should all have a match to the PLSS data. There are slight differences, but the primary expectation is that these match the PLSS. Group 2: Calculated PLSS Match. Scores “4”, “4.1”, “5”, “6”, “7” and “8” were generated through a process of creating the geometry that is not a direct capture from the PLSS. They represent a best guess based on the underlining PLSS Group 3 – Mapped to Section. Score of “8.1”, “8.2”, “8.3”, “9” and “10” are mapped to the Section for various reasons (refer to log information in data quality field). Group 4- Combination of mapped and unmapped areas. Score of 15 represents a case that has some portions that would map and others that do not. Group 5 – No NLSDB Geometry, Only Attributes. Scores “11”, “12”, “20”, “21” and “22” do not have a match to the PLSS and no geometry is in the NLSDB, and only attributes exist in the data. Group 6 – Mapped to County. Scores of “25” map to the County.Group 7 – Improved Geometry. Scores of “100” are cases that have had their geometry edited by BLM staff using ArcGIS Pro or MLRS bulk upload tool.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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Metadata Created Date March 13, 2024
Metadata Updated Date May 11, 2024

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Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date March 13, 2024
Metadata Updated Date May 11, 2024
Publisher Bureau of Land Management
Maintainer
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Data First Published 2024-03-12T08:05:41Z
Data Last Modified 2024-05-09T07:19:03.366Z
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:04
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Harvest Source Id 52bfcc16-6e15-478f-809a-b1bc76f1aeda
Harvest Source Title DOI EDI
Homepage URL https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/maps/BLM-EGIS::blm-natl-mlrs-locatable-plans-of-operations
License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
Metadata Type geospatial
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Program Code 010:000
Publisher Hierarchy White House > U.S. Department of the Interior > Bureau of Land Management
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