Nova Scotia Mineral Rights Database

Metadata for DP ME 51, Version 20, October 13, 2010. Nova Scotia Mineral Rights Database
Shapefile


Attributes of:allapps.shp, closure.shp, expllic.shp, gspermit.shp, lease.shp, mpermit.shp, slallmin.shp, slcoal.shp, slgeothm.shp, slsltpot.shp, sluran.shp, lictype.shp, licensee.shp, applicat.dbf, map.dbf,claimid.dbf, report.dbf, county.dbf, agree.dbf, lictypl.dbf, licberen.dbf, mineral.dbf, status.dbf

FID
Data type:OID
Width:4
Precision:0
Scale:0
Description:
Internal feature number.

Shape
Data type:Geometry
Width:0
Precision:0
Scale:0
Description:
Feature geometry.

AREA
Data type:Float
Width:13
Number of decimals:3

PERIMETER
Data type:Float
Width:13
Number of decimals:3

(shapefile name)_
Data type:Number
Width:11
Description:
ESRI internal number for original coverage

(shapefile name)_ID
Data type:Number
Width:11
Description:
ESRI internal ID for original coverage

APPNUM
Data type:String
Width:14
Description:
Application number

APPLICANT
Data type:String
Width:80
Description:
Name of applicant

LICENCE_NU
Data type:String
Width:26
Description:
Licence number

LICENSEE
Data type:String
Width:80
Description:
Name of a licence holder

ANNIVERSAR
Data type:Date
Width:8
Description:
Licence / permit anniversary date, if not renewed this is the date that the licence / permit will expire on.

MR_TYPE
Data type:String
Width:2
Description:
This is a code value for the type of mineral right and comes from the registry database. A full description of the values can be found in LICTYPE_DE.

MINERAL
Data type:String
Width:42
Description:
This is a value contained in the registry database that describes the 'mineral' that the application, licence, lease or permit refers to: "ALL" refers to all minerals as defined by legislation saving and excepting coal, salt and potash, it may also specify a mineral such as uranium, coal, salt or potash, or a a resource such as geothermal thermal.

YEAR_OF_IS
Data type:String
Width:4
Description:
This is the year of issue of the mineral right / permit.

REPORT_NUM
Data type:String
Width:28
Description:
Assessment report number

DISTRICT
Data type:String
Width:72
Description:
Location name close to the area (lake, town, city, etc) where the mineral right is located.

MAP_NUMBER
Data type:String
Width:254
Description:
These are the claim reference maps that the mineral right covers. There is a map listed for each tract that is found in TRACT_NUMB. The first map in the list matches the first tract, the second the second etc. For a full description of the map number refer to https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/pdf/ic58.asp.

TRACT_NUMB
Data type:String
Width:150
Description:
These are the mining tracts covered by the mineral right / permit. There is a one to one relationship bewteen the tracts listed here and the maps listed in the MAP_NUMBER field. For a full description of the tract numbering system refer to https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/pdf/ic58.asp.

COUNTY
Data type:String
Width:30
Description:
The county or counties that the mineral right / permit is in.

AGREEMENT
Data type:String
Width:167
Description:
This is a list of the numbers of any agreements which have been filed with the registry pertaining to specific mineral rights and permits.

REGROUP_TO
Data type:String
Width:8
Description:
This may list a new licence that this licence is being regrouped into.

REGROUP_FR
Data type:String
Width:43
Description:
A list of licences that were re-grouped to create this licence.

TRANSFER_T
Data type:String
Width:100
Description:
The party (Transferee) who the mineral right has been transfered to. This may contain multiple values.

TRANSFER_F
Data type:String
Width:100
Description:
The party (Transferor) who the mineral right has been transfered from. This may contain multiple values.

LICENCES_B
Data type:String
Width:54
Description:
If there is a single entry it refers to the licence number that is being renewed. If there are multiple entries it refers to licence numbers that are being regrouped into a new licence.

DUMP_DATE
Data type:Date
Width:8
Description:
This is the date that this record was extracted from the Mineral Rights Database.

NCLAIMS
Data type:Number
Width:5
Description:
This is the number of claims held by the mineral right / permit.

LICTYPE
Data type:String
Width:8
Description:
This is a code value used to determine the type of record. It is fully described in the LICTYPE_DE field.

STATUS
Data type:String
Width:2
Description:
This is a code value used to describe the status of the record. A complete describtion of the code can be found in the STATUS_DES field.

NAME
Data type:String
Width:80
Description:
This is the name of the licencee or if there is none then the name of the applicant. This field was added to make it easier to place labels on maps.

LICTYPE_DE
Data type:String
Width:64
Description:
This describes the type of mineral right or permit.

STATUS_DES
Data type:String
Width:20
Description:
This describes the current status of the mineral right or permit.

ANNO
Description:
This field is used in the MRB GIS to check the number of times this records was selected for labelling. It should be equal to 1.

ACRES
Description:
The number of acres covered by the mineral right / permit as calculated by ArcInfo.

HECTARES
Description:
The number of hectares covered by the mineral right / permit as calculated by ArcInfo

CASE_
Description:
This is a field used by ArcInfo and has no meaning.

FREQUENCY
Description:
When a creating a look up table of unique values in a particular field in a table the new table will contain a frequency field which records the number of times that the particular value was found in the original table. It may be the number of mineral rights or permits held by a licencee as calculated by the number of records in the APPLICATE.DBF table with similar values in the NAME field.

CLAIMS
Description:
The number of claims as calculated by ArcInfo

CLAIMID
Description:
The unique ID applied to each claim. This consists of the claim reference map, tract and claim letter combined into a single string. For example 11F14C108A would be claim A in tract 108 on claim reference map 11F/14.

CLREFMAP
Description:
These are the claim reference maps that the mineral right covers. There is a map listed for each tract that is found in the TRACT_NUMB field. The first map in the list matches the first tract, the second the second etc. For a full description of the map number refer to https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/pdf/ic58.asp.

TRACT
Description:
These are the mining tracts covered by the mineral right / permit. There is a one to one relationship bewteen the tracts listed here and the maps listed in the MAP_NUMBER field. For a full description of the tract numbering system refer to https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/pdf/ic58.asp.