1
9 Yukon Territory Northwest Territories Alberta Saskatchewan Nunavut Manitoba Ontario Quebec Newfoundland and Labrador New Brunswick Nova Scotia St. Pierre and Miquelon (territorial collectivity of France) Canada Mexico Guatemala Belize Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Colombia Venezuela Brazil Guyana Suriname French Guiana Uruguay Paraguay Argentina Chile Bolivia Peru Parana River Rio Paraguay Rio Paranaiba Rio Grande Rio São Francisco Rio Tocantins Araguaia River Xingu River Tapajos River Amazon River Rio Madeira Rio Purus Japura River Rio Putamayo Rio Branco Orinoco River Rio Magdelena Rio Negro Guapore River Rio Madre de Dios Rio Ucayali Rio Maranon San Juan River Rio Grande Colorado River Arkansas River Mississippi River Missouri River Ohio River St. Claire River Niagara River Nipigon River St. Lawrence River British Columbia Dauphin River Nelson River Saskatchewan River Slave River Mackenzie River Peace River Yukon River Great Bear River Koukdjuak River Great Bear Lake Great Slave Lake Lake Athabasca Reindeer Lake Lake Winnipeg Cedar Lake Lake Manitoba Waterhen River Lake Winnipegosis Lake Nipigon Lake Superior Lake Michigan Lake Huron Lake Erie Lake Ontario Nettilling Lake Lake Nicaragua Lake Titicaca Bermuda The Bahamas Turks and Caicos Islands Cuba Cayman Islands Jamaica Haiti Dominican Republic Puerto Rico British Virgin Islands Virgin Islands St. Kitts and Nevis Montserrat Antigua and Barbuda Guadeloupe Dominica Martinique St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Barbados Grenada Trinidad and Tobago Netherlands Antilles Aruba Islands of the Caribbean 320,383 393 358 359 357 335 284 287 280 313 281 283 277 417 362,442,443 414 351 375,397 374 396 352,354 300 413 353 365 367 412 289 290 291 285 286,379 279 435 303 434 299 276 423 278 288 294 380 292 305 447 323 321 347 421,433 422 306 295 293 304 389 350 384 386 426 315,328,329, 382,387,388 339,418 324 318,425 346 319 316,317,444 385 334,416 345 342,349 340,341 390,391 344 322,331 366,370 432 377 406 408 302 410,411 407 409 405 439 398 372,394 371 363,446 445 437 436 438 373 395 338 332 333 378,403 399 402 376,400 368,369 312 429 430 440 392,420 424 301 427,428 431 404 296 355 Columbia River 307,308, 309,310,311 364,448 401 297,325 314, 360 298 327,337 381 282 326,336,343 330 419 348 441 361 701 688 680 687 677 658 671 670 686 678 683 684 697 704 663 689 709 676 659 667 669 666 710 712 662 711 668 661 660,664, 682,705,716 674 706,707 679,694,702 703 708 718,719 695 696 693 657 675 681,685 699 672 717 700 698 673 691 665 656,715 692 713,714 690 725 726 Ecuador 599 600 598,614 601 605 610 554 612 602,604 611 603 608 609 606 607 613 790 731 791 754 254 757,794 795 763 755 767 759 62 64 204,208 61 153 45 728 727 12 11 27 47 28 26,29 10 35,38 39 44 8 46 14 15,40 34,37 33,42 17 21 36 1 505,509 455 18 514 489 454 453,512 510 451 487 483 458,462,469 450,501,507,511,513 473,492 449 485 461,466,484 456 481,504 490 472 491 459 502 497,498 493 20 486 494 479 463,467,470 478 31 19,25 24 23 32 4,13,41 3 867 868 126,127,128 148 229 129 231 147 122,200 227 146 149 267,268 145 209,210,211 240 247 202,203 123 196,197 116 124,125 152 135,136 213,241 222 207 155 139 239 134 101 215,224 260,263 168 238 219 216,225 167 171 96,97, 99,100,221 212 112 144 170 195 151 89,194,220 102 90 189,190 206 191 113 111 98 109,110 250 623 836 833 837,838 835 834 831,832 632,635,636 641 634 631,633,637 640 639 642 638 886,887,888, 889,890 891 869,870,871,885, 892,893,894,904 900,901,907 895,899 898 896 872 880 839-849,853-858,860,866 859,863,864 861,862,865 850,851,852 875 876 255 214,223 253 261,264 259,262 252 251 256 902,906 48 546 50,51 651,654,655 597 650 649 652 653 583 578 576 589 595 587 575 591 590 579 577 594 596 584 588 593 580,581,582, 585,586 592 884,897 Great Salt Lake Snake River Columbia River 49 356 United States Rio de la Plata Rio Teles Pires Rio Juruena Lake Maracaibo Mexico Guatemala Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica Belize 54 53 52 628 624 626 630 629 625 627 643 646 645 648 644 647 617 621,622 615 616 618,620 619 722 720,721 724 723 Lake Nicaragua San Juan River 569 564 563,565 567 566 568 570,572 573,574 571 90° 85° 10° 15° 90° 85° 15° 10° Gulf of Honduras A Colombia Venezuela 75° 70° 5° 5° 10° 75° 70° 10° Gulf of Venezuela 516, 560,562 521,545 556 526 559 557 528 535 537 538 536 524 534 522 558 519 555 530,544 518 523 548 542,543 539,541 540 547,551,561 525 527 553 533 531 517 877 879,905 874 903 881 873 882 883 532 878 Rio Magdelena Orinoco River 520,550 529,552 515 549 B Peru Brazil ° C C Rio Ucayali Rio Maranon Purus River 761 769 806 766 760 735 758 820 798,825 774 762 812 810 765 743,823 781 744,824 829 771, 801,821 827 782,784,799,818 797,817 773 740 729,732,746,747,775, 776,792,803,811,826 733,777,805,828 734 742,772,802,822 748 778,804 739,768,770, 796,800,816,819 730 741 814 809,813 793 745 764 785,787,788 786 779,807,830 783 756 738 815 Bolivia Argentina Chile D 752, 753,808 Peru 751,780 789 736 737 750 749 63 88 85 84 86 81 65,87 58 56 83 59 67 80 76 75 71 70 72,74 77 79 78 73 60 55 57 82 66 6 68 69 506 499 475 474 508 482 457,471, 495,503 460,464, 465,468,480 477 452 488 496,500 476 7 2 16,22,43 5,30 Lake Titicaca 20° 65° 70° Brazil 45° 40° 20° Rio Grande Rio Paranaiba Rio São Francisco E 187 160 163,166 162,165 265,266 177 178 237 273,274,275 270 137 140 174,188 156 132,133,233 181 176 130,131, 234,236 235 120 161,164 118 121 93,95,104, 107,108 105,106,114 257 142 94 119 230 192,193 246 103,115,117 150 232 199,201, 218,228,249 258 138 141 205 242 159 158 244 175 180,198,226 186 154 91,92 182 157 183 172,184 143 243 248 169 271 272 217 245 269 173,179,185 Mineral Facilities of Latin America and Canada By Rachel Bernstein, Mike Eros, and Meliany Quintana-Velázquez 2006 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1375 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 250 Kilometers Scale: 1:12,000,000 Projection: Robinson Datum: World Geodetic System 1984 Central Meridian: 85 W ± Latin America and Canada Mineral Facilities Detail Maps A, B, C, D, E Scale 1:6,000,000 0 100 200 km Southeastern Brazil Bolivia and Neighboring Countries Central Peru Central America Colombia and Western Venezuela This map displays Latin America and Canada political boundaries along with the locations of more than 900 resource extraction and processing facilities. The facilities include mines, oil and gas fields, refineries, smelters, and other processing plants of aluminum, cement, coal, copper, gold, iron and steel, lead, nickel, salt, silver, and zinc, among others. The data used in this poster were compiled from multiple sources, including the most recent available information from the 2003 through 2005 USGS Minerals Yearbook (Latin America and Canada volumes), Minerals Statistics and Information from the USGS Web Site (http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/), and data collected by USGS minerals information country specialists from sources such as statistical publications of individual countries, annual reports and press releases of operating countries, and trade journals. Data reflect the most recent published table of industry structure for each country at the time of this publication. Additional information and explanation is available from the country specialists. See Table 1 for general information about each mineral facility site including country, location and facility name, facility type, geographic coordinates, commodity, mining method, main operating company, status, capacity, and units. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. MS 991 Reston, VA 20192 Primary Contact: Yolanda Fong-Sam [email protected] Ph: (703) 648-7756 Fax: (703) 648-7737 Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela Ivette E. Torres [email protected] Alfredo C. Gurmendi [email protected] Yolanda Fong-Sam [email protected] Omayra Bermúdez-Lugo [email protected] Steven T. Anderson [email protected] Country specialist Countries French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama Brazil, Canada, Peru Aruba, Barbados, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad &Tobago U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. MS 991 Reston, VA 20192 Primary Contact: Yolanda Fong-Sam [email protected] Ph: (703) 648-7756 Fax: (703) 648-7737 Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela Ivette E. Torres [email protected] Alfredo C. Gurmendi [email protected] Yolanda Fong-Sam [email protected] Omayra Bermúdez-Lugo [email protected] Steven T. Anderson [email protected] Country specialist Countries French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama Brazil, Canada, Peru Aruba, Barbados, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad &Tobago Arctic Ocean Beaufort Sea Gulf of Alaska Hudson Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence Bay of Fundy Chesapeake Bay Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Mexico Bay of Campeche Gulf of California Caribbean Sea A B Gulf of Honduras Gulf of Panama Gulf of Venezuela Gulf of Guayaquil Gulf of San Matias Gulf of San Jorge C D E Pacific Ocean Country political boundaries, names, water bodies, and graticules are derived from Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) world shapefiles. Mines within the 5 enclosed regions marked A, B, C, D, and E are labeled on the 5 corresponding large-scale inset maps. Points on the map are mineral facility sites plotted using the estimated coordinates shown in table 1. Site locations are plotted according to degree decimal notation; when an original reference was made in degree-minute-second, it was converted to decimal degrees and vice- versa. Both formats are noted in the table for reference. Precision varies where coordinates are not available to the second. Legend Country political boundaries, names, water bodies, and graticules are derived from Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) world shapefiles. Mines within the 5 enclosed regions marked A, B, C, D, and E are labeled on the 5 corresponding large-scale inset maps. Points on the map are mineral facility sites plotted using the estimated coordinates shown in table 1. Site locations are plotted according to degree decimal notation; when an original reference was made in degree-minute-second, it was converted to decimal degrees and vice- versa. Both formats are noted in the table for reference. Precision varies where coordinates are not available to the second. Legend 155° 160° 165° 170° 175 180° 175° 85° 80° 75° 70° 40° 45° 60° 65° 55° 50° 30° 35° 25° 10° 15° 20° 5° 0° 5° 10° 25° 20° 15° 30° 35° 40° 55° 50° 45° 165° 160° 155° 150° 145° 140° 135° 130° 125° 120° 115° 110° 105° 100° 95° 90° 85° 80° 75° 70° 65° 60° 55° 50° 45° 40° 35° 30° 25° 20° 15° 10° 55° 50° 45° 40° 35° 20° 25° 30° 5° 10° 15° 0° 5° 10° 15° 20° 25° 30° 35° 40° 45° 50° 55° 60° 65° 70° 75° 80° 85° 15° 10° 5° 0° 5° 10° 20° 15° 25° 20° 25° 30° 35° 45° 40° 50° 55° 60° 65° 70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110° 115° 120° 125° 130° 135° 140° 145° 150° 155° 160° 165° 170° 75° 10° 20° 70° 65° 20° 45° 40° 75° 10°
