New York State Mined Land Permits Since 1974

New York State's Division of Mineral Resources provides data on active and historical mining permits. The dataset includes details on permit status, location, acreage, commodities, inspection dates, and financial security. Columns suggest it tracks the lifecycle of mining operations from initial permit to reclamation.

Use Cases

• Monitor permit compliance and reclamation progress using Status, Acres Reclaimed, and Date Of Last Inspection.
• Analyze spatial distribution of mining activity using County, Town, Latitude, and Longitude.
• Assess financial liabilities and security for mining sites using Financial Security Amount.
• Track the operational history of mines using Initial Permit Date, Permit Issue Date, and Permit End Date.
• Study the scale of mining operations by commodity type using Commodity, Acres Controlled, and Acres Permitted for Life Of Mine.

Strengths

• Contains a long temporal record, with data beginning in 1974.
• Includes precise geospatial coordinates (Latitude, Longitude) for location analysis.
• Provides detailed operational and financial columns, such as Financial Security Amount and Reclamation Type.

Limitations

• Key metadata like row count, file size, and specific license are missing from all sources.
• The 'last updated' date conflicts between sources, with Socrata showing 2026-05-29 and Data.gov showing 2026-04-11.
• Data.gov provides no column information, limiting cross-platform understanding of the dataset's structure.

Provenance

Source

State of New York, Division of Mineral Resources

Collection Method

Data from the Division of Mineral Resources Mined Lands permit files.

Time Range

Beginning 1974

Freshness

2026-05-29 09:09:55

Geography

New York State