Data lineage

Every source, named.

The map is built from 17 public datasets. Several carry licences that require attribution — so we list every one, with its source and terms. This page is generated from the live layer manifest; it can’t fall out of date with what the map actually serves.

Nothing scraped · nothing guessed · everything checkable

BLM MLRS mining claims (live service)

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Bureau of Land Management, Mineral & Land Records System (MLRS)

Licence
Public domain (U.S. Government work)
Vintage
live service; claim boundaries approximate (PLSS-derived)
Land access

BLM NLCS Wilderness & Wilderness Study Areas

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Bureau of Land Management, National Landscape Conservation System

Licence
Public domain (U.S. Government work)
Vintage
live service
Land access

BLM Surface Management Agency (SMA, limited scale)

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Bureau of Land Management, Surface Management Agency dataset

Licence
Public domain (U.S. Government work)
Vintage
live service; generalized boundaries (limited scale)
Land access

Detector prospectivity engine v1 (PU-bagged gradient boosting)

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Detector engine over USGS/Copernicus/ESA open data (see input layers)

Licence
Derived work; inputs are public-domain / attribution sources recorded per slot
Vintage
retrained on demand; validation report attached to each layer
Prospectivity

Detector prospectivity engine v1.2 (lode PU-GBM + placer process track)

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Detector engine over USGS/Copernicus/ESA open data (see input layers)

Licence
Derived work; inputs are public-domain / attribution sources recorded per slot
Vintage
retrained on demand; validation report attached to each layer
Prospectivity

Sentinel-2 L2A (Copernicus, via Earth Search / AWS open data)

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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data, processed by ESA / Element 84 Earth Search

Licence
Free use with attribution (Copernicus Sentinel data terms)
Vintage
current mission (composite window recorded per layer)
Satellite

USFS Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM)

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U.S. Forest Service, Motor Vehicle Use Maps

Licence
Public domain (U.S. Government work)
Vintage
live service
Land access

USGS 3DEP 1 m LiDAR-derived DEM

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U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (3DEP)

Licence
Public domain (U.S. Government work)
Vintage
current (3DEP rolling releases)
Terrain

USGS 3DEP 1/3 arc-second (10 m)

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U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (3DEP)

Licence
Public domain (U.S. Government work)
Vintage
current (3DEP rolling releases)
Terrain

USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection

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U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection

Licence
Public domain (U.S. Government work)
Vintage
1946–1969 editions
Occurrences

USGS MRDS (Mineral Resources Data System)

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U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS)

Licence
Public domain (U.S. Government work)
Vintage
2011 (systematic updates ceased; best available global set)
Occurrences

USGS national aeroradiometric grids (NURE, K/eTh/eU)

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U.S. Geological Survey, national aeroradiometric compilation (Duval and others; NURE program)

Licence
Public domain (U.S. Government work)
Vintage
2005 compilation of 1970s-80s NURE flights
Geophysics

USGS National Hydrography Dataset (flowlines)

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U.S. Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset

Licence
Public domain (U.S. Government work)
Vintage
live service
Terrain

USGS NGDB stream-sediment geochemistry

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U.S. Geological Survey, National Geochemical Database (sediment)

Licence
Public domain (U.S. Government work)
Vintage
compilation 1960s-2020s (NURE-HSSR + later programs)
Geochemistry

USGS SGMC state geologic map compilation

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U.S. Geological Survey, State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC)

Licence
Public domain (U.S. Government work)
Vintage
current
GeologyStructure

USGS US aeromagnetic compilation (1 km merged grid)

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U.S. Geological Survey, North American Magnetic Anomaly Group — merged US aeromagnetic grid

Licence
Public domain (U.S. Government work)
Vintage
2002 compilation (surveys 1940s-2000s, quality varies by survey)
Geophysics

USGS USMIN topographic mine symbols (consolidated)

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U.S. Geological Survey, USMIN Mineral Deposit Database — prospect- and mine-related features from USGS topographic maps

Licence
Public domain (U.S. Government work)
Vintage
current
Occurrences