Mining Area Polygons, Version 2 (Global)
Maus et al. / Vienna University of Economics and Business (PANGAEA)
- License
- Share-alike
- Commercial
- Yes
- Format
- GeoPackage, GeoTIFF, CSV
- Coverage
- Global
- Projection
- EPSG:4326 · WGS 84
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 31 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Static
Version 2 holds 44,929 polygons and 101,583 square kilometers of large-scale, artisanal, and small-scale mining.
Source and attribution
- Publisher
- Maus et al. / Vienna University of Economics and Business (PANGAEA)
- License
- Share-alike
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- Yes
- Modification allowed
- Yes
- Redistribution allowed
- Yes
- Share-alike
- Yes
- Region
- Global
- Type
- Vector
- Time
- 2019–2019
- Download
- Mining polygons (GeoPackage, 24.7 MB)Mining area per cell, 30 arc-second grid (GeoTIFF, 42.1 MB)Mining area per country (CSV, 4.93 KB)
- Extent
- -180-9018090West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.
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