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snippet:	This feature class was compiled to make nonmetallic mineral information available in a digitally searchable format. These data will support a variety of spatial analyses concerning economic exploitation of mineral resources, land-use planning and evaluation of environmental issues.
summary:	This feature class was compiled to make nonmetallic mineral information available in a digitally searchable format. These data will support a variety of spatial analyses concerning economic exploitation of mineral resources, land-use planning and evaluation of environmental issues.
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description:	<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Geologists use the term 'Industrial Minerals' to describe nonmetallic minerals that have economic or industrial uses. Their characteristics and means of formation are highly variable. Examples of these minerals include garnet, fluorite, quartz, beryl, sulfur, gypsum, mica, and many others.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
licenseInfo:	<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The Washington Geological Survey (WGS) shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. This product is provided 'as is' without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular use. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources and the authors of this product will not be liable to the user of this product for any activity involving the product with respect to the following: (a) lost profits, lost savings, or any other consequential damages; (b) the fitness of the product for a particular purpose; or (c) use of the product or results obtained from use of the product. Although these data have been processed successfully on computers of WGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by WGS regarding the use of these data on any other system, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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title:	Nonmetallic Mineral Locations
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tags:	["sulfur","diatomite","gypsite","kyanite","mine","sodium sulfate","fluorite","alunite","quartz crystal","mineral pigments","gem stones","mineral","ferruginous bauxite","nontronite","slate","dolomite","alum","pumice","asbestiform materials","magnesite","silica sand","magnesium sulfate","granite","peat","andalusite","limestone","soapstone","ornamental stones","gypsum","travertine","sodium carbonate","sandstone","bentonite","perlite","feldspar","mica","massive quartz","olivine","serpentine","marl","talc","refractory clay","industrial minerals","garnet","common clays and shales","clay","fuller's earth","mineral occurrence","pumicite","expanding clays and shales","strontium","marble","graphite","sillimanite","barite","Washington State","mineral deposit","quartzite","mining","quartz","nephelite","USA"]
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