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Nova Scotia Mineral Rights Database

DP ME 51, Version 22, October 18, 2011, Nova Scotia Mineral Rights Database, compiled by B. E. Fisher.

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Abstract

This digital product is developed from a database of mineral rights information for the province of Nova Scotia. The database is maintained by the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources (NSDNR), Mineral Resources Branch (MRB). The digital product was created by the NSDNR MRB staff. The digital product was developed from information contained in the Mineral Rights Registry database which is also publicly available on the Claim reference maps maintained in the Registry office in Halifax. The digital product contains layers for entities such as: exploration licences, mining leases, mining permits, mineral closures, gas storage exploration permits, special licences for coal, special licences for salt and potash, special licences for geothermal resources, special licences for uranium and special licences for all minerals. Beginning with Version 7 of the database, all data is in the 6 degree Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) zone 20 projection using the North American Datum (NAD) 1983. This is a change from versions 1 - 6 which were in NAD27.

Disclaimer

The DATA is provided to the USER on an "as is" basis, without warranties of any kind, express or implied. The entire risk as to the quality and accuracy of the DATA is with the USER and the USER shall use his/her own judgment in making use of the DATA or drawing conclusions based upon it. DNR shall not be liable to the USER, his/her clients, servants, agents, contractors, assigns, or to any other person for any loss or damage of any kind including personal injury or death arising from the use of the DATA or accompanying written materials, or from errors, deficiencies or faults therein, whether such damage is caused by negligence or otherwise. If errors or omissions are found in the DATA, the USER will notify DNR. The terms and conditions of the license accompany the downloaded digital product.

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Format and Projection

Format ArcInfo Interchange Format (E00), DXF/DBF, ArcView 3.2a shape files (SHP) and TXT files compressed in self-extracting EXE/ZIP files (more information on data formats)
Size

E00 - 9.4 MB (compressed), 53 MB (uncompressed)
DXF/DBF - 2.4 MB (compressed), 29 MB (uncompressed)
SHP - 2.2 MB (compressed), 15.5 MB (uncompressed)
Projection The data is in six-degree Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection, Zone 20, Central Meridian 63° 00' West using the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83).

Downloading Instructions

The data files have been compressed using PKZIP into a single, self-extracting EXE file.

  1. Read the Licence before accepting the data.
  2. Download the self-extracting EXE file to the desired location on your hard drive.
  3. Double click or "RUN" the EXE file and the data files will be unzipped automatically.

The EXE file can also be opened in WinZip to view and extract the compressed files in the data set.

On UNIX platforms, the unzip command will extract the compressed files in the EXE.

All data sets are in six-degree Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 20 projection using the NAD83 datum. A readme file and a copy of the licence agreement are also included with each data set.

Download Digital Data Set DP ME 51