Locations of small-scale diamond and gold dredges detected using Synthetic Aperture Radar on the Kadéï (Sangha) River, Central African Republic
Description
This data release catalogs the locations of small-scale diamond and gold mining dredges on the Kadéï (Sangha) River, Central African Republic from the years 2015 to 2019. The Kadéï river flows through the Nola prefecture in the CAR and is known to host placer diamond deposits. The dataset was developed through visual interpretation of 387 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) scenes. The point shapefile contains 1,747 locations of vessels, identified by type as either a dredge, idle vessel, or ferry.
Resources
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Landing page for access to the data |
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FWFC7R |
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The metadata original format |
https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.63c02207d34e92aad3ce6581.xml |
Tags
- sar
- placer-deposit-mining
- usgs-63c02207d34e92aad3ce6581
- gold
- mining-and-mineral-extraction