map.InfoMine Help

The maps provided by this map interface are designed for general information purposes and are not intended for detailed GIS location information. All locations are approximate and cannot be guaranteed.

If you have more detailed location information for any of the properties listed on our map we encourage you to email them to us (please specify latitude & longitude to the nearest minute).

map.InfoMine has been designed to run with the default browser security settings.

We value your input as we continue to develop and improve map.InfoMine. If you have any suggestions or problems please email us.

• World View

• Refresh

• Zoom In

• Zoom Out

• Pan

• Identify

• Print
  
  

• Show Labels
  
  

• Large View

World View - Returns map to a view of the entire world.

Refresh - Refreshes map after you select different items from the legend. After you select/deselect any items in the legend you must click the Refresh button to regenerate the map and see your changes.

Note: some map layers are only available when you zoom in. If the text is 'grayed' out then that map layer is not available at your current view.

Zoom In - Zooms in centered on the point that you clicked on the map. To zoom in quickly click on a point on the map and drag your mouse to form a box around the area you wish to view.

Zoom Out - Zooms out centered on the point that you clicked on the map. The level of zoom out can be controled by dragging a zoom box out from a point on the map. A small box zooms out quickly and a large box zooms out gradually.

Pan - Redraws the map centered on the point that you clicked on the map. By clicking on the edge of the map you can pan in any direction.

Identify - To go to the page on InfoMine for a particular property you must first click on the Identify button and then click on the property symbol on the map. The property page on the InfoMine website will appear in a separate window.

Print - Makes a page of the current map view, including the map legend, which has been specially formatted for easy printing. If you have set the map to 'Large View' it is recommend that you use the "Portrait" layout when printing the page.

Show Labels - Labels for Properties, Cities & Towns, and Contours can be turned off by deselecting 'Show Labels'.

Large View - If you are viewing the map on a monitor with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels or greater select 'Large View' to view a larger version of the map

• Properties
• World
• Geology

To turn on or off a map layer simply select/deselect the tick box beside the layer and click on Refresh. Most map layers can be selected in the legend at all zoom levels but some layers will not plot on the map until you zoom in. If the text for a map layer is 'grayed' out then that layer is not available at your current view. All selected map layers will appear on the map automatically as you zoom in.

Properties

Only properties listed on InfoMine db with latitude and longitude information are available on map.InfoMine. The map currently has approximately 3,900 property locations available to be plotted on the map from our database of over 9,500 properties. Additional properties are being added as we obtain location information.

Search Results -

• This layer is only available if you have accessed map.InfoMine from an individual Property Page, Advanced Search results page, or Preset Property Search link. The properties listed in the Search Result layer will remain as long as you keep the same mapping session open.
  
  

• Please Note: Ensure that your browser has COOKIES enabled while using the Search Results feature. Also note that if you do not click on the map for over 20 minutes the map session will automatically expire and you will have to reload the entire map application.
  
  

• To make your own custom Advanced Search click here. Map Search Results are only available when you select List Results by: "Property" in the Advanced Search.
  
  

• To select properties to map simply check the tick boxes beside each property. You can select to map all properties in your search result by using the 'Select All' option. A gray box indicates that we do not have latitude and longitude information for the property and it is not available on the map.

Property Status -

• All properties available on map.InfoMine are listed as separate property layers split up by status (Producer, Past Producer, Exploration, Raw Prospect & Unknown).

Property Labels -

• Property names are placed beside the properties automatically but if two names collide only one name will be displayed. Property labels for the Search Results layer appear at all zoom levels. Labels for the properties listed by Status only appear when you zoom in.
  
  

• Hint: If you have difficulty determining which property names apply to which points on the map zoom in to increase the distance between the properties.

Accessing Property Reports -

• To access the InfoMine db report for a property you must use the Identify function described above. After you click on the Identify button you can click on a property and the InfoMine db property report page for that property will be displayed in a new window.
  
  

• Hint: You must click on the symbol for the property and not the property name. If you click on a point on the map where several property symbols are close together an Identify Results page will appear listing the links to the InfoMine property reports.

Property Location Accuracy -

• Please note that the location of a property is often based on a distance and direction from a landmark, which is often only approximate. This information is used to calculate the latitude and longitude for the property and may result in a wide margin of error.

If you have more detailed location information for any of the properties listed on our map we encourage you to email them to us (please specify latitude & longitudes to the nearest minute).

World

The majority of the world layers are only available when you zoom in on a particular area. Certain layers have labels that appear when you zoom in further. The various layers have been set to turn on a different zoom levels to keep the information presented on the map to a manageable level. Layers will appear as available (i.e. not be 'grayed' out) when you are at the required zoom level for the layer even if no data is available. For details on the world coverage of specific layers see the notes on layers below.

All the world layers are from data sets that have been released to the public from a number of organizations. The information has not been verified and the accuracy varies significantly for different regions of the world.

Notes on the specific world layers:

• Countries - Country borders including coastal outlines are included in this layer.
  
  

• Prov/States - Province/States are only available for Canada, USA, Australia and Brazil.
  
  

• Cities & Towns - Coverage is for the majority of the world but our data set does not allow for a breakdown based on the size of the city or town. This results in areas with a number of small settlements to appear more urbanized that they are. Labels for Cities & Towns appear when you zoom in to a small area but not all points have labels available.
  
  

• Highways & Roads - All highways and roads are represented with the same symbol as a breakdown of the type of road is not available in our data set. The quality of what our data set defines as roads varies greatly depending on what area of the world you are viewing. Coverage is for the majority of the world.
  
  

• Rail - Rail coverage is for the majority of the world but the date of the data varies considerably for different parts of the world.
  
  

• Rivers, Lakes & Glaciers - All rivers, lakes and glaciers are represented with the same colour as a breakdown is not possible in our data set. Coverage is for the majority of the world with the most notable exceptions being parts of northern Canada, northern Russia, and China.
  
  

• Contours (1,000ft) - Contours only appear when you zoom into a small area. It is the last layer to turn on when zooming in. Only contour intervals of 1,000 feet are available. Labels automatically appear, if space permits, beside the contour to indicate elevation. If you do not see a contour label zoom in to increase the distance between the contour lines allowing labels to be presented. Coverage is for most of the world with the most notable exceptions being parts of the high Andes, northern Russia, Mexico and China.
  
  

• Urban Areas - Major urban areas for most parts of the industrialized world are covered by this layer. Using this layer in conjuncture with the Cities & Towns layers helps identify the major cities in an area.

If you have any suggestions on which world layers you would like to see added please email us.

Geology

The Generalized World Geology layer is based on GSC Open File 2915d Generalized Geological Map of the World and Linked Databases, 1995. It is reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2002 and Courtesy of Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada.

The world geology is meant to provide a broad view of global geological patterns and act as a quick reference to determine the general age and type of rocks in a region. The geological map is NOT intended for any type of quantitative analysis, because much detail was omitted, and units were grouped and simplified in the process of generalization. The source map was originally prepared at scales approximating the 1:35 million scale. The high level of generalization must be kept in mind when zooming in to small areas on the map.

Rock Age and Rock Type definitions are all based on the descriptions provided in GSC Open File 2915d Generalized Geological Map of the World.

Rock Age

Rock Ages have been grouped from the GSC Generalized Geological Map of the World data source as their breakdown of Late, Middle and Early is not available for all parts on the world.

• Recent - Includes Holocene and Recent. This age is rarely used; more often lumped with Cenozoic.
  
  
• Cenozoic - Includes Late Cenozoic (Quaternary, Pleistocene), Middle Cenozoic (Neogene, Pliocene, Miocene) and Early Cenozoic (Paleogene; Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene).
  
  
• Mesozoic - Includes Cretaceous, Jurassic and Triassic.
  
  
• Paleozoic - Includes Late Paleozoic (Carboniferous, Permian), Middle Paleozoic (Silurian, Devonian), and Late Paleozoic (Cambrian, Ordovician)
  
  
• Proterozoic - Cover rocks from about 540 Ma to 2580 Ma.
  
  
• Archean - Covers rocks older than 2580 Ma (Some tracts tagged as Archean probably contain younger rocks, especially intrusions).
  
  
• Precambrian - Undivided Precambrian.
  
  
• Unclassified - Uncertain.
  
  

Rock Type

Rock Types are not displayed on the map until you zoom in at approximately continental level.

• Sedimentary - Mainly sedimentary rocks
  
  
• Volcanic - Mainly volcanic rocks (may include hypabyssal intrusions).
  
  
• Mixed Volcanic & Sedimentary - Mixed volcanic, volcaniclastic and sedimentary rocks. This designation includes Precambrian iron-formation-bearing sedimentary and volcanic sequences, as well as mixed sedimentary and volcanic or volcaniclastic sequences.
  
  
• Plutons - Deep-seated to high-level intrusions are included. Charnockites, anorthosites, and large ophiolites, classified as plutons, are included. Ophiolites were classified as plutons, even where remnants may be extrusive and/or sedimentary.
  
  
• Intrusive & Metamorphic - Intrusive and metamorphic terranes. Mixtures of metamorphic and intrusive or plutonic rocks, tracts known as crystalline, migmatitic terranes, moderately to highly metamorphosed rocks of unknown origin with or without intrusions. The data source notes that this classification is inherently prone to variable interpretation, as other compilers might distinguish some packages by their metamorphic or gneissic protoliths, and the associated age ranges may be more variable.
  
  
• Tectonic Assemblages - Tectonic assemblages, schist belts, melanges. Rocks distinguished in compilation sources primarily as part of a tectonic assemblage, belts of schist and mylonite of mixed parentage, and tectonic melanges.
  
  
• Ice - Ice cap of major significance.
  
  
• Unclassified - Used rarely, only where it is unlikely that rock-type information could not be found in available maps or literature to revise uncertain or incorrect assignments.