Key:resource

Description
Indicates the resource or mineral commodity related to a feature. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: landuse
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesmay be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Documented values: 4
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Status: de facto
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General

This list contains possible values for the resource tag. Editors should keep in mind the complexity, vagaries and contradictions of the resources industry. For example, heavy mineral sands mines provide the ore for a number of metals including titanium which comes from the mineral rutile. Rutile from the same mine may also be used as an industrial mineral (white pigment). So do you call it a heavy mineral sands, titanium or rutile mine? In this case I suggest listing rutile and the other mineral ores produced (commonly ilmenite and zircon).

Wikipedia was the main reference for this list.

List for quick reference (cover most mines)

Tag Image Description Wikipedia
=aggregate option includes clay, sand, pebble, gravel, crushed stone, recycled concrete and others, which may be used if it is a single resource construction aggregate
=bauxite option aluminium ore bauxite
=basalt option basalt Basalt
=clay option clay from clay pits are used to make pottery and bricks. Old clay pits are often filled with water for recreational purposes. clay
=coal option includes black coal, brown coal (lignite), anthracite, coking coal, steam coal. Peat is separated. It was discussed in the forum that coal should not be further distinguished. coal
=copper option copper
=dimension_stone option includes building stone, construction stone dimension stone
=gold option gold
=ilmenite option common mineral in heavy mineral sands mine ilmenite
=iron_ore option includes hematite, magnetite, limonite, goethite and siderite iron ore
=lead option lead
=limestone option includes chalk limestone
=nickel option nickel
=rutile option common mineral in heavy mineral sands mine rutile
=salt option salt
=silver option silver
=tin option tin
=zinc option zinc
=zircon option common mineral in heavy mineral sands mine, main ore of Zirconium zircon

More comprehensive list

There are a number of metals not listed because they are only produced as a by-product. There are a large number of industrial minerals. Some major ones are listed below and more can be added. This list doesn't contain the already mentioned resources (quick reference list).

Tag Image Description Wikipedia
=antimony option antimony
=arsenic option arsenic
=asbestos option asbestos
=barite option industrial mineral and ore of barium baryte
=bastnäsite option ore of a number of rare earth elements (REE) bastnäsite
=bentonite option bentonite
=beryl option beryl
=bismuth option mostly produced as a by product bismuth
=bitumen option bitumen
=borax option industrial mineral borax
=boron option boron
=bromide bromide
=caesium option caesium
=chromite option ore of chromium chromite
=cobalt option cobalt
=diamond option includes gem or industrial diamonds diamond
=diatomite option also known as Diatomaceous earth or Kieselgur diatomite
=dolomite option dolomite
=feldspar option feldspar
=fluorite option fluorite
=garnet option garnet
=granite option a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture granite
=graphite option graphite
=gypsum option gypsum
=iodine option from caliche deposits iodine
=jade option jade
=kaolinite option kaolinite
=lanthanum option main ores are monazite and bastnäsite lanthanum
=lithium option lithium
=magnesite option industrial mineral and ore of magnesium magnesite
=magnesium option magnesium
=manganese option manganese
=marble option marble
=mercury option main ore is cinnabar mercury
=mica option mica
=molybdenite option main ore of Molydbenum molybdenite
=monazite option ore for a number of rare earth elements (REE) monazite
=niobium option niobium
=oil_sand oil sands
=oil_shale option oil shale
=opal option opal
=palladium option palladium
=peat option peat
=perlite option perlite
=phosphate phosphate
=potash option potash
=platinum option platinum
=radium option radium
=ruby option ruby
=rubidium option rubidium
=sapphire option sapphire
=scandium option scandium
=silica option including quartz silicon dioxide
=sodium carbonate option sodium carbonate
=spongolite option spongolite
=strontium option strontium
=sulphur option sulphur
=talc option talc
=terbium option terbium
=tantalum option tantalum
=topaz option topaz
=tungsten option ores include wolframite and scheelite tungsten
=uranium option includes yellow cake uranium
=vanadium option vanadium
=vermiculite option vermiculite
=wollastonite option wollastonite
=yttrium option yttrium
=zeolite option zeolite

Others/differentiation

  • Base metals, don't use, list as individual metals; e.g. lead;zinc;silver
  • Chromium, list as chromite which is the only ore of chromium
  • Heavy mineral sand, list as individual minerals; e.g. ilmenite;rutile;zircon
  • Iron, see iron_ore
  • Molybdenum, see molybdenite
  • REE, rare earth elements list individual minerals/metals where possible
  • Titanium, use rutile
  • Zirconium, use zircon

See also

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