DRC Statistics: Mines in the United States

State	Number of Mineral Sites/Mines
ALABAMA	4546
ALASKA	8407
ARIZONA	11231
ARKANSAS	4214
CALIFORNIA	30695
COLORADO	17248
CONNECTICUT	774
DELAWARE	35
DIST OF COLUMBIA	25
FLORIDA	985
GEORGIA	2311
HAWAII	60
IDAHO	9464
ILLINOIS	2042
INDIANA	1008
IOWA	4931
KANSAS	180
KENTUCKY	2778
LOUISIANA	594
MAINE	1408
MARYLAND	794
MASSACHUSETTS	663
MICHIGAN	2619
MINNESOTA	1753
MISSISSIPPI	1052
MISSOURI	14750
MONTANA	8531
NEBRASKA	85
NEVADA	10703
NEW HAMPSHIRE	616
NEW JERSEY	829
NEW MEXICO	8617
NEW YORK	2215
NORTH CAROLINA	3852
NORTH DAKOTA	1398
OHIO	1306
OKLAHOMA	4955
OREGON	8800
PENNSYLVANIA	4107
RHODE ISLAND	74
SOUTH CAROLINA	1075
SOUTH DAKOTA	2128
TENNESSEE	3304
TEXAS	2813
UTAH	9403
VERMONT	668
VIRGINIA	4106
WASHINGTON	9842
WEST VIRGINIA	1614
WISCONSIN	5749
WYOMING	5789

DRC Statistics: Top 20 Countries with mines

Country	Number of Mineral Sites/Mines
USA	227353
AUSTRALIA	75775
CHILE	3990
MEXICO	3061
PERU	2785
ARGENTINA	2361
BRAZIL	1897
RUSSIA	1367
BOLIVIA	1359
CANADA	1281
CHINA PR	1144
INDIA	792
COLOMBIA	709
ECUADOR	634
VENEZUELA	616
SOUTH AFRICA	600
GUYANA	581
PUERTO RICO	543
COSTA RICA	450
CUBA	434

DRC Statistics: Number of Mineral sites/Mines by Country

Country	Number of Mineral Sites/Mines
AFGHANISTAN	33
ALBANIA	37
ALGERIA	45
ANGOLA	13
ANTARCTICA	2
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	6
ARGENTINA	2361
ARMENIA	19
AUSTRALIA	75775
AUSTRIA	34
AZERBAIJAN	11
BAHAMAS	6
BAHRAIN	1
BANGLADESH	3
BARBADOS	1
BELARUS	4
BELGIUM	22
BELIZE	9
BENIN	2
BOLIVIA	1359
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	7
BOTSWANA	35
BRAZIL	1897
BRIT PAC. ISLANDS	5
BULGARIA	29
BURKINA FASO	6
BURMA	112
BURUNDI	6
CAMBODIA	44
CAMEROON	10
CANADA	1281
CAYMAN ISLANDS	1
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	2
CHILE	3990
CHINA PR	1144
CHRISTMAS ISLAND	2
COLOMBIA	709
CONGO REPUBLIC	10
COSTA RICA	450
CROATIA	1
CUBA	434
CYPRUS	13
CZECH REPUBLIC	33
DENMARK	1
DOMINICA	3
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	100
ECUADOR	634
EGYPT	115
EL SALVADOR	39
ESTONIA	4
ETHIOPIA	37
FIJI	4
FINLAND	70
FRANCE	176
FRENCH GUIANA	167
FRENCH PACIFIC IS.	20
FRENCH POLYNESIA	1
GABON	15
GAMBIA	1
GEORGIA-FSU	22
GERMANY	165
GHANA	68
GREECE	63
GREENLAND	13
GUADELOUPE	37
GUATEMALA	193
GUINEA	22
GUYANA	581
HAITI	66
HONDURAS	263
HONG KONG	3
HUNGARY	39
ICELAND	1
INDIA	792
INDONESIA	104
IRAN	302
IRAQ	48
IRELAND (EIRE)	18
ISRAEL	15
ITALY	140
IVORY COAST	26
JAMAICA	347
JAPAN	412
JORDAN	13
KAZAKHSTAN	262
KENYA	21
KOREA PDR (North)	15
KOREA R (South)	117
KRYGYZSTAN	33
KYRGYZSTAN	7
LAOS	236
LEBANON	1
LESOTHO	2
LIBERIA	19
LIBYA	2
LITHUANIA	1
LUXEMBOURG	3
MACEDONIA	2
MADAGASCAR	63
MALAWI	11
MALAYSIA	105
MALI	22
MARTINIQUE	8
MAURITANIA	10
MEXICO	3061
MONGOLIA	12
MONTENEGRO	3
MONTSERRAT	3
MOROCCO	112
MOZAMBIQUE	28
NAMIBIA	57
NAURU	2
NEPAL	3
NETH. ANTILLES	3
NETHERLANDS	14
NEW CALEDONIA	48
NEW ZEALAND	199
NICARAGUA	60
NIGER	12
NIGERIA	15
NORWAY	80
OMAN	4
OTHER PAC. IS, NEC.	6
PAKISTAN	48
PANAMA	275
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	74
PARAGUAY	48
PERU	2785
PHILIPPINES	320
POLAND	63
PORTUGAL	26
PUERTO RICO	543
QATAR	1
ROMANIA	57
RUSSIA	1367
RWANDA	2
SAUDI ARABIA	34
SENEGAL	8
SERBIA	17
SIERRA LEONE	22
SINGAPORE	1
SLOVAKIA	21
SLOVENIA	3
SOLOMON ISLANDS	3
SOMALIA	165
SOUTH AFRICA	600
SPAIN	141
SRI LANKA	9
ST. CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS	8
ST. LUCIA	10
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	1
SUDAN	12
SURINAM	115
SWAZILAND	11
SWEDEN	82
SWITZERLAND	3
SYRIA	5
TAIWAN (ROC)	37
TAJIKISTAN	31
TANZANIA	58
THAILAND	216
TOGO	6
TR. TERR. PAC. IS.	1
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	1
TRUST TERRITORY OF PACIFIC ISLANDS	1
TUNISIA	47
TURKEY	189
TURKMENISTAN	6
UA EMIRATES	1
UGANDA	24
UKRAINE	121
UNITED KINGDOM	91
UPPER VOLTA	7
URUGUAY	270
USA	227353
UZBEKISTAN	58
VENEZUELA	616
VIETNAM	28
VIRGIN ISLANDS	16
WESTERN SAHARA	2
YUGOSLAVIA	79
ZAIRE	63
ZAMBIA	90
ZIMBABWE	203

Features of Digital Rockhound's Companion

The Digital Rockhound's Companion 2.0 is a database application that is the compilation of a lifetime's interest in rock hounding. I designed this application for my personal use and I actively use the application to maintain my mineral collection.

The focus of the application is provide location information for mineral collecting sites and mines and cross-reference against reported mineral occurrences and also against specimens in your mineral collection. Having more specific information about a mineral location adds interest and value to a specimen.

and now blog your mineral collection on Blogger!

Databases include:

• Mining database with over 400,000 locations for North America and the world
• Mineralogy database with over 3800 species.
• Geographic Place Names database for the United states
• Mineral Collection database allowing you to store your personal collection.
• Search minerals from the Periodic Table.
• Links to Online Mineral databases like Athena, Mindat, and WebMineral.

Add/ModifyData:

• Add your own mineral occurrences to mining locations.
• Add online URL links to online mine resources.
• Add your personal mineral collecting locations.
• Add Images to mineral specimen data.
• Find and organize mineral images from the Internet
• Find and download mine Images from Google.com.

Manage your Personal Mineral Collection:

• Mineral collection catalog to organize your collection. Screen
• Print labels and index report for your mineral specimens.
• Manage the location where specimens are stored.
• Catalog your Mineralogical Record and Rock and Mineral Magazine collections.
  

Digital Mapping:

• Includes digital street maps for all of the United States circa 1995.
• Create digital street maps of mine locations.
• Display mine locations on Google Maps and Terra Server. 

Blog using Blogger:

• Integrated Blogger publisher.
• Post your Mineral Collection to Blogger blog
  
• Post your favorite mine to your Blogger blog
• Post your  mine search to your Blogger blog
• Post your  mineral search to your Blogger blog
• Post your  place name search to your Blogger blog