Locations and numbers of past producing metal and coal mining projects in NW US and Canada. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Sergeant, C., E. Sexton, J. Moore, A. Westwood, S. Nagorski, J. Ebersole, D.M. Chambers, S.L. O'Neal, R.L. Malison, R. Hauer, D.C. Whited, J. Weitz, J. Caldwell, M. Capito, M. Connor, C.A. Frissell, G. Knox, E.D. Lowery, R. Macnair, V. Marlatt, J. McIntyre, M.V. McPhee, and N. Skuce. Risks of mining to salmonid-bearing watersheds. Science Advances. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington, DC, USA, 8(26): eabn0929, (2022).