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Digital geologic map of the Roswell Resource Area, New Mexico

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information
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Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Edward J. LaRock

Originator: Samuel L. Moore

Publication_Date: 1992

Title: Digital geologic map of the Roswell Resource Area, New Mexico

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 92-328

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1992/ofr-92-0328/>

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Geologic Map Database Catalog themes, augmented
Theme_Keyword: 3100 - Vector
Theme_Keyword: 3110 - ESRI
Theme_Keyword: 3112 - export
Theme_Keyword: 1100 - Geology
Theme_Keyword: 1101 - General

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4, version 1.0
Place_Keyword: US35 = New Mexico

Description:

Abstract:: This geologic map was prepared for a report on the mineral and energy resource potential of the Roswell Resource Area that is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (Bartsch-Winkler, 1992). Geologic map information was compiled, modified, and digitized at 1:500,000 scale from the New Mexico Highway Map (1982).
Purpose:: To provide to the public a digital geologic map of the Roswell resource area, New Mexico.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1992

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -106.5
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -103.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.8
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.0

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Native_Data_Set_Environment: ARC/INFO 5.0 software

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

This geologic map was prepared for a report on the mineral and energy resource potential of the Roswell Resource Area that is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (Bartsch-Winkler, 1992). Geologic map information was compiled, modified, and digitized at 1:500,000 scale from the New Mexico Highway Map (1982).

Completeness_Report: Complete

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bartsch-Winkler, Susan, ed.

Publication_Date: 1992

Title:

Mineral and energy resources of the BLM Roswell Resource Area, east-central New Mexico

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 92-0261

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1992

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Bartsch-Winkler (1992)

Source_Contribution: Digital geologic map was digitized information in this report.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Geologic data was transferred onto a 1:500,000-scale stable greenline base with a Lambert Conformal Conic projection and digitized from the greenline base using GSMAP 6 (Selner and Taylor, 1989). The digital line data was then transferred to ARC/INFO via GSMARC 1.0 (Green and Selner, 1988). Geologic polygons were built using ARC 5.0 to produce the final color geologic map for publication. Geologic data was modified from the New Mexico Highway Geologic Map (New Mexico Geological Society,1982) according to the following:
Quaternary gravels in Carrizozo Valley were remapped as Quaternary and Tertiary intermountain gravels. Tertiary intrusive dikes contained in the Tertiary volcanic flows of the Sierra Blanca area on the southwest part of the Roswell area were omitted for simplicity. Near the west edge of the Tertiary volcanic flows, a Tertiary intrusive stock and an outcrop of associated Cretaceous sedimentary rocks were deleted, because they were not located during fieldwork by Moore. Subdivided Cretaceous units on the New Mexico Highway Map have been modified to include two units -- KTru, that includes the Pajarito Shale, Mesa Rica Sandstone, and Tucumcari Shale; and Kmmd, that includes the Redondo Sandstone, and the Mesaverde, Mancos, and Dakota Formations. In the northeastern corner of the Roswell geologic map, Ku represents only the Dakota Sandstone, and in the Ruidoso-Capitan area, Ku represents the undifferentiated Dakota, Mancos, and Mesaverde Formations. The San Andres Formation and the Glorieta Sandstone (Psg) crops out in the northwestern corner of the Roswell Resource Area. Abo, Hueco, Yeso, and Bursum Formations are undivided (Pu). The Bonito Fault in Lincoln County was not extended into the Capitan intrusive as indicated on the New Mexico Highway Map, and the southwestern extent of the Sixmile Buckle was omitted owing to lack of surface evidence. Most minor faults were deleted for simplicity, but a small fault cutting the Santa Rosa Sandstone was added along U.S. Highway 84 west of Santa Rosa.
Process_Date: unknown

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: vector

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: RBLM.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition: The Roswell BLM Resource Area geologic map data base
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-92-0328

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: P1

Attribute_Definition: Numerical value for map unit

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-92-0328

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 50

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CHAR

Attribute_Definition: Abbreviated name of map unit

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-92-0328

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qal
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Alluvium and gravel, colluvium, loess, dune, pediment, and terrace deposits (Quaternary)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qb
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Basalt flows (Quaternary)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qt
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: High-terrace gravel and pediment deposits (Quaternary)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: QTg
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Intermountain gravel of northern Tularosa Valley (Quaternary and Tertiary)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: To
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Ogallala Formation (Tertiary)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tis
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alkalic intrusive stocks and laccoliths (Tertiary)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tv
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Volcanic flows, Sierra Blanca Igneous Complex, and dike swarms (Tertiary)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: TKc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cub Mountain Formation (Tertiary and Cretaceous)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Kmmd
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Mesaverde Formation, Mancos Shale, and Dakota(?) Sandstone (Cretaceous)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: KTRu
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cretaceous and Triassic, undifferentiated

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Jm
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Morrison Formation (Jurassic)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Je
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Exeter Sandstone (Jurassic)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Jme
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Morrison Formation and Exeter Sandstone, undivided

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: TRc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Chinle Formation (Triassic)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: TRs
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Santa Rosa Sandstone (Triassic)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: TRcs
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Chinle Formation and Santa Rosa Sandstone, undivided

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mzu
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Mesozoic rocks--Cretaceous, Jurassic, and Triassic rocks, undivided

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pds
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Dewey Lake, Rustler, and Salado Formations (Permian)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pa
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Artesia Group (Permian)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Psg
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: San Andres Formation and Glorieta Sandstone (Permian)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pu
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Permian, undivided

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pu
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Pennsylvanian rocks, undivided

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: MCu
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mississippian through Cambrian rocks, undivided

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: pCu
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Precambrian rocks, undivided

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: BALL
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Structure ball symbol

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: P-SYMBOL

Attribute_Definition: unknown

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-92-0328

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 174

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: E_SYMBOL

Attribute_Definition: unknown

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-92-0328

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2
Range_Domain_Maximum: 865

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: RBLM.AAT
Entity_Type_Definition: Linear geologic features (No attribute definitions given)
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-92-0328

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: RBLM.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition:: Geologic map units at specific locations (same attributes as polygon coverage RBLM.PAT)
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-92-0328

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: SINK.AAT
Entity_Type_Definition:: Database that creates the sinkhole near Santa Rosa (No attribute definitions given)
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-92-0328

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USGS Information Services

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing
Address: Box 25286, Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80255-0046
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 1-303-202-4695

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: infoservices@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: USGS Open-File Report 92-328

Distribution_Liability:

This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) editorial standard nor with the North American stratigraphic codes. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the USGS. Although these data have been used by the USGS and have been successfully imported into data base programs, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to how successfully or accurately the data can be imported into any specific application software running on any specific hardware platform. The fact of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in connection therewith.

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