This report is one in a series of digital maps, data files, and
reports generated by the US Geological Survey to provide geologic
process and mineral resource information for the Interior Columbia
Basin Ecosystem Management Project (ICBEMP), a US Forst Service and
Bureau of Land Management interagency project. The various digital
maps and data files which were provided by the USGS, and which are
available in this and other reports, are being used in a GIS-based
ecosystem assessment which includes a comprehensive analysis of
past, present, and future ecosystem conditions within the general
area of the Columbia River Basin east of the Cascade Mountains.
Purpose:
The goal of the ICBEMP management strategy is to provide management
tools to sustain or restore ecosystem integrity and produce desired
condistions, uses, products, values, and services over the long
term. The intent of the project is to understand the ramifications
of management practices or distrubances both in the area subject to
the practice or disturbance as well as effects which may be removed,
in time and space, from the area.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1995
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.5
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -108.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.0
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.0
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Johnson, Bruce R
Contact_Organization: USGS-GEO-ERG-MRS
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
Mail Stop 954, USGS
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6051
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:bjohnson@usgs.gov
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: geology
Theme_Keyword: geologic maps
Theme_Keyword: bedrock geologic units
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Geologic Map Database Catalog themes, augmented
Theme_Keyword: 3400 - Graphical
Theme_Keyword: 3100 - Vector
Theme_Keyword: 3110 - ESRI
Theme_Keyword: 3112 - export
Theme_Keyword: 3430 - HPGL
Theme_Keyword: 1100 - Geology
Theme_Keyword: 1101 - General
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
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4 megabyte PDF representation of major bedrock lithologic units for
the Pacific Northwest.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PDF
Data_Set_Credit:
This product would not exist without the input of the many
geoscientists whose work was essential to making both state geologic
maps and mineral resources databases. This effort would not be
possible without those past products and others from the following
agencies: the US Geological Survey, the California Division of Mines
and Geology, the Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, the Montana Bureau
of Mines and Geology, the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, the
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, the Utah
Geological and Mineral Survey, the Geological Survey of Wyoming, and
the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.
USGS geologists, Thor Kiilsgaard and Fred Miller, provided useful
advice about regional geology and the identification of unlabeled
features on the published state geologic maps. Art Bookstrom, Steve
Box, Jim Evans, Tom Frost, and Michael Zientek, USGS geologists,
contributed to the development of the major lithology classification
scheme and to the classification of individual bedrock units for the
map.
We particularly acknowledge Patrick Geehan, the Bureau of Land
Management project coordinator for the Interior Columbia River Basin
Ecosystem Management Project, for recognizing the importance of
geology to ecosystem management and for supplying funds to digitize
the Washington, Idaho, and Montana state geologic maps.
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
The starting points for the major bedrock lithologic map and other derivative maps were the geologic maps of California (Jennings, 1977),
Idaho (Bond and Wood, 1978), Montana (Ross, Andress and Witkind,
1955), Nevada (Stewart and Carlson, 1978), Oregon (Walker and MacLeod,
1991), Utah (Hintze, 1980), Washington (Hunting and others, 1961), and
Wyoming (Love and Christiansen, 1985).
Completeness_Report: Complete
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The state geologic maps were processed digitally, as follows: the source material was scanned, the lines and polygons were edited and proofed, attributes were added and proofed, the maps were transformed from scanner units to geographic coordinates, and finally, map distortions were removed by rubber-sheeting.
Process_Date: unknown
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Creation of original metadata record
Mixed sequences of eugeosynclinal sedimentary rocks having abundant dark rock fragments and mafic minerals. Includes interlayered shale, siltstone, greywacke, conglomerate, and melange with subordinate mafic volcanic rock, chert, and calcareous rock.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Phyllite and schist
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Meta-sedimentary phyllite and schist. Fine-grained metamorphic rocks derived from shale, mudstone, and siltstone.
Dark-colored, medium- to coarse-grained, layered metamorphic rocks. Includes amphibolite.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: unclassified
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unknown map units
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: open water
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: areas of water
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: LITHIM.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition:
Geologic map units at specific locations (same attributes as polygon coverage LITHIM.PAT)
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0680
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: STATE-INT.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition: State boundaries
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0680
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ST
Attribute_Definition: State abbreviation
Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0680
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: CA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: California
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: CO
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Colorado
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: ID
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Idaho
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: MT
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Montana
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: NV
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Nevada
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: OR
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Oregon
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: UT
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Utah
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: WA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Washington
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: WY
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Wyoming
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Cindy Dean
Contact_Organization: Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 112 E. Poplar Street
City: Walla Walla
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 99362
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (509) 522-4030
Resource_Description: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-680
Distribution_Liability:
This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with US Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for desciptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the US Government.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ArcInfo export
Format_Version_Number:
Format_Information_Content: Geologic units and structural features