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Digital mineral resource maps of phosphate and natural aggregate for the Pacific Northwest: a contribution to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Arthur A. Bookstrom

Originator: Gary L. Raines

Originator: Bruce R. Johnson

Publication_Date: 1995

Title:

Digital mineral resource maps of phosphate and natural aggregate for the Pacific Northwest: a contribution to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 95-681

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/of95-681/>

Description:

Abstract:: 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: Bookstrom, Arthur A
Contact_Organization: USGS-GEO-WRG-MRS

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: W 904 Riverside Avenue
City: Spokane
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 99201
Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 509-368-3119

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: abookstrom@usgs.gov

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: geology
Theme_Keyword: geologic maps
Theme_Keyword: nonmetallic mineral resources
Theme_Keyword: phosphorus
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: 1400 - Resources
Theme_Keyword: 1402 - Nonmetals
Theme_Keyword: 3110 - ESRI
Theme_Keyword: 3112 - export
Theme_Keyword: 3430 - HPGL

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4
Place_Keyword: US06 = California
Place_Keyword: US16 = Idaho
Place_Keyword: US30 = Montana
Place_Keyword: US41 = Oregon
Place_Keyword: US49 = Utah
Place_Keyword: US56 = Wyoming
Place_Keyword: US53 = Washington
Place_Keyword: US32 = Nevada

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. 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. We also acknowledge James D. Bliss for his helpful review of this report.

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The sources of geologic information for the phophate and natural aggregate 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

Process_Date: 20121126

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jennifer Lenz
Contact_Organization: US Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing
Address: 12201 Surise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 918
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6974

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6560

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Jennings, C.W.

Publication_Date: 1977

Title: Geologic map of California

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: California Division of Mines and Geology
Issue_Identification: Map No. 2

Source_Scale_Denominator: 750000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1977

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Jennings (1977)

Source_Contribution: Source of geologic information of California

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bond, J.G.

Originator: Wood, C.H.

Publication_Date: 1978

Title: Geologic map of Idaho

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publisher: Idaho Department of Lands, Bureau of Mines and Geology

Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1978

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Bond and Wood (1978)

Source_Contribution: Source of geologic information of Idaho

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Ross, C.P.

Originator: Andres, D.A.

Originator: Witkind, I.J.

Publication_Date: 1955

Title: Geologic map of Montana

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publisher: U.S. Geological Ssurvey

Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1955

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Ross, Andres, and Witkind (1955)

Source_Contribution: Source of geologic information of Montana

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Stewart, J.H.

Originator: Carlson, J.E.

Publication_Date: 1978

Title: Geologic map of Nevada

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publisher: U.S. Geological Ssurvey

Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1978

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Stewart and Carlson (1978)

Source_Contribution: Source of geologic information of Nevada

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Walker, G.W.

Originator: MacLeod, N.S.

Publication_Date: 1991

Title: Geologic map of Oregon

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publisher: U.S. Geological Ssurvey

Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1991

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Walker and MacLeod (1991)

Source_Contribution: Source of geologic information of Oregon

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Hintze, L.F.

Publication_Date: 1980

Title: Geologic map of Utah

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publisher: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1980

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Hintze (1980)

Source_Contribution: Source of geologic information of Utah

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Hunting, M.T.

Originator: Bennet, W.A.

Originator: Livingston, V.E.

Originator: Moen, W.S.

Publication_Date: 1961

Title: Geologic map of Washington

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publisher:: Washington Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology

Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1961

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Hunting and others (1961)

Source_Contribution: Source of geologic information of Washington

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Love, J.D.

Originator: Christiansen, Ann Coe

Publication_Date: 1985

Title: Geologic map of Wyoming

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publisher: U.S. Geological Ssurvey

Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1985

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Love and Christiansen (1985)

Source_Contribution: Source of geologic information of Wyoming

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Johnson, B.R.

Originator: Raines, G.L.

Publication_Date: 1995

Title:

Digital map of major lithologic bedrock units for the Pacific Northwest: a contribution to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 95-680

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1995

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Johnson and Raines (1995)

Source_Contribution: Composite geologic map of the Pacific Northwest

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: vector

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 43.0
Standard_Parallel: 48.0
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -117.0
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 41.0
False_Easting: 0
False_Northing: 700000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: MRPHOS.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition: Presence of phosphate mineral resources
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0681

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PHOS

Attribute_Definition: Map units which contain phosphate mineral resources

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0681

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: H
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Includes 'Permian phophatic sandstone, mudstone, and chert of southeastern Idaho' (Phosphoria, Shedhord, and Park City formations) in Idaho; 'Permina undivided, mainly Phosphoria Formation' in Montana; and 'Permian Phosphoria Formation and related rocks of the Shedhord Sandsonte and the Park City Formation' in Wyoming.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: M
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Includes 'Park City Formation' and 'Goose Egg Formation' (which contains phosphate according to USGS Circular 297) in Wyoming; and 'Phosphoria and Park City formations' in Utah.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERMIS

Attribute_Definition: Permissive for the presence of phophate mineral resources

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0681

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: P
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Permissive for the presence of phosphate mineral resources

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FAVOR

Attribute_Definition: Favorable for the presence of phosphate mineral resources

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0681

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: F
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Favorable for the presence of phosphate mineral resources

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: MRPHOS.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition:: Presence of phosphate mineral resources at specific location (same attributes as polygon coverage MRPHOS)
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0681

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: SG.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition: Sand and gravel map
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0681

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SG

Attribute_Definition: Sand and gravel units

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0681

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: W
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Open water

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: fg
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: fair to good favorable area - gravel, sand, and silt; relatively well sorted, unweathered, and unconsolidated

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: fp
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Fair to poor permissive area - silt, sand, and gravel; poorly sorted, weathered, and/or partly consolidated

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: san
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Permissive area - sand only; dune or wind blown sand

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: (blank) or state abbreviations (wa, id, mt, wy, ut, nv, ca, or)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No potential for significant sand or gravel

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STREAM

Attribute_Definition: Location of stream

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0681

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: in
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: within 250 meters of stream mapped at 1:2,000,000

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: (blank)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: More than 250 meters from stream

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CITY

Attribute_Definition: City or town location

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0691

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: in
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Populated area; no significant sand or gravel development is likely

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: buf
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: Area outside, but within 15 km of city or town with population greater than 20,000

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: (blank)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:: More than 15 km from city or town with population greater than 20,000

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SUM
Attribute_Definition:: Redefined item that combines attributes SG, STREAM, and CITY into one attribute.
Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0681

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: SG.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition:: Sand and gravel deposits at specific locations (same attributes as polygon coverage SG.PAT)
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0681

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: STATE-INT.AAT
Entity_Type_Definition: State boundaries
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0681

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ST

Attribute_Definition: State abbreviation

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-95-0683

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 95-681

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.

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