Metadata:
  Identification_Information:
    Citation:
      Citation_Information:
        Originator: Keith A. Howard
        Originator: Michael L. Dennis
        Originator: Karl Karlstrom
        Originator: Geoffrey A. Phelps
        Publication_Date: 1997
        Title: Preliminary geologic map of the Little Piute Mountains, California: A digital database
        Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
        Series_Information:
          Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
          Issue_Identification: 97-693
        Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/of97-693/
    Description:
      Abstract:
        The Little Piute Mountains in the eastern Mojave Desert expose a series
        of folds and thrust faults involving metamorphosed Paleozoic strata (Miller
        and others, 1982; Stone and others, 1983).  The Little Piute Mountains Digital database contains digital geologic and geographic information for the study area.  The geology was mapped at a scale of 1:8,000, and the topographic information was input from the Little Piute Mountains, CA 1:24,000 quadrangle.
      Purpose: To provide a digital database of a geologic map of the Little Piute Mountains, California to the public.
    Time_Period_of_Content:
      Time_Period_Information:
        Single_Date/Time:
          Calendar_Date: 1997
      Currentness_Reference: publication date
    Status:
      Progress: Complete
      Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
    Spatial_Domain:
      Bounding_Coordinates:
        West_Bounding_Coordinate: -115.1
        East_Bounding_Coordinate: -115.0
        North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.7
        South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.6
    Access_Constraints: none
    Use_Constraints: none
    Keywords:
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
        Theme_Keyword: geology
        Theme_Keyword: geologic maps
        Theme_Keyword: bedrock geologic units
        Theme_Keyword: geologic structure
        Theme_Keyword: metamorphic rocks
        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: 3420 - PostScript
        Theme_Keyword: 3110 - ESRI
        Theme_Keyword: 3111 - coverage
        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
        Place_Keyword: f06071 = San Bernardino
    Point_of_Contact:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Person_Primary:
          Contact_Person: Howard, Keith A
          Contact_Organization: USGS-GEO-WRG-NGM
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: mailing and physical address
          Address:
            Mail Stop 975, USGS
            345 Middlefield Road
          City: Menlo Park
          State_or_Province: CA
          Postal_Code: 94025
          Country: US
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 650-329-4943
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: khoward@usgs.gov
    Native_Data_Set_Environment: ARC/INFO version 7.0.3
  Data_Quality_Information:
    Logical_Consistency_Report:
      The geology was mapped at a scale of 1:8,000, and the topographic
      information was input from the Little Piute Mountains, CA 1:24,000
      quadrangle.
    Completeness_Report: Complete surficial geology map.
    Lineage:
      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: Bishop, C.,B.
            Publication_Date: 1964
            Title: Needles sheet: Geologic Map of California
            Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: California Division of Mines and Geology
              Issue_Identification: Olaf P. Jenkins edition
        Source_Scale_Denominator: 250000
        Type_of_Source_Media: paper
        Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Single_Date/Time:
              Calendar_Date: 1964
          Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Bishop (1964)
        Source_Contribution: Created a generalized geologic map of the area.
      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: Stone, Paul
            Originator: Howard, K.A.
            Originator: Hamilton, Warren
            Publication_Date: 1983
            Title:
              Correlation of metamorphosed Paleozoic strata of the
              southeastern Mojave Desert region, California and Arizona
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: Geological Society of America Bulletin
              Issue_Identification: v. 94
            Other_Citation_Details: p. 1135-1147
        Type_of_Source_Media: paper
        Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Single_Date/Time:
              Calendar_Date: 1983
          Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Stone and others (1983)
        Source_Contribution: Created a generalized geologic map of the area.
      Process_Step:
        Process_Description:
          Compilation of the geodatasets began in ARC5.0.1 and completed in
          ARC7.0.3.  Tracing was done in ink onto stable base material
          (mylar) and scanned using a Tektronix 4991 monochrome scanner with
          a resolution  of 304.8 dots per inch. The Tektronix 4991
          vectorizes automatically, so no raster images were present.
          Digitizing was performed on a Calcomp 9100.  The bulk of the work
          (after hardware upgrade) was performed on a SUN SPARC10
          workstation running Solaris 2.3.  The geologic map information was
          scanned from a copy traced on stable base material (mylar) and
          updated by digitizing information from field maps.  The input
          scale of the geologic map information is 1:8,000.  The original
          base map, and the base map for the field sheets, was a 24,000
          scale quadrangle map photo-enlarged to 1:8,000.

        Process_Date: 1983-1997
      Process_Step:
        Process_Description: Creation of original metadata record
        Process_Date: 20000802
        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
  Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
    Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: vector
    Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
      SDTS_Terms_Description:
        SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: entity point
      SDTS_Terms_Description:
        SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: complete chain
      SDTS_Terms_Description:
        SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
  Spatial_Reference_Information:
    Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
      Planar:
        Map_Projection:
          Polyconic:
            Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -115.0625
            Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 34.625
            False_Easting: 0
            False_Northing: 0
        Planar_Coordinate_Information:
          Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
          Planar_Distance_Units: meters
      Geodetic_Model:
        Horizontal_Datum_Name: NAD27
        Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
        Semi-major_Axis: 6378206
        Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98
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        Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
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        Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Intermediate-age alluvium (Holocene)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Qoa
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Older alluvium (Pleistocene)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
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            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Travertine and chalcedony (middle Miocene?)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tcg
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Granite-clast conglomerate - (middle to early Miocene)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tcv
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Volcanic-clast conglomerate - (middle to early Miocene)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tct
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Tuff, tuffaceous sandstone, and sandstone - (middle to early Miocene)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tcs
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sandstone - (middle to early Miocene)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Peach Springs Tuff of Young and Brennan (1974) (early Miocene)
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          Enumerated_Domain:
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            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hornblende andesite (early Miocene)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tba
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Basalt and andesite flows (early Miocene)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tbc
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Boulder conglomerate (early Miocene)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Ko
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Old Woman Mountains Granodiorite (Late Cretaceous)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Schist (Triassic)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Metamorphosed Coconino Sandstone (Permian)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: PPbs
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Siliceous marker beds - Metamorphosed Bird Spring Formation (Permian and Pennsylvanian)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mr
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mrm
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: DCd
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Dolomite (Devonian and Cambrian?)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: DCdg
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Gray marker bed - Dolomite (Devonian and Cambrian?)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Cm
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Marble (Cambrian)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Cb
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Metamorphosed Bright Angel Shale (Cambrian)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Cz
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Cw
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Metamorphosed Wood Canyon Formation (Cambrian)
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Entity_Type_Definition: Linear features on geologic map
        Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
      Attribute:
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        Attribute_Definition: Line type
        Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Entity_Type_Definition: Geologic map units at specific locations (same attributes as polygon coverage LP_GEO.PAT)
        Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
    Detailed_Description:
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        Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: ELEV
        Attribute_Definition: Elevation
        Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
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            Range_Domain_Maximum: 1050
            Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
            Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
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        Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: LTYPE
        Attribute_Definition: Line type
        Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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      Entity_Type:
        Entity_Type_Label: LP_STR.PAT
        Entity_Type_Definition:
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          Little Piute Mountains.  Point data includes planar and linear
          structural symbols (strike & dip).
        Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
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        Attribute_Definition: Point type
        Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Orientation of horizontal lineation
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Orientation of mylonitic fold
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain:
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        Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
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            Range_Domain_Maximum: 87
            Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees
            Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
      Attribute:
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        Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
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            Range_Domain_Maximum: 357
            Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees
            Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1
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        Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
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        Entity_Type_Definition: Polygon coverages of geologic cross-sections for the Little Piute Mountains (same attributes as polygon coverage LP_GEO.PAT)
        Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
    Detailed_Description:
      Entity_Type:
        Entity_Type_Label: LPXS_A.AAT, LPXS_B.AAT, LPXS_C.AAT, LPSX_D.AAT
        Entity_Type_Definition: Line coverages of geologic cross-sections for the Little Piute Mountains, including geologic faults, contacts and units (same attributes as arc coverage LP_GEO.AAT)
        Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
    Detailed_Description:
      Entity_Type:
        Entity_Type_Label: LPXS_A.PAT, LPXS_B.PAT, LPXS_C.PAT, LPXS_D.PAT
        Entity_Type_Definition: Point coverages of geologic cross-sections for the Little Piute Mountains (same attributes as polygon coverage LP_GEO.PAT)
        Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-693
  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: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-693
    Distribution_Liability:
      This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity
      with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North
      American Stratigraphic Code.  Any use of trade, product, or firm names
      is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the
      U.S. Government.

      This database, identified as "Preliminary Geologic map of the Little
      Piute Mountains, California:  A digital database," is the database
      from which the hard-copy map OF97-693, "Preliminary Geologic map of
      the Little Piute Mountains, California" was produced.  It has been approved
      for release and publication by the Director of the USGS.  Although
      this database has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially
      complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to
      further analysis and review.  Furthermore, it is released on condition
      that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held
      liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized
      use.
    Standard_Order_Process:
      Non-digital_Form:
        Map can be downloaded as a 1.5 megabyte PostScript file from
        http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/of97-693/plots.tar.gz
      Fees: none
    Standard_Order_Process:
      Digital_Form:
        Digital_Transfer_Information:
          Format_Name: ARCE
          Format_Version_Number: 7.x
          Format_Information_Content: Geologic faults, contacts, geologic units, Structural information, Cross-section lines, and base maps
          File_Decompression_Technique: gzip and tar
          Transfer_Size: 3.1
        Digital_Transfer_Option:
          Online_Option:
            Computer_Contact_Information:
              Network_Address:
                Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/of97-693/of97-693.tar.gz
      Fees: none
  Metadata_Reference_Information:
    Metadata_Date: 20160205
    Metadata_Contact:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Person_Primary:
          Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer
          Contact_Organization: USGS Midwest Area
        Contact_Position: Collection manager, USGS Geoscience Data Clearinghouse, http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: mailing address
          Address:
            Mail Stop 954
            12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
          City: Reston
          State_or_Province: VA
          Postal_Code: 20192-0002
          Country: USA
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533
        Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6252
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov
    Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
    Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998