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Outcrop of the Calico sequence boundary

Metadata:

• 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: Hettinger, R.D.

Originator: Roberts, L.N.R.

Publication_Date: 1997

Title: Outcrop of the Calico sequence boundary

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, CO

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details: in subdir: scale125k

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Biewick, L.R.H.

Originator: Hettinger, R.D.

Originator: Roberts, L.N.R.

Publication_Date: 1997

Title:

Selected ARC/INFO coverages created for investigations of the distribution and resources of coal in the Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah: an accompaniment to Hettinger and others, 1996; version 1

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 97-709

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, CO

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://energy.cr.usgs.gov:8080/coal/kaip_arc1.html>

Description:

Abstract:

This is a polygon coverage of the outcrop of the Calico Sequence boundary and defines the base of the coal-bearing John Henry Member of the Straight Cliffs Formation east of 112 degrees of longitude. This polygon also represents the extent of the study area and is used as the "outside" clipping polygon for the data layers including the overburden and isopach coverages. The area within this polygon includes parts of the coal-bearing John Henry Member where the entire section may not be represented due to erosion. The northern boundary is delineated by the Paunsaugunt fault and volcanic rocks of Tertiary age.

Purpose:

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is undertaking a five year effort to identify and characterize coal beds and coal zones that could provide the fuel for the Nation's coal-derived energy during the first quarter of the 21st century. As part of this National Coal Assessment, Hettinger and others (1996) have completed an assessment of the coal deposits in the John Henry Member of the Straight Cliffs Formation, Kaiparowits Plateau of southern Utah. Their report delineates the distribution of coal and provides estimates of resources in the basin.
It also serves as a basis for future efforts to assess coal resources and determine availability and recoverability. A fundamental component of their work was the digital geologic and geographic data compiled in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Use of this GIS allowed for the spatial integration of data layers, and resulted in the ability to display, analyze, and query data and produce information that are useful for land-use planning and to answer complex geo-spatial questions concerning coal resource occurrence.
This coverage is intended as a basemap layer for GIS applications at a scale of 1:125,000 or less.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1995

Currentness_Reference: compilation date

Status:

Progress: complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: irregular (as needed)

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -112.0039707

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -111.0066559

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.94843707

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.0697418

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: Kaiparowits Plateau

Theme_Keyword: Calico sequence boundary

Theme_Keyword: coal-bearing interval

Theme_Keyword: bedrock geologic units

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Kaiparowits Plateau

Place_Keyword: southern Utah

Place_Keyword: Colorado Plateau

Place_Keyword: Kane County

Place_Keyword: Garfield County

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Stratum_Keyword: Straight Cliffs Formation

Stratum_Keyword: John Henry Member

Stratum_Keyword: Calico sequence boundary

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Temporal_Keyword: Upper Cretaceous

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Geologic Map Database Catalog themes, augmented

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: 49025 = Kane

Place_Keyword: 49017 = Garfield

Place_Keyword: 49037 = San Juan

Place_Keyword: 04005 = Coconino

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: accurate at 1:125,000 scale or less

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Laura R.H. Biewick

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: P.O. Box 25046, MS 939

City: Denver

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80225

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303)236-7773

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lbiewick@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

Dale Teeters, former U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) digitized the outcrop lines in PC ARC/INFO from a paper copy of the 1:125,000-scale geologic map of the Kaiparowits Plateau (Sargent and Hansen, 1982).

Native_Data_Set_Environment: SunOS, 5.5.1, sun4d UNIX, ARC/INFO version 7.0.4

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Hettinger, R.D.

Originator: Roberts, L.N.R.

Originator: Biewick, L.R.H.

Originator: Kirschbaum, M.A.

Publication_Date: 1996

Title:

Preliminary investigations of the distribution and resources of coal in the Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 96-539

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, CO

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://energy.cr.usgs.gov:8080/energy/kaip.html>

Data_Quality_Information:

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: captured at 1:125,000 scale

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Hettinger, R.D.

Originator: Roberts, L.N.R.

Originator: Biewick, L.R.H.

Originator: Kirschbaum, M.A.

Publication_Date: 1996

Title:

Preliminary investigations of the distribution and resources of coal in the Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 96-539

Source_Scale_Denominator: 125,000

Type_of_Source_Media: hard-copy report

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: unknown

Ending_Date: 1995

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Hettinger and others (1996)

Source_Contribution:

the data contained in this coverage were created for Hettinger and others, 1996

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Sargent, K.A.

Originator: Hansen, D.E.

Publication_Date: 1982

Title: Bedrock geologic map of the Kaiparowits coal-basin area, Utah

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map

Issue_Identification: Map I-1033-I

Source_Scale_Denominator: 125,000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper map

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1982

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Sargent and Hansen (1982)

Source_Contribution: geologic map

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The outcrop lines were originally digitized in PC Arc/Info by the former USBM (Dale Teeters) from a paper copy of the 1:125,000- scale geologic map of the Kaiparowits Plateau (Sargent and Hansen, 1982). The lines were converted from table coordinates to Lambert with the following parameters:

 Units                    METERS             Spheroid      CLARKE1866
 Parameters:
 1st standard parallel                                   33  0  0.000
 2nd standard parallel                                   45  0  0.000
 central meridian                                       -111 30  0.00
 latitude of projection's origin                          0  0  0.000
 false easting (meters)                                       0.00000
 false northing (meters)                                      0.00000

The data were later projected to UTM 12, the projection used in the coal resource calculations.
Revisions:
Projected to UTM 12.

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 6

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 22

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 7

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 12

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -111

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0

False_Easting: 500000

False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 1.0

Ordinate_Resolution: 1.0

Planar_Distance_Units: METERS

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927

Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: CSB.PAT

Entity_Type_Definition: Polygon attribute table

Entity_Type_Definition_Source:

Bob Hettinger and Laura Roberts, USGS-GD-Energy Resource Surveys Team

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Items in the Polygon Attribute Table
AREA

 Area of poly/region in square coverage units
 Computed
 Positive real numbers

PERIMETER

 Perimeter of poly/region in coverage units
 Computed
 Positive real numbers

CSB#

 Internal feature number
 Computed
 Sequential unique positive integer

CSB-ID

 User-assigned feature number
 User-defined
 Integer

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: CSB.AAT

Entity_Type_Definition: Arc attribute table

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Items in the Arc Attribute Table
FNODE#

 Internal number of from-node
 Computed
 Sequential unique positive integer

TNODE#

 Internal number of to-node
 Computed
 Sequential unique positive integer

LPOLY#

 Internal number of poly to left of arc
 Computed
 Sequential unique positive integer

RPOLY#

 Internal number of poly to right of arc
 Computed
 Sequential unique positive integer

LENGTH

 Length of arc in coverage units
 Computed
 Positive real numbers

CSB#

 Internal feature number
 Computed
 Sequential unique positive integer

CSB-ID

 User-assigned feature number
 User-defined
 Integer

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Team

Contact_Person: Laura R.H. Biewick

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: P.O. Box 25046, MS 939

City: Denver

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80225

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303)236-7773

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lbiewick@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Biewick and others, 1997

Distribution_Liability:

Disclaimer: Any use of trade, product, or company names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARC/INFO coverages, export files, and ArcView project

Format_Version_Number: ARC/INFO 7.0.4, ArcView 2.1

File_Decompression_Technique: TAR and GZIP

Transfer_Size: 5.5

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

<http://energy.cr.usgs.gov:8080/coal/kaip_arc1.html> /kaip/coverages/scale125k/csb in 'kaip.tar'

Fees: none

Technical_Prerequisites:

need ARC/INFO 7.0.4 or greater and/or ArcView 2.1 or greater and/or ArcExplorer (which can be downloaded free from <http://www.esri.com>) and/or other software that can read ARC/INFO coverages or ARC/INFO export files

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 19971022

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, GD, Central Energy Resources Team

Contact_Person: Laura R.H. Biewick

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: P.O. Box 25046, MS 939

City: Denver

State_or_Province: Colorado

Postal_Code: 80225

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303)236-7773

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lbiewick@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998