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Isopach of the combined thickness of the Calico and A-sequences of the John Henry Member of the Straight Cliffs Formation in the Kaiparowits Plateau study area, southern Utah

Frequently anticipated questions:

• What does this data set describe?
  1. How should this data set be cited?
  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
  3. What does it look like?
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
• Who produced the data set?
  1. Who are the originators of the data set?
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
• Why was the data set created?
• How was the data set created?
  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?
• How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?
  1. How well have the observations been checked?
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the data, including topology?
• How can someone get a copy of the data set?
  1. Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
  2. Who distributes the data?
  3. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?
  4. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
  5. How can I download or order the data?
• Who wrote the metadata?

What does this data set describe?

1. How should this data set be cited?

   Hettinger, R.D., and Roberts, L.N.R., 1997, Isopach of the combined thickness of the Calico and A-sequences of the John Henry Member of the Straight Cliffs Formation in the Kaiparowits Plateau study area, southern Utah: U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO.

   Other_Citation_Details: in subdir: scale125k

   This is part of the following larger work.

   Biewick, L.R.H., Hettinger, R.D., and Roberts, L.N.R., 1997, 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: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-709, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO.

   Online Links:

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

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -112.0039707

   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -111.0066559

   North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.94843707

   South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.0697418

3. What does it look like?

4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

   Calendar_Date: 1997

   Currentness_Reference: publication date

5. What is the general form of this data set?

6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
   1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • Label Point (123)
      • String (367)
      • GT-polygon composed of chains (125)

   2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      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

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 1.0
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 1.0
      Planar coordinates are specified in METERS

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1927.
      The ellipsoid used is Clarke 1866.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378206.4.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/294.98.
      

7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

   KJH_THK.PAT

   Polygon attribute table (Source: Bob Hettinger and Laura Roberts, USGS-GD-Energy Resource Surveys Team)

   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
   

   KJH_THK#
   

    Internal feature number
    Computed
    Sequential unique positive integer
   

   KJH_THK-ID
   

    User-assigned feature number
    User-defined
    Integer
   

   THICK
   

    combined thickness (in feet) of the Calico and A-sequences
    Hettinger and others, 1996
   

   KJH_THK.AAT

   Arc attribute table (Source: ARC/INFO)

   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
   

   KJH_THK#
   

    Internal feature number
    Computed
    Sequential unique positive integer
   

   KJH_THK-ID
   

    User-assigned feature number
    User-defined
    Integer
   

   THICK
   

    combined thickness (in feet) of the Calico and A-sequences
    Hettinger and others, 1996
   

Who produced the data set?

1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
   • Hettinger, R.D.
   • Roberts, L.N.R.

2. Who also contributed to the data set?

   
   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).
   

3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
   Laura R.H. Biewick
   U.S. Geological Survey
   P.O. Box 25046, MS 939
   Denver, CO 80225
   USA
   

   (303)236-7773 (voice)
   lbiewick@usgs.gov
   

Why was the data set created?

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.

How was the data set created?

1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

   Hettinger and others (1996) (source 1 of 2)

   Hettinger, R.D., Roberts, L.N.R., Biewick, L.R.H., and Kirschbaum, M.A., 1996, Preliminary investigations of the distribution and resources of coal in the Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-539.

   Type_of_Source_Media: hard-copy report

   Source_Scale_Denominator: 125,000

   Source_Contribution:

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

   Sargent and Hansen (1982) (source 2 of 2)

   Sargent, K.A., and Hansen, D.E., 1982, Bedrock geologic map of the Kaiparowits coal-basin area, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map Map I-1033-I.

   Type_of_Source_Media: paper map

   Source_Scale_Denominator: 125,000

   Source_Contribution: geologic map

2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

   Date: 1995 (process 1 of 2)

   
   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.
   

   This coverage is the result of creating a contour output file in the plot routine in either ISM or Earth Vision. The contour output file was then run through the ISMARC program that converts the contour output file into an arc generate file. The arc generate file is then converted to a polygon coverage in Arc/info by using Colin Treworgy's aml "convert-ism". The coverage used to clip the contours in every case was the 'csb' coverage. Following is a description of the parameters used in gridding the scattered data files to generate the grids in ISM:
   

    Coordinate system: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
    Units: Meters
    UTM zone: 12
    Ellipsoid: Clarke 1866
    Semi-major axis in meters: 6378206.4
    Semi-minor axis in meters: 6356583.8
    Grid size: 276 by 312
    Grid range: 407508,503665  4098129,4203271
   

   Treworgy's aml "convert-ism" assigns a value to the item DEPTH, which we changed to THICK, by taking one-half the contour interval and adding it to the minimum contour that defines a polygon. For example, if the contour interval is 10, and a polygon is bounded by the 10 and 20 contour lines, then the THICK value assigned to that polygon is 15.
   Revisions:
   Projected to UTM 12.
   

   Date: 22-Oct-1997 (process 2 of 2)

   Creation of original metadata record

   Person who carried out this activity:
   

   U.S. Geological Survey, GD, Central Energy Resources Team
   Attn: Laura R.H. Biewick
   P.O. Box 25046, MS 939
   Denver, CO 80225
   USA
   

   (303)236-7773 (voice)
   lbiewick@usgs.gov
   

3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

   Hettinger, R.D., Roberts, L.N.R., Biewick, L.R.H., and Kirschbaum, M.A., 1996, Preliminary investigations of the distribution and resources of coal in the Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-539, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO.

   Online Links:

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

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

1. How well have the observations been checked?

2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

   captured at 1:125,000 scale

3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

accurate at 1:125,000 scale or less

1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
   U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Team
   Attn: Laura R.H. Biewick
   P.O. Box 25046, MS 939
   Denver, CO 80225
   USA
   

   (303)236-7773 (voice)
   lbiewick@usgs.gov
   

2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

   Biewick and others, 1997

3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

   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.

4. How can I download or order the data?
   • Availability in digital form:

     Data format:	/kaip/coverages/scale125k/kjh_thk in 'kaip.tar' in format ARC/INFO coverages, export files, and ArcView project (version ARC/INFO 7.0.4, ArcView 2.1) Size: 5.5
     Network links:	<http://energy.cr.usgs.gov:8080/coal/kaip_arc1.html>

   • Cost to order the data: none

5. What hardware or software do I need in order to use the data set?

   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

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:

Last modified: 09-May-2013

Metadata author:

Peter N Schweitzer
USGS Midwest Area
Geologist
Mail Stop 954
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
Reston, VA 20192-0002
USA

703-648-6533 (voice)
703-648-6252 (FAX)
pschweitzer@usgs.gov

Metadata standard:

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)