Hydrostructural Maps of the Death Valley Regional Flow System, Nevada and California--Map A: Structural Framework, Neogene Basins, and Potentiometric Surface; Map B: Structural Framework, Earthquake Epicenters, and Potential Zones of Enhanced Hydraulic Conductivity

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Christopher J. Potter
Originator: Donald S. Sweetkind
Originator: Robert P. Dickerson
Originator: Michele L. Killgore
Publication_Date: 2002
Title:
Hydrostructural Maps of the Death Valley Regional Flow System, Nevada and California--Map A: Structural Framework, Neogene Basins, and Potentiometric Surface; Map B: Structural Framework, Earthquake Epicenters, and Potential Zones of Enhanced Hydraulic Conductivity
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies
Issue_Identification: MF-2372
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/2002/mf-2372/
Description:
Abstract:
The locations of principal faults and structural zones that may influence ground-water flow were compiled in support of a three-dimensional ground-water model for the Death Valley regional flow system (DVRFS), which covers 80,000 square km in southwestern Nevada and southeastern California. Faults include Neogene extensional and strike-slip faults and pre-Tertiary thrust faults. Emphasis was given to characteristics of faults and deformed zones that may have a high potential for influencing hydraulic conductivity. These include: (1) faulting that results in the juxtaposition of stratigraphic units with contrasting hydrologic properties, which may cause ground-water discharge and other perturbations in the flow system; (2) special physical characteristics of the fault zones, such as brecciation and fracturing, that may cause specific parts of the zone to act either as conduits or as barriers to fluid flow; (3) the presence of a variety of lithologies whose physical and deformational characteristics may serve to impede or enhance flow in fault zones; (4) orientation of a fault with respect to the present-day stress field, possibly influencing hydraulic conductivity along the fault zone; and (5) faults that have been active in late Pleistocene or Holocene time and areas of contemporary seismicity, which may be associated with enhanced permeabilities.
The faults shown on maps A and B are largely from Workman and others (in press), and fit one or more of the following criteria: (1) faults that are more than 10 km in map length; (2) faults with more than 500 m of displacement; and (3) faults in sets that define a significant structural fabric that characterizes a particular domain of the DVRFS. The following fault types are shown: Neogene normal, Neogene strike-slip, Neogene low-angle normal, pre-Tertiary thrust, and structural boundaries of Miocene calderas. We have highlighted faults that have late Pleistocene to Holocene displacement (Piety, 1996). Areas of thick Neogene basin-fill deposits (thicknesses 1-2 km, 2-3 km, and >3 km) are shown on map A, based on gravity anomalies and depth-to-basement modeling by Blakely and others (1999). We have interpreted the positions of faults in the subsurface, generally following the interpretations of Blakely and others (1999). Where geophysical constraints are not present, the faults beneath late Tertiary and Quaternary cover have been extended based on geologic reasoning. Nearly all of these concealed faults are shown with continuous solid lines on maps A and B, in order to provide continuous structures for incorporation into the hydrogeologic framework model (HFM). Map A also shows the potentiometric surface, regional springs (25-35 degrees Celsius, D'Agnese and others, 1997), and cold springs (Turner and others, 1996).
Purpose:
These maps (maps A and B) were prepared in support of a regional three-dimensional ground-water model currently being constructed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the DVRFS. The maps identify regional geologic structures whose possible hydrologic significance merits their inclusion in the HFM for the DVRFS.
Supplemental_Information:
A composite base map is included based upon published 83-m DEM data from USGS 1:250,000-scale quadrangles, as well as road lines and political boundaries from published USGS 1:100,000-scale DLG data. The 1:100,000-scale data were generalized to 1:250,000 scale for inclusion with the 1:250,000-scale database.
Additional coverages include a ground-water model area coverage, and text labels for structural features. Files necessary for printing the map are also included such as text fonts, linesets, shadesets, projection files, and AML files. These files are all explained in the included README.txt file.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2002
Currentness_Reference: Publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.000
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -115.000
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.250
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.000
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: geologic maps
Theme_Keyword: hydrogeology
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets
Theme_Keyword: geologic structure
Theme_Keyword: bedrock geologic units
Theme_Keyword: groundwater flow
Theme_Keyword: faulting (geologic)
Theme_Keyword: mathematical modeling
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: American Geological Institute (AGI) Glossary of Geology
Theme_Keyword: Death Valley regional flow system
Theme_Keyword: ground-water model
Theme_Keyword: Neogene extenstional faults
Theme_Keyword: Neogene strike-slip faults
Theme_Keyword: pre-Tertiary thrust faults
Theme_Keyword: fault zones
Theme_Keyword: seismicity
Theme_Keyword: hydrogeologic framework model
Theme_Keyword: hydrostratigraphy
Theme_Keyword: hydrostructural map
Theme_Keyword: hydrogeologic map
Theme_Keyword: hydraulic properties
Theme_Keyword: flow barriers
Theme_Keyword: hydrogeology
Theme_Keyword: hydrogeologic units
Theme_Keyword: Miocene calderas
Theme_Keyword: central Death Valley volcanic field
Theme_Keyword: southwest Nevada volcanic field
Theme_Keyword: nonmarine sedimentary basins
Theme_Keyword: Tertiary and Quaternary basins
Theme_Keyword: lower carbonate aquifer
Theme_Keyword: upper clastic confining unit
Theme_Keyword: lower clastic confining unit
Theme_Keyword: volcanic confining unit
Theme_Keyword: metamorphic rocks
Theme_Keyword: Miocene densely welded tuffs
Theme_Keyword: fracture-controlled permeability
Theme_Keyword: Proterozoic and Lower Cambrian clastic rocks
Theme_Keyword: Mississippian clastic rocks
Theme_Keyword: Miocene lavas
Theme_Keyword: Paleozoic carbonates
Theme_Keyword: Yucca Mountain Project
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Department of Energy
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: MODFLOW
Theme_Keyword: basin-and-range
Theme_Keyword: detachment faults
Theme_Keyword: caldera boundaries
Theme_Keyword: springs
Theme_Keyword: ground-water discharge
Theme_Keyword: aquifers
Theme_Keyword: brittle faults
Theme_Keyword: ductile faults
Theme_Keyword: core zone
Theme_Keyword: damage zones
Theme_Keyword: zones with potentially large hydraulic conductivities
Theme_Keyword: metamorphic core complexes
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
Place_Keyword: Death Valley
Place_Keyword: southwestern Nevada
Place_Keyword: southeastern California
Place_Keyword: Amargosa Desert
Place_Keyword: Oasis Valley
Place_Keyword: Tecopa
Place_Keyword: Nevada Test Site
Place_Keyword: Yucca Mountain
Place_Keyword: Greenwater Range
Place_Keyword: Ash Meadows ground-water basin
Place_Keyword: Oasis Valley
Place_Keyword: Pahrump Valley
Place_Keyword: Devils Hole
Place_Keyword: Basin and Range province
Place_Keyword: Las Vegas
Place_Keyword: Bat Mountain
Place_Keyword: Funeral Mountains
Place_Keyword: Las Vegas Valley
Place_Keyword: Bare Mountain
Place_Keyword: Amargosa Desert
Place_Keyword: Black Mountains
Place_Keyword: Furnace Creek
Place_Keyword: Stewart Valley
Place_Keyword: Mine Mountain
Place_Keyword: Spotted Range
Place_Keyword: Mercury
Place_Keyword: Specter Range
Place_Keyword: Rock Valley
Place_Keyword: Spring Mountains
Place_Keyword: Montgomery Mountains
Place_Keyword: Resting Spring
Place_Keyword: Nopah Range
Place_Keyword: Spring Mountains
Place_Keyword: Thirsty Mountain
Place_Keyword: Silent Mountain
Place_Keyword: Timber Mountain
Place_Keyword: Greenwater Range
Place_Keyword: Black Mountains
Place_Keyword: Beatty, Nevada
Place_Keyword: Fortymile Canyon
Place_Keyword: Furnace Creek Ranch
Place_Keyword: Schwaub Peak
Place_Keyword: Willow Spring
Place_Keyword: Cold Creek Spring
Place_Keyword: Indian Springs
Place_Keyword: Wheeler Pass
Place_Keyword: Resting Springs Range
Place_Keyword: Big Dune
Place_Keyword: Point of Rocks
Place_Keyword: Devils Hole
Place_Keyword: Owens Valley
Place_Keyword: Slate Ridge
Place_Keyword: Last Chance Range
Place_Keyword: Gold Mountain
Place_Keyword: Mercury Valley
Place_Keyword: Pintwater Range
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4
Place_Keyword: f06027 = Inyo
Place_Keyword: f06071 = San Bernardino
Place_Keyword: f06029 = Kern
Place_Keyword: f32023 = Nye
Place_Keyword: f32017 = Lincoln
Place_Keyword: f32009 = Esmeralda
Place_Keyword: f32003 = Clark
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
None. Acknowledgment of the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Christopher J. Potter
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: Denver Federal Center, MS-939
Address: Box 25046
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-236-1735
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cpotter@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/2002/mf-2372/mf-2372.gif
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Reduced-size image of the map sheet, 169x250 pixels, 32-bit RGB true color, 27k bytes.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/2002/mf-2372/mf-2372_map_A.pdf
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Printable digital map sheet, 6.3 megabytes.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PDF
Data_Set_Credit:
Neogene and pre-Tertiary faults modified from Workman and others, 2002, by C.J. Potter. Late Pleistocene and Holocene faults from Piety, 1996. Modified faults digitized by M. L. Killgore.
Native_Data_Set_Environment: Sun OS 5.7, sun4m, ARC/INFO version 9.0.2
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The database was compiled largely from pre-existing digital data and combined in ARC/INFO. Frequency tests were run on the arc and polygon labels to ensure that no features are unlabeled. The attributes have been checked by both the authors and the reviewers for agreement with published maps, unpublished field mapping, and preliminary drafted versions of the map. The attribute data in the data set should be taken as an accurate representation of the authors' geologic interpretations.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
All lines were visually inspected by the authors for proper intersections, repetition, overshoots, undershoots, and overall logical consistency. The geologic features in the map area are all described, in the view of the authors, at a consistent scale of 1:350,000. All coverages were cleaned and built in ARC/INFO (version 9.0.2) to ensure a logical consistency that is topologically clean.
Completeness_Report:
This dataset includes only the coverages pertaining to the hydrostructural map. Any margin material on the printed map (explanation of map symbols, and so forth) is not included. This map was produced to be used at 1:350,000 scale. Any geologic features too small to be shown at this scale have been omitted or generalized if they are of significant importance. The smallest objects are approximately 100 meters on a side.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The estimated horizontal positional accuracy of the data is 65 meters. All data used from published and unpublished digital sources are limited by the accuracy of that data. Attempts were made to verify the accuracy of these data by comparison to published tographic data and overlap with other digital data.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Piety, L.A.
Publication_Date: 1996
Title:
Compilation of known or suspected Quaternary faults within 100 km of Yucca Mountain, Nevada and California
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 94-112
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1996
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Piety, 1996
Source_Contribution: late Pleistocene and Holocene faults, Maps A and B
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Workman, J.B.
Originator: Menges, C.M.
Originator: Page, W.R.
Originator: Ekren, E.B.
Originator: Rowley, P.D.
Originator: Dixon, G.L.
Publication_Date: 2002
Title:
Tectonic map of the Death Valley groundwater model, Nevada and California
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
Issue_Identification: MF-2381-B
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Type_of_Source_Media: map
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2002
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Workman and others, 2002
Source_Contribution: fault locations, base map (Maps A and B)
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Blakely, R.J.
Originator: Jachens, R.C.
Originator: Calzia, J.P.
Originator: Langenheim, V.E.
Publication_Date: 1999
Title:
Cenozoic basins of the Death Valley extended terrane as reflected in regional-gravity anomalies
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Geological Society of America Special Paper
Issue_Identification: 333
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Boulder, Colorado
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Other_Citation_Details:
in Wright, L.A., and Troxel, B.W., eds., Cenozoic basins of the Death Valley region
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1999
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Blakely and others, 1999
Source_Contribution: gravity-modeled Cenozoic basin thicknesses (Map A)
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: D'Agnese, F.A.
Originator: Faunt, C.C.
Originator: Turner, A.K.
Publication_Date: 1998
Title:
An estimated potentiometric surface of the Death Valley region, Nevada and California, developed using Geographic Information System and automated interpolation techniques
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report
Issue_Identification: 97-4052
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1998
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: D'Agnese and others, 1998
Source_Contribution: potentiometric surface (Map A)
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: D'Agnese, F.A.
Originator: Faunt, C.C.
Originator: Turner, A.K.
Originator: Hill, M.C.
Publication_Date: 1997
Title:
Hydrogeologic evaluation and numerical simulation of the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report
Issue_Identification: 96-4300
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1997
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: D'Agnese and others, 1997
Source_Contribution: regional springs
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Potter, C.J.
Originator: Dickerson, R.P.
Originator: Sweetkind, D.S.
Originator: Drake, R.M. II
Originator: Taylor, E.M.
Originator: Fridrich, C.J.
Originator: San Juan, C.A.
Originator: Day, W.C.
Publication_Date: 2002
Title: Geologic map of the Yucca Mountain region, Nye County, Nevada
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series Map
Issue_Identification: I-2755
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Type_of_Source_Media: map
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2002
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Potter and others, 2002
Source_Contribution: fault locations
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Rogers, A.M.
Originator: Harmsen, S.C.
Originator: Meremonte, M.E.
Publication_Date: 1987
Title:
Evaluation of the seismicity of the southern Great Basin and its relationship to the tectonic framework of the region
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 87-408
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1987
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Rogers and others, 1987
Source_Contribution: earthquake epicenter locations
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Turner, A.K.
Originator: D'Agnese, F.A.
Originator: Faunt, C.C.
Publication_Date: 1996
Title:
Digital hydrographic, land use/land cover, and hydrologic unit boundary files for the Death Valley region of southern Nevada and southeastern California processed from U.S. Geological Survey 1:100,000- and 1:250,000-scale digital data files
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 95-362
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Type_of_Source_Media: map
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1996
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Turner and others, 1996
Source_Contribution: cold springs
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Harmsen, S.C.
Originator: Rogers, A.M.
Publication_Date: 1988
Title:
Earthquake location data for the southern Great Basin of Nevada and California--1984 through 1986
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 87-596
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Type_of_Source_Media: map
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1988
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Harmsen and Rogers, 1988
Source_Contribution: earthquake epicenter locations
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Edits made in ARCEDIT to existing data include: linework digitized and attributed from more recent mapping, incorrectly attributed polygons relabeled, fault attributes and displacement symbols edited, geophysically located structures added, caldera boundaries edited, and global changes made to colors.
Process_Date: 2000 to 2001
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Compile selected faults and caldera boundaries from previous digital data; linework digitized and attributed; displacement symbols added in ARCEDIT.
Process_Date: 2000
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
In ARCEDIT, complete inferred subsurface continuations of faults.
Process_Date: 2000
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
In ARCEDIT, edit fault and caldera-boundaries and displacement symbols.
Process_Date: 2000
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Import gravity-modeled depths of Cenozoic basins, locations of earthquake epicenters, and potentiometric surface.
Process_Date: 2000
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Digitize and edit "Potential Zones of Enhanced Hydraulic Conductivity".
Process_Date: 2000
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Review of data by L.T. Grose.
Process_Date: 2001
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Review of data by C.C. Faunt.
Process_Date: 2001
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Final editing of map to address review comments.
Process_Date: 2001
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Creation of original metadata record
Process_Date: 20020306
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Christopher J. Potter
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: Box 25046
Address: Denver Federal Center, MS-939
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 236-1735
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cpotter@usgs.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
UTM_Zone_Number: 11
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: .9996
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -117.0
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0
False_Easting: 500000.0
False_Northing: 0.0
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 65
Ordinate_Resolution: 65
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:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
All coverages contain the standardized attributes for arcs and polygons assigned by ARC/INFO. For arcs these attributes are:
COLUMN--ITEM_NAME----------WIDTH-----OUTPUT-----TYPE---#_DECIMALS
1-------FNODE#---------------4----------5---------B---------\
5-------TNODE#---------------4----------5---------B---------\
9-------LPOLY#---------------4----------5---------B---------\
13------RPOLY#---------------4----------5---------B---------\
17------LENGTH---------------8---------18---------F---------5
25------<cover>#-------------4----------5---------B---------\
29------<cover>-ID-----------4----------5---------B---------\
For polygons these attributes are:
COLUMN--ITEM_NAME----------WIDTH-----OUTPUT-----TYPE---#_DECIMALS
1-------AREA-----------------8---------18---------F---------5
9-------PERIMETER------------8---------18---------F---------5
17------<cover>#-------------4----------5---------B---------\
21------<cover>-ID-----------4----------5---------B---------\
****The following coverages were used in both Map A and Map B****
COVERAGE--------ENTITIES---------DESCRIPTION
dvrfspoly-------lines/polygons---base map
halo_bd---------lines------------flow model boundary
hstruc2---------lines------------faults; attributed with ITEM h_code as follows:
ITEM: h_code           DESCRIPTION              SYMBOL
      1                Normal fault             1 (color.lin)
      2                Strike-slip fault        2 (color.lin)
      3                Detachment fault         83 (geoscamp1.lin)
      4                Caldera Boundary         83 (geoscamp1.lin)
      5                Transverse fault         5 (color.lin)
      6                Thrust fault             27 (geology.lin)
      7                Thrust fault (inferred)  37 (geology.lin)
hydrostruc_bb---lines------------displacement symbols on faults
dvrfs_rd--------lines------------roads (minor and major)
dvrfs_hptxt-----points-----------text labels for physiographic features,
                                   including town names.
county_100k-----lines------------county boundaries
nts_outline-----lines------------boundary of Nevada Test Site
nvca------------lines------------State line boundary between California
                                   and Nevada.
stipplebuffer---polygons---------stippled area on faults that have
                                   measurable late Pleistocene or younger
                                   displacement.
townpts---------points-----------locations of towns
pot_cont--------lines------------potentiometric contours with elevations
                                   posted on each contour line.
cald_txt--------points-----------text lables for calderas
flt_txt---------points-----------text lables for faults
****The following coverages are used on Map A only****
hueb, satb, valb-----------------color shaded-relief map, composited from
                                   83-m DEM data from the following USGS
                                   1:250,000-scale quadrangles:  Tonapah,
                                   Lund, Las Vegas, Death Valley,
                                   Caliente, Goldfield, Kingman, and Trona
                                   and include depth to pre-Tertiary
                                   surface.
coldsprgs-------points-----------locations of cold springs
springreg-------points-----------locations of regional springs (24 degrees
                                   C to 35 degrees C).
****The following coverages are used on Map B only****
red, green, blue-----------------color shaded-relief map, composited from
                                   83-m DEM data from the following USGS
                                   1:250,000-scale quadrangles: Tonapah,
                                   Lund, Las Vegas, Death Valley,
                                   Caliente, Goldfield, Kingman, and
                                   Trona.
polybuffer------polygons---------zones that have special geologic
                                   characteristics, as well as seismicity
                                   clusters, that may be consistent with
                                   relatively large hydraulic
                                   conductivities.
polynums--------points-----------roman numeral values used to label the
                                   "polybuffer" cover.
eq78to86--------points-----------earthquake epicenter locations.  Four (4)
                                   ITEMS from this cover were used:
                                   magnitude, date, x-coord and y-coord.
                                   The date values that fell in the range
                                   of 1978 to 1986 were used for this map.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/2002/mf-2372/mf-2372_pam.pdf
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Central Publications Group
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: Box 25046 Denver Federal Center, MS-902
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-236-5486
Resource_Description: USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2372
Distribution_Liability:
Although these digital spatial data have been subjected to rigorous review and are substantially complete, they are released on the condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from their authorized or unauthorized use.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARCE
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