Geologic map of the Santa Ana Pueblo quadrangle, Sandoval County, New Mexico

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Title:
Geologic map of the Santa Ana Pueblo quadrangle, Sandoval County, New Mexico
Abstract:
The Santa Ana Pueblo quadrangle is located in the northern part of the Albuquerque basin, which is the largest basin or graben within the Rio Grande rift. The quadrangle is underlain by poorly consolidated sedimentary rocks of the Santa Fe Group and is dominated by Santa Ana Mesa, a volcanic tableland underlain by basalt flows of the San Felipe volcanic field. The San Felipe volcanic field is the largest area of basaltic lavas exposed in the Albuquerque basin. The structural fabric of the quadrangle is dominated by dozens of generally north striking, east- and west-dipping normal faults associated with the Neogene Rio Grande rift.
Supplemental_Information:
Compilation scale: 1:24,000
Geology mapped: 1999
Geospatial data files:
santa_poly:   Geologic units
santa_geolin: Faults
santa_lin:    Concealed faults, tephra deposits, aeromagnetic anomalies
santa_pnt:    Strike and dip of bedding, fault dips, sample points, cross-section lines and labels.
Although this metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in ARC/INFO format, this metadata file may include some ARC/INFO-specific terminology.
  1. How might this data set be cited?
    Personius, Stephen F., 2002, Geologic map of the Santa Ana Pueblo quadrangle, Sandoval County, New Mexico: USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2405, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO.

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  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -106.625
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -106.500
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.500
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.375
  3. What does it look like?
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/2002/mf-2405/mf-2405.gif (GIF)
    Reduced-size image of the entire map sheet, 400x298 pixels, 56k bytes.
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/2002/mf-2405/mf-2405_print.pdf (PDF)
    Printable representation of the map sheet, 3.1 megabytes
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
    Calendar_Date: 2002
    Currentness_Reference:
    publication date
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
  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):
      • Point (658)
      • String (2030)
      • GT-polygon composed of chains (659)
    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
      Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
      Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
      UTM_Zone_Number: 13
      Transverse_Mercator:
      Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: .9996
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -105
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0
      False_Easting: 500000.0
      False_Northing: 0
      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.7840399742126
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.7840399742126
      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?
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    ---------------------------
    COVERAGE NAME:  santa_poly
    ---------------------------
    DATABASE STRUCTURE OF SANTA_POLY.PAT
    
    COLUMN   ITEM NAME        WIDTH OUTPUT  TYPE N.DEC  ALTERNATE NAME     INDEXED?
      1  AREA                   4    12     F      3                        -
      5  PERIMETER              4    12     F      3                        -
      9  SANTA_POLY#            4     5     B      -                        -
     13  SANTA_POLY-ID          4     5     B      -                        -
     17  DESCRIPTION          100   100     C      -    D                   -
    117  SYMBOL                 4     4     I      -    S                   -
    121  UNIT                  10    10     C      -    U                   -
    
    ATTRIBUTE NAMES:  SYMBOL; UNIT; DESCRIPTION.
    
    DESCRIPTIONS OF ATTRIBUTE NAMES:
    --SYMBOL:        Number given to geological map unit representing a value of color used from shadeset "color524.shd".
    --UNIT:          Label given to polygons representing name of geological entities.
    --DESCRIPTION:   Brief geological explanation of unit.
    
    ITEM VALUES FOR 'UNIT' AND 'DESCRIPTION'
    UNIT    DESCRIPTION
    ----------------------------------------
    Qaj1      Alluvium 1 of Jemez River (middle Pleistocene)
    Qaj3      Alluvium 3 of Jemez River (middle Pleistocene)
    Qaj5      Alluvium 5 of Jemez River (upper to middle(?) Pleistocene)
    Qaj6      Alluvium 6 of Jemez River (Holocene)
    Qalh      Active channel alluvium (historic)
    Qalo      Older arroyo alluvium (Holocene to lower(?) Pleistocene)
    Qaly      Younger arroyo alluvium (Holocene)
    Qcb       Basalt-rich colluvium (upper to lower Pleistocene)
    Qeso      Older eolian sand (Holocene to middle Pleistocene)
    Qesy      Younger eolian sand (Holocene)
    Qesy/Qalo eolian sand over older arroyo alluvium (Holocene)
    Qf        Artificial fill (historic)
    Qls       Landslide deposits (upper to lower Pleistocene)
    Tb        Basalt of San Felipe volcanic field (upper Pliocene)
    Tbc       Basalt cinder and intrusive centers, San Felipe volcanic field (upper Pliocene)
    Tc        Cochiti Formation (Pliocene to upper Miocene)
    Tcc       Cochiti Formation, cemented (Pliocene to upper Miocene)
    Tfr       Fluvial deposits of ancestral Rio Grande (Pliocene to upper Miocene)
    Ton       Arroyo Ojito Formation, Navajo Draw member (Miocene)
    Tou       Arroyo Ojito Formation, Ceja and Loma Barbon members, undivided (Pliocene to Upper Miocene)
    Tsfu      Santa Fe Group, undivided (Pliocene? to Miocene)
    Tzcc      Zia Formation, Cerro Conejo member (Miocene)
    Tzccc     Zia Formation, cemented Cerro Conejo member (Miocene)
    
    DATABASE STRUCTURE OF SANTA_POLY.AAT
    
    COLUMN   ITEM NAME        WIDTH OUTPUT  TYPE N.DEC  ALTERNATE NAME     INDEXED?
      1  FNODE#                 4     5     B      -                        -
      5  TNODE#                 4     5     B      -                        -
      9  LPOLY#                 4     5     B      -                        -
     13  RPOLY#                 4     5     B      -                        -
     17  LENGTH                 4    12     F      3                        -
     21  SANTA_POLY#            4     5     B      -                        -
     25  SANTA_POLY-ID          4     5     B      -                        -
     29  DESCRIPTION          100   100     C      -    D                   -
    129  SYMBOL                 4     4     I      -    S                   -
    
    ATTRIBUTE NAMES:  SYMBOL; LINESET; DESCRIPTION.
    
    DESCRIPTIONS OF ATTRIBUTE NAMES:
    --SYMBOL:        Numbers given to lines representing line symbol used from specified lineset.
    --DESCRIPTION:   Brief geological explanation of type of line.
    
    ITEM VALUES FOR 'SYMBOL', AND 'DESCRIPTION':
    SYMBOL  DESCRIPTION
    --------------------------------------------
      1     contact-certain
      3     contact-approximately located
     50     fault with known sense of displacement-certain
    173     fault with unknown sense of displacement-certain
    183     fault with known sense of displacement-approximately located
    217     fault with unknown sense of displacement-approximately located
    
    --------------------------
    COVERAGE NAME:  santa_lin
    --------------------------
    DATABASE STRUCTURE OF SANTA_LIN.AAT
    
    COLUMN   ITEM NAME        WIDTH OUTPUT  TYPE N.DEC  ALTERNATE NAME     INDEXED?
     1  FNODE#                 4     5     B      -                        -
     5  TNODE#                 4     5     B      -                        -
     9  LPOLY#                 4     5     B      -                        -
    13  RPOLY#                 4     5     B      -                        -
    17  LENGTH                 4    12     F      3                        -
    21  SANTA_LIN#             4     5     B      -                        -
    25  SANTA_LIN-ID           4     5     B      -                        -
    29  SYMBOL                 4     4     I      -                        -
    33  DESCRIPTION          100   100     C      -                        -
    
    ATTRIBUTE NAMES:  SYMBOL; DESCRIPTION.
    
    DESCRIPTIONS OF ATTRIBUTE NAMES:
    --SYMBOL:        Numbers given to lines representing line symbol used from specified lineset.
    --DESCRIPTION:   Brief geological explanation of type of line.
    
    ITEM VALUES FOR 'SYMBOL' AND 'DESCRIPTION':
    SYMBOL  DESCRIPTION
    -------------------------------------------
    164     aeromagnetic anomaly
    176     fault with unknown sense of displacement-concealed
    184     fault with known sense of displacement-concealed
    221     tephra deposit
    
    --------------------------
    COVERAGE NAME:  santa_pnt
    --------------------------
    
    DATABASE STRUCTURE OF SANTA_PNT.PAT
    
    COLUMN   ITEM NAME        WIDTH OUTPUT  TYPE N.DEC  ALTERNATE NAME     INDEXED?
      1  AREA                   4    12     F      3                        -
      5  PERIMETER              4    12     F      3                        -
      9  SANTA_PNT#             4     5     B      -                        -
     13  SANTA_PNT-ID           4     5     B      -                        -
     17  STRIKE                 4     4     I      -    S                   -
     21  DIP                    4     4     I      -    D                   -
     25  SYMBOL                 4     4     I      -    SY                  -
     29  DESCRIPTION          100   100     C      -    DE                  -
    129  TEXT                  25    25     C      -                        -
    
    ATTRIBUTE NAMES:  STRIKE; DIP; DESCRIPTION; SYMBOL; TEXT.
    
    DESCRIPTIONS OF ATTRIBUTE NAMES:
    --STRIKE:       Compass direction of bedding trend, in degrees.
    --DIP:          Angle of bedding dip, in degrees from horizontal.
    --DESCRIPTION:  Brief geologic explanation of point type.
    --SYMBOL:       Numerical value given to each point from Arc/Info symbolset geoscamp2.mrk.
    --TEXT:         Sample point map labels indicating name or date of sample taken from point locality.
    
    ITEM VALUES FOR 'SYMBOL', 'TEXT', AND 'DESCRIPTION'.
    SYMBOL  DESCRIPTION                               TEXT
    ------------------------------------------------------
      0     point A of cross-section line             A
      0     point A prime of cross-section line       A'
      2     inclined bedding-showing strike and dip
    233     sample point                              SPT 8/27/97-1
    233     sample point                              SPT 9/15/97-4
    241     dip of fault
    
    ITEM VALUES FOR 'STRIKE':
    range of values:  0 - 359
    
    ITEM VALUES FOR 'DIP':
    range of values:  0 - 90
    
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/2002/mf-2405/mf-2405_textonly.pdf

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
    • Stephen F. Personius
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
    Production of this map was funded by the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping program.
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
    Stephen F. Personius
    U.S. Geological Survey
    USGS, MS 966, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center
    Denver, CO
    USA

    303-273-8611 (voice)
    (303) 273-8600 (FAX)
    personius@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?

The geology of the Santa Ana Pueblo quadrangle was mapped as part of the USGS Middle Rio Grande Basin project to explore the geologic framework of water resources in the region.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
    Kelley and Kudo, 1978 (source 1 of 1)
    Kelley, V.C., and Kudo, A.M., 1978, Volcanoes and related basalts of Albuquerque basin, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Circular 156.

    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Contribution: some volcanic units
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
    Date: 01-May-1999 (process 1 of 12)
    Field mapping by the author.
    Date: 01-Oct-1999 (process 2 of 12)
    Compilation with stereo aerial photography on a PG-2 plotter by the author.
    Date: 01-Mar-2001 (process 3 of 12)
    Compilation of some volcanic units on Santa Ana mesa by the author from Kelley and Kudo, 1978. Data sources used in this process:
    • Kelley and Kudo, 1978
    Date: 2001 (process 4 of 12)
    Polygons, lines, and points representing geologic features and data points were digitized from scale- stable compilation materials using 'heads up digitizing' in ArcInfo to create geology, line, and point coverages. Polygon topology was built in the geology coverage.
    Date: 2001 (process 5 of 12)
    Text map unit descriptors were added to the .AAT and .PAT database files for each coverage.
    Date: 2001 (process 6 of 12)
    Draft check plots of the geologic map and explanation were created and submitted for peer review. Geologists reviewed the plots for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Revisions were made to the geospatial database as needed.
    Date: 01-Mar-2002 (process 7 of 12)
    First draft of metadata created by Amy Zoller using FGDCMETA.AML ver. 1.32 01/11/99 on ARC/INFO data set /data9/azoller/santa_ana/finalcov/santa_poly.
    Date: 2002 (process 8 of 12)
    The geospatial database files and metadata were quality checked for completeness and consistency.
    Date: 2002 (process 9 of 12)
    The database files, metadata, and check plots were edited by the USGS Central Publications Group, and revisions made to the geospatial database as needed.
    Date: 2002 (process 10 of 12)
    Final preparation of the geospatial database for distribution, and preparation of map-on-demand files and metadata.
    Date: 24-Feb-2003 (process 11 of 12)
    Map-on-demand and PDF layouts updated to show additional information about fault displacement in northwest corner of map area.
    Date: 01-Mar-2002 (process 12 of 12)
    Creation of original metadata record Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Attn: Amy L. Zoller
    MS 980, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center
    Denver, CO
    USA

    303-236-7648 (voice)
    azoller@usgs.gov
  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?
    Original data were drawn on a 1:24,000-scale mylar greenline by the author.
    Attributes have been checked by both the author and reviewers for accuracy and completeness.
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
    Lines and point locations were primarily mapped by photo-interpretation of field-marked 1:20,000-scale black and white, and 1:40,000-scale color-infrared aerial photographs using a PG-2 photogrammetric plotter that rectified the position and transferred locations to a 1:24,000-scale base map.
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
    Some areas of the southern part of the map on lands of Santo Ana Pueblo were not visited or field checked.
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?
    Polygon and chain-node topology present.
    Map elements were visually checked for overshoots, undershoots, duplicate features, polygon attributes, and other errors. Automated (ARC/INFO) routines were used to check the databases for polygon label errors, line or point attribution errors, sliver polygons, dangling arcs, intersection errors, and projection information. The map was reviewed by other geologists for consistency with basic geologic principles and general conformity to USGS mapping standards.

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:
None. However, acknowledgment of the U.S. Geological survey would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Central Publications Group
    U.S. Geological Survey
    MS 902, Box 25046 DFC
    Lakewood, CO
    USA

    303-236-5486 (voice)
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?
  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
    Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
    Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data.
    The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of this data, software, or related materials.
  4. How can I download or order the data?

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 10-Jun-2016
Metadata author:
Peter N Schweitzer
USGS Midwest Area
Collection manager, USGS Geoscience Data Clearinghouse, http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/
Mail Stop 954
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
Reston, VA
USA

703-648-6533 (voice)
703-648-6252 (FAX)
pschweitzer@usgs.gov
Metadata standard:
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)

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