Arizona geologic map

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• What does this data set describe?
  1. How might 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 might this data set be cited?
   Survey, Arizona Geologic, and Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 1993, Arizona geologic map: Arizona Geological Survey Map 26.

   Online Links:

   • http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arizona/

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -115.692550
   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -108.394050
   North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.506613
   South_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.723759
   

3. What does it look like?
4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

   Calendar_Date: 1993

   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.
   2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
      The map projection used is Lambert Conformal Conic.
      

      Projection parameters:

      Standard_Parallel: 33.0
      Standard_Parallel: 45.0
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -96.0
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 23.0
      False_Easting: 5000000
      False_Northing: 0
      

      Planar coordinates are encoded using Coordinate pair
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters
      
7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

   AZ_GEOL.PAT

   Geologic map units (No descriptions given) (Source: Special Publication - Arizona)

   AZ_GEOL.PAT

   Geologic map units at specific locations (No descriptions given) (Source: Special Publication - Arizona)

   AZ_FAULTS.AAT

   Faults (Source: Special Publication - Arizona)

   DATA

   Description (Source: Special Publication - Arizona)

   Value	Definition
   BLM DISTRICT BOUNDARY	Bureau of Land Management district boundary

Who produced the data set?

1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
   • Arizona Geologic Survey
   • Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
2. Who also contributed to the data set?
3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
   Raines, Gary Lee

   USGS-GEO-WRG-MRS

   MacKay School Of Mines

   Reno, NV
   

   US

   775-784-5596 (voice)

   graines@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?

To provide to the public a digital geologic map database of Arizona.

How was the data set created?

1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

   BLM and Arizona Geologic Survey (1988) (source 1 of 1)

   Wilson, David, 1988, Geologic map of Arizona.

   Other_Citation_Details:

   Created by the Bureau of Land Management and Arizona Geologic Survey

   Type_of_Source_Media: mylar
   Source_Scale_Denominator: 1000000
   Source_Contribution:

   Source map used for creating digital geologic map database of Arizona.

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

   Date: 04-Jun-1993 (process 1 of 2)

   Corrected polygon labels

   Date: 07-Sep-2000 (process 2 of 2)

   Creation of original metadata record Person who carried out this activity:
   

   Jennifer Lenz

   US Geological Survey

   12201 Surise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 918

   Reston, VA
   

   USA

   703-648-6974 (voice)

   703-648-6560 (FAX)

   pschweitzer@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?
   
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?
   Complete
5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?
   Single source map from the Bureau of Land Management and the Arizona Geologic Survey.

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

1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
   
   USGS Information Services

   Box 25286, Denver Federal Center

   Denver, Colorado
   

   USA

   1-888-ASK-USGS (voice)

   1-303-202-4695 (FAX)

   infoservices@usgs.gov
2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set? US Geological Survey Special Publication - Geologic map of Arizona
3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

   All users of the Arizona map should acknowledge that the digital data was obtained from the BLM.

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

     Data format:	Geologic units and faults in format ARCE Size: 2
     Network links:	http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arizona/az_geol.e00.Z http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arizona/az_faults.e00.Z

   • Cost to order the data: none

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:

Last modified: 05-Feb-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)