The Geologic Map of Arkansas

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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: B.R. Haley
Originator: James E. Queen
Originator: Gregory N. Green
Publication_Date: 2000
Title: The Geologic Map of Arkansas
Edition: v 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arkansas/

Description:

Abstract:

This geologic map was prepared as a part of a continuing study of digital methods and techniques as applied to complex geologic maps. The digital geologic map was created from the orginal linework used to prepare the published paper Geologic Map of Arkansas. Consequently, this geologic map database can be queried in many ways to produce a variety of geologic maps. The analog source of data was Haley, B.R.; assisted by Glick, E.E., Bush, W.V., Clardy, B.F., Stone, C.G., Woodward, M.B., and Zachry, D.L., 1993, Geologic Map of Arkansas: U.S. Geol. Survey, Special Geologic Map, scale 1:500,000.

Purpose:

This dataset was developed to provide a geologic map GIS database of the State Map of Arkansas for use in spatial analysis by a variety of users.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2000

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -94.5
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -89.5
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.5
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: geology
Theme_Keyword: geologic maps
Theme_Keyword: bedrock geologic units
Theme_Keyword: geologic structure
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: Arkansas
Place_Keyword: USA

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4
Place_Keyword: fUS05 = Arkansas

Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints:

This database is not meant to be used or displayed at any scale other than 1:500,000.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Gregory N. Green
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: MS 905, USGS, Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 236-5390
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ggreen@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

Original source of contact, thrust, culture, legend, drainage and type layers is unknown. However I believe that these were created by Rothtek Co. under the direction of Jim Queen of the USGS, Reston. These are the scribe sheets (or copies) used to print the 1993 paper verion of the Geology of Arkansas. These digital scanned scribe were placed on the greenwood ftp server. Greg Green of the USGS Denver, attributed the sheets in Arc/Info. The normal faults and igneous rocks scribe sheets were not found and these were digitized by hand by Green from a liibrary copy. (expect some errors)

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

SunOS, 5.5.1, sun4u UNIX ARC/INFO version 7.1.1

Data_Quality_Information:

Completeness_Report: finished
Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Haley, B.R.; assisted by Glick, E.E., Bush, W.V., Clardy, B.F., Stone, C.G., Woodward, M.B., and Zachry, D.L.

Publication_Date: 1993
Title: Geologic Map of Arkansas
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia, USA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000
Type_of_Source_Media:

stable-base material: six clear film positives library copy: paper for faults and igneous rocks

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1993

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Haley, 1993
Source_Contribution:

Haley, B.R.; assisted by Glick, E.E., Bush, W.V., Clardy, B.F., Stone, C.G., Woodward, M.B., and Zachry, D.L., compiled the map. Jim Queen created the Scitex plates. Greg Green created the arc/info map.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Scanned sheets were transformed to register to a Lambert conformal conic projection. (expect small errors) The normal faults and igneous rocks scribe sheets were not found and these were digitized by hand from a liibrary copy.(expect some errors) Formations tagged from paper library copy (expect errors) Extra contacts added by hand to close polygons as needed Shadeset is alc1.shd from alacarte.aml (Wentworth and Fitzgibbon, 1991) Lineset is carto.shd from esri The type cover contains all required geologic symbols Unknown lines and polygons ouccur along the Mississippi river Corrections were made as needed.

Process_Date: 2000

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Creation of original metadata record
Process_Date: 20000505
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Gregory N. Green

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: MS 905, USGS, Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 236-5390
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ggreen@usgs.gov

Logical_Consistency_Report: manual check against orginals

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: vector

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 50
Ordinate_Resolution: 50

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
Lambert_Conformal_Conic:

Standard_Parallel: 33
Standard_Parallel: 45
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -92.0
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0
False_Easting: 0
False_Northing: 0

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:

The Digital Arkansas Geologic Map is made of five spatial datasets. The map coverages are (1) contact, thrust, igneous, and fault, and (2) the type coverage. The type coverage contains vectors that are in the shape of words, graphics and symbols. Althought the scanned image was vectorized the text is easly readable.
The correlation diagram was topologically structrured and attributed as coverage LEGEND1. Consequently the boxes were color filled with the coresponding color from the geologic map. LEGEND2, CULTURE AND DRAINAGE coverages were not attributed. They are supplied as registered graphical background images.

CODING SCHEME FOR ARC ATTRIBUTES:
Several polygons and arcs were given the attribute unknown.
These unknown lines and polygons ouccur along the Mississippi river.
ITEM            FEATURE
P1              Shorthand attribute
COLOR           Line pattern from CARTO.LIN
NAME            Type of line

Line Types and Attributes
P1  Color  Name
-1     0   unknown
 1   101   contacts
 2   128   state borders
 3   203   thrust faults
 4   103   normal faults
 5   107   dotted faults
 6   402   Ki igneous rocks

CODING SCHEME FOR POLYGON ATTRIBUTES:


P1  COLOR MAPCODE FORMATION                       SYSTEM         ERA
 -1   0           unknown
101 133   Qcm     Alluvium                         Quaternary     Cenozoic
102  71   Qso     Alluvial deposits                Quaternary     Cenozoic
103 900   Qt      Terrace deposits                 Quaternary     Cenozoic
104 472   Qds     Dune sand                        Quaternary     Cenozoic
105 416   Qss     Silt and sand                    Quaternary     Cenozoic
106  98   Ql      Loess                            Quaternary     Cenozoic
107   9   Qsg     Sand and gravel                  Quaternary     Cenozoic
108 133   Qal     Alluvium                         Quaternary     Cenozoic
109 470   Qat     Alluvium and terrace deposits    Quaternary     Cenozoic
201 476   Tg      Gravel                           Tertiary       Cenozoic
202 474   Tj      Jackson Group                    Tertiary       Cenozoic
203 883   Tc      Claiborne Group                  Tertiary       Cenozoic
204  10   Tw      Wilcox Group                     Tertiary       Cenozoic
205   6   Tm      Midway Group                     Tertiary       Cenozoic
301 702   Ksc     Sand and clay                    Cretaceous     Mesozoic
302 701   Kr      Cretaceous rocks                 Cretaceous     Mesozoic
303 659   Kad     Arkadelphia Marl                 Cretaceous     Mesozoic
304 660   Kn      Nacatoch sand                    Cretaceous     Mesozoic
305 605   Ks      Saratoga Chalk                   Cretaceous     Mesozoic
306 356   Km      Marlbrook Marl                   Cretaceous     Mesozoic
307 606   Ka      Annona Chalk                     Cretaceous     Mesozoic
308 303   Ko      Ozan Fm                          Cretaceous     Mesozoic
309 630   Kb      Brownstown Marl                  Cretaceous     Mesozoic
310  77   Kto     Tokio Fm                         Cretaceous     Mesozoic
311  17   Kw      Woodbine Fm                      Cretaceous     Mesozoic
312 808   Kkg     Kiamichi Fm and Goodland Ls      Cretaceous     Mesozoic
313  14   Kt      Trinity Group                    Cretaceous     Mesozoic
314  12   Kde     De Queen Ls                      Cretaceous     Mesozoic
315  13   Kdi     Dierks Ls                        Cretaceous     Mesozoic
316  52   Ki      Igneous rocks                    Cretaceous     Mesozoic
401   4   Pzi     Olistoliths of Metagabbro
                   +Soapstone-Serpentine                          Paleozoic
402 321   &a      Atoka Fm, undivided              Pennsylvanian  Paleozoic
403 334   &bh     Bloyd Sh and Prairie Grove Mbr
                   of Hale Fm                      Pennsylvanian  Paleozoic
404 120   &hc     Cane Hill Mbr of Hale Fm         Pennsylvanian  Paleozoic
405  88   &by     Boggy Fm                         Pennsylvanian  Paleozoic
406  83   &sv     Savanna Fm                       Pennsylvanian  Paleozoic
407  84   &ma     McAlester Fm                     Pennsylvanian  Paleozoic
408  86   &hs     Hartshorne Ss                    Pennsylvanian  Paleozoic
409 493   &au     Atoka Fm, upper part             Pennsylvanian  Paleozoic
410 532   &am     Atoka Fm, middle part            Pennsylvanian  Paleozoic
411 492   &al     Atoka Fm, lower part             Pennsylvanian  Paleozoic
412  66   &jv     Johns Valley Sh                  Pennsylvanian  Paleozoic
413   2   &j      Jackfork Ss                      Pennsylvanian  Paleozoic
501 865   Mpfb    Pitkin Ls, Fayetteville Sh
                   + Batesville Ss                 Mississippian  Paleozoic
502 490   Mr      Ruddell Sh                       Mississippian  Paleozoic
503 523   Mm      Moorefield Fm                    Mississippian  Paleozoic
504 308   Mb      Boone Fm                         Mississippian  Paleozoic
505 302   Ms      Stanley Sh                       Mississippian  Paleozoic
506 554   MDa     Arkansas Novaculite              Miss +Devonian Paleozoic
507 665   MDcp    Chattanooga Sh, Clifty Ls,
                   + Penters Chert                 Miss +Devonian Paleozoic
601  27   Slsb    Lafferty, St. Clair,
                  and Brassfield Lms               Silurian       Paleozoic
602  29   Smb     Missouri Mountain Sh
                   + Blaylock Ss                   Silurian       Paleozoic
701 122   Ocj     Carson Sh, Fernvale Ls,
                   Kimmswick Ls, + Joachim Dm      Ordovician     Paleozoic
702 131   Ose     St. Peter Ss + Everton Fm        Ordovician     Paleozoic
703 279   Op      Powell Dolomite                  Ordovician     Paleozoic
704  91   Ocjc    Cotter and Jefferson City Dm     Ordovician     Paleozoic
705 408   Opb     Polk Creek Sh and Bigfoot Chert  Ordovician     Paleozoic
706 100   Ow      Womble Sh                        Ordovician     Paleozoic
707  95   Ob      Blakely Ss                       Ordovician     Paleozoic
708 320   Om      Mazarn Sh                        Ordovician     Paleozoic
709 732   Ocm     Crystal Mountain Ss              Ordovician     Paleozoic
710 622   Oc      Collier Sh                       Ordovician     Paleozoic
999 151   H2O     Water

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: FTP Server
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: PO Box 25286, Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225-0046
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-303-236-5390
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ggreen@usgs.gov

Distribution_Liability:

This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) editorial standard nor with the North American stratigraphic codes. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the USGS. Although these data have been used by the USGS and have been successfully imported into data base programs, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to how successfully or accurately the data can be imported into any specific application software running on any specific hardware platform. The fact of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in connection therewith. This data base GIS is not meant to be used or displayed at any scale other than 1:100,000.

Resource_Description: Digital Version of the Geologic Map of Arkansas
Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ArcInfo interchange
Format_Version_Number: 7.1.2
Format_Information_Content: Geologic Map of Arkansas
File_Decompression_Technique: uncompress
Transfer_Size: 10

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arkansas/download/finished/alc1.e00.Z
Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arkansas/download/finished/arkansas.aml
Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arkansas/download/finished/arkansas.dat
Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arkansas/download/finished/arkansas.met
Network_Resource_Name:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arkansas/download/finished/contact.e00.Z

Network_Resource_Name:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arkansas/download/finished/culture.e00.Z

Network_Resource_Name:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arkansas/download/finished/drainage.e00.Z

Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arkansas/download/finished/fault.e00.Z
Network_Resource_Name:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arkansas/download/finished/igneous.e00.Z

Network_Resource_Name:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arkansas/download/finished/legend1.e00.Z

Network_Resource_Name:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arkansas/download/finished/legend2.e00.Z

Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arkansas/download/finished/load.aml
Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arkansas/download/finished/mapbar.aml
Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arkansas/download/finished/thrust.e00.Z
Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sm/arkansas/download/finished/type.e00.Z

Fees: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20160614
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer
Contact_Organization: USGS Midwest Area

Contact_Position:

Collection manager, USGS Geoscience Data Clearinghouse, http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address:

Mail Stop 954
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr

City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192-0002
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6252
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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