Large-Scale Digital Geologic Map Databases and Reports of the North Coal District in Afghanistan

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Hare, T.M., Davis, P.A., Nigh, D., Skinner Jr., J.A., SanFilipo, J.R., Bolm, K.S., Fortezzo, C.M., Galuszka, D., Stettner, W.R., Shafiqullah Sultani, and Billal Nader
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
Large-Scale Digital Geologic Map Databases and Reports of the North Coal District in Afghanistan
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Box 85286, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, USA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
Scale 1:250,000; ISBN: 1-411-31777-7; USGS Afghanistan Project Product No. 159.
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/317>
Description:
Abstract:
A digital version of the Geological Reconnaissance Map of the Eastern North Flank of Hindukush between Narin and Kesem (Northeast Afghanistan) which was mapped at a 1:250,000 scale by the German Bundesanstalt für Bodenforschung (BGR).
Purpose:
Digital map showing geological units for the Karkar region of Afghanistan.
Supplemental_Information:
Most of the historical coal exploration is concentrated in north-central Afghanistan, a region referred to as the "North Coal District", and all of the coal-related maps found within the Afghanistan Geological Survey (AGS) archives to date cover various locations within that district as shown in the index map. Most of the maps included herein were originally scanned during a U.S. Geologcal Survey (USGS) site visit to Kabul in November, 2004. The scanning was performed using equipment purchased by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and installed at the AGS by USGS. Many of these maps and associated reports exist as single unpublished copies in the AGS archives, so these efforts served not only to provide a basis for digital capturing, but also as a means to preserve these rare geologic maps. The data included herein do not represent the full suite of coal-related reports and maps that are available in the AGS archives; in many cases, parts of reports were missing or not fully scanned.
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Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2008
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
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West_Bounding_Coordinate: 68.818309
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 70.202148
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.989632
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.041027
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Theme_Keyword: Geology
Theme_Keyword: Geologic Age
Theme_Keyword: Units
Theme_Keyword: Afghanistan
Theme_Keyword: GIS
Theme_Keyword: Reconnaissance Map
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Middle East
Place_Keyword: Afghanistan
Place_Keyword: Northern Afghanistan
Place_Keyword: the Eastern North Flank of Hindukush between Narin and Kesem
Place_Keyword: Narin
Access_Constraints: No known access constraints
Use_Constraints: No known use constraints
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Trent Hare
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 2255 North Gemini Drive
City: Flagstaff
State_or_Province: AZ
Postal_Code: 86001
Country: USA
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: thare@usgs.gov
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pdavis@usgs.gov
Data_Set_Credit: U.S. Geological Survey
Security_Information:
Security_Classification: Unclassified
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The accuracy of the geologic units is wholly dependent upon the accuracy of the data in the 1964 version of the German Bundesanstalt für Bodenforschung original maps. No formal effort was undertaken to develop a quantitative attribute accuracy statement. The assumption was made that the original geologic boundaries were accurate to 1:250,000, and that the original geologic attributions on the source map were correct.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
The completeness and quality of the geology in the digital coverage is that of the original 1964 map created by the German Bundesanstalt für Bodenforschung. No recent data have been added. The geographic accuracy of the original published map has been slightly degraded by a rubber-sheet operation to geolocate the printed maps.
Completeness_Report:
100 percent of geologic units depicted on the original source materials have been captured. Strike and dip, fossil and mineral localities, and geophysical age determinations locations have not been capture. This will be added at a later date.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The horizontal accuracy of the boundaries should not be considered accurate at a scale larger than approximately 1:250,000.
Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation:
The geographic accuracy of 1:250,000 of the original published map has been slightly degraded by not having accesss to stable base materials and the rubber-sheet operation.
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Source_Citation:
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Originator: Hinze, C.
Publication_Date: 1964
Title:
Die geologische Entwicklung der oestlichen Hindukush - Nordflanke (Nord-Ost-Afghanistan)
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Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Hannover, Germany
Publisher: Bundesanstalt für Bodenforschung
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Scale 1:250,000; Hinze, C., 1964, Die geologische Entwicklung der oestlichen Hindukush - Nordflanke (Nord-Ost-Afghanistan) [Translation: The geological development of the north flank of the eastern Hindukush (northeast Afghanistan)], in Wirtz, D., (Editor), Zur Geologie von Nordost- und Zentral-Afghanistan: Beihefte zum Geologischen Jahrbuch, v. 70, Bundesanstalt für Bodenforschung, Hannover, Germany, p. 19-76 (in German).
  • Plate 14 - Geological map of the area of Cal near Jskames, Province of Kataghan (northeast Afghanistan), 1:50,000-scale, compiled by C. Hinze.
  • Plate 15 - Geologic section through the area near Cal, North of Iskames, Province of Kataghan, NE-Afghanistan, compiled by C. Hinze.
  • Plate 16 - Geological reconnaissance map of the eastern north flank of Hindukush between Narin and Kesem (Northeast Afghanistan), 1:250,000-scale, compiled by C. Hinze.
  • Source_Scale_Denominator: 250,000
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    Calendar_Date: 1964
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    No stable base map sheets could be found. Paper maps were scanned and then rectified to a LANDSAT image base. The original projection of the maps was unkown. Once rectified, the digital maps were then digitized and attributed on screen using ArcMap 9 software.
    Process_Date: 2007
    Process_Time: 1 Months
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    Contact_Person: Trent Hare
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    Address: 2255 North Gemini Drive
    City: Flagstaff
    State_or_Province: AZ
    Postal_Code: 86001
    Country: USA
    Contact_Voice_Telephone: 928-556-7100
    Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: thare@usgs.gov
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    Process_Date: 20080909
    Process_Time: 12022700

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    Geological Reconnaissance Map of the Eastern North Flank of Hindukush between Narin and Kesem
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    Publication is also available on-line at: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/317>
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    Although the data has been processed on computer systems at the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the Geological Survey regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
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