Surface geology of the Powder River Basin

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Lee M. Osmonson
Publication_Date: 2012
Title: Surface geology of the Powder River Basin
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Downloadable GIS Data
Online_Linkage:
<http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/data/crra/spatial/pmf/PRBwells2011pmf.zip>
Online_Linkage:
<http://energy.usgs.gov/Coal/AssessmentsandData/CoalAssessments.aspx>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Jon E. Haacke
Originator: David C. Scott
Publication_Date: 2012
Title:
Drill hole data for coal beds in the Powder River Basin, Montana and Wyoming
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series
Issue_Identification: USGS DS 713
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/713/>
Description:
Abstract:
This report by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), of the Powder River Basin (PRB) of Montana and Wyoming is part of the U.S. Coal Resources and Reserves Assessment Project. Essential to that project was the creation of a comprehensive drill hole database that was used for coal bed correlation and for coal resource and reserve assessments in the PRB. This drill hole database was assembled using data from the USGS National Coal Resources Data System, several other Federal and State agencies, and selected mining companies. Additionally, USGS personnel manually entered lithologic picks into the database from geophysical logs of oil, gas, and coalbed methane wells. Of the 29,928 drill holes processed, records of 21,393 are in the public domain and are included in this report. The database contains location information, lithology, and coal bed names for each drill hole.
Purpose:
Generalized geology of the Powder River Basin has been previously published as a GIS shapefile. However, more detail has become available for portions of the basin than had been shown in the older maps. An updated geodatabase of the Tertiary geology of the Powder River Basin that differentiates the members of the Fort Union Formation in Montana as well as Wyoming was needed for the recent USGS reassessments of coal resources in the basin.
Supplemental_Information: This dataset is a combination of various resolutions of data.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2012
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -107.365517
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -104.693182
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.413655
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.754614
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: coal
Theme_Keyword: stratigraphy
Theme_Keyword: national
Theme_Keyword: Coal resources
Theme_Keyword: Coal reserves
Theme_Keyword: Coal
Theme_Keyword: Energy resources
Theme_Keyword: Coal mining
Theme_Keyword: Coal exploration
Theme_Keyword: Coalbed natural gas resources
Theme_Keyword: Coalbed methane resources
Theme_Keyword: Geology
Theme_Keyword: Fort Union Formation
Theme_Keyword: Powder River Basin
Theme_Keyword: Wyoming
Theme_Keyword: Montana
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: economy
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: EnergyResourceActivities
Theme_Keyword: CoalAssessments
Theme_Keyword: Powder2011
Theme_Keyword: CoalbedGas
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Powder River Basin
Place_Keyword: Wyoming
Place_Keyword: Campbell County
Place_Keyword: Converse County
Place_Keyword: Johnson County
Place_Keyword: Sheridan County
Place_Keyword: Montana
Place_Keyword: Big Horn County
Place_Keyword: Custer County
Place_Keyword: Powder River County
Place_Keyword: Rosebud County
Place_Keyword: Treasure County
Place_Keyword: U.S.
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: USA
Place_Keyword: Crook County
Place_Keyword: Weston County
Place_Keyword: Niobrara County
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Users of this geospatial database and information derived there from should acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey as the source of the data.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USGS Central Energy Resources Science Center
Contact_Person: Lee M. Osmonson
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
Box 25046 MS 939 Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225-0046
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-236-3613
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<http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/data/crra/graphic/PRBgeology2011.jpg>
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Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
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Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Sufficient for basin scale geology.
Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon features are present.
Completeness_Report: Geology is limited to the Powder River Basin.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Limited to software precision of geographic coordinates, NAD 83.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Green, G., and Drouillard, P.M. USGS.
Publication_Date: 1994
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: Wyoming digital geologic map, scale 250000
Edition: OFR-94-0425
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver Federal Center
Publisher: usgs
Online_Linkage: <http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov>
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Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
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Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None
Source_Contribution:
These data were used to create the geology for the Wyoming half of The Powder River Basin.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Raines and Johnson., USGS
Publication_Date: 1995
Title: Geology of Montana 500k
Edition: OFR-95-0691
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Online_Linkage: <http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov>
Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1995
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None
Source_Contribution:
These data were used to create the geology for the Montana half of the Powder River Basin.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: J. C. Case, C. S. Arneson, and L. L. Hallberg.
Publication_Date: 1998
Title: Wyoming Surficial Geology (100k Burgess Junction)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Online_Linkage: <http://www.uwyo.edu/wygisc/>
Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1998
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None
Source_Contribution:
This source provided more detailed data for the alluvium in the Sheridan Coalfield.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: J.C. Case, C. S. Arneson, and L. L. Hallberg.
Publication_Date: 1998
Title:
Wyoming Surficial Geology (seven 100k quadrangles were used for these data, please see source contribution for the names).
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Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None
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The following 100k quads were used to make the alluvium coverage in the Gillette Coalfield more detailed, and in the Recluse, Gillette, Sundance, Reno Junction, Newcastle, Bill, and Lance Creek areas.
Source_Information:
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Citation_Information:
Originator:
Susan M. Vuke, Edward J. Heffern, Robert N. Bergantino, Roger B. Colton
Publication_Date: 20010630
Title: Geologic Map of the Birney 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangle
Edition: final
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Butte, Montana
Publisher: Montana Bureau of Mines & Geology
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Susan M. Vuke, Robert N. Bergantino, Roger B. Colton, Edith M. Wilde, Edward L. Heffern
Publication_Date: 20010630
Title: Geologic Map of the Forsyth 30 x 60 Quadrangle
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Publication_Information:
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Originator: Susan M. Vuke
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Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Butte, Montana
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Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Compiled and mapped by Susan M. Vuke
Publication_Date: Unpublished material
Title: Hardin quadrangle geology modified from MBMG OFR 288
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Citation_Information:
Originator:
Susan M. Vuke, Stanley J. Luft, Roger B. Colton, Edward L. Heffern
Publication_Date: 20010630
Title: Geologic Map of the Miles City 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangle
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Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
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Publication_Place: Butte, Montana
Publisher: Montana Bureau of Mines & Geology
Online_Linkage: <http://www.mbmg.mtech.edu/gmr/gmr-statemap.asp>
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Citation_Information:
Originator: Susan M. Vuke & Robert N. Bergantino
Publication_Date: 20010630
Title: Geologic Map of the Lame Deer 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangle
Edition: final
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Butte, Montana
Publisher: Montana Bureau of Mines & Geology
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Citation_Information:
Originator: Compiled and mapped by S. M. Vuke, E. M. Wilde, and R. N. Be
Publication_Date: Unpublished material
Title: Lodge Grass quadrangle geology modified from MBMG OFR 289
Online_Linkage: <http://www.mbmg.mtech.edu/gmr/gmr-statemap.asp>
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Citation_Information:
Originator:
Susan M. Vuke, Edward L. Heffern, Robert N. Bergantino, Roger B. Colton
Publication_Date: 20010630
Title: Geologic Map of the Powderville 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangle
Edition: final
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Butte, Montana
Publisher: Montana Bureau of Mines & Geology
Online_Linkage: <http://www.mbmg.mtech.edu/gmr/gmr-statemap.asp>
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000
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Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Susan M. Vuke, Edward L. Heffern, Robert N. Bergantino, Roger B. Colton
Publication_Date: 20010630
Title: Geologic Map of the Broadus 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangle
Edition: final
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Butte, Montana
Publisher: Montana Bureau of Mines & Geology
Online_Linkage: <http://www.mbmg.mtech.edu/gmr/gmr-statemap.asp>
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Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The Montana geology was spliced together from the following nine 30 x 60 minute digital quadrangle maps: Birney, Broadus, Forsyth, Hardin, Hysham, Lame Deer, Lodge Grass, Miles City, and Powderville. The digital maps (polygon coverages) were downloaded from the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology (MBMG) website - <http://www.mbmg.mtech.edu/gis/gis-datalinks.asp>. The nine polygon coverages were merged into one coverage and slivers resulting from the merge process were eliminated. The coverages downloaded from the MBMG website were in the UTM projection (zone 13, NAD 27) and the merged coverage was kept the same. Individual shapefiles were then created from the merged coverage that represented the following geologic Members of the Fort Union Formation: Tongue River, Lebo, and Tullock.
The Wyoming geology and the Quaternary geology of the Montana portion of the Powder River Basin (PRB) was obtained in digital form as a shapefile (Prbgeol.shp, Geographic coordinate system, NAD 27) from USGS Professional Paper 1625-A, disc 2. The shapefile was converted to the UTM projection (zone 13, NAD 27) and then individual shapefiles were created that represented the following geologic units: Quaternary deposits, White River Formation, Wasatch Formation, and the Member units of the Fort Union Formation.
The geologic units and designations were checked against the geology as shown in a paper copy of USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2298 and changes were made to the shapefiles where there were major differences in geologic contacts or designations.
The shapefiles that represented the same geologic units in both Montana and Wyoming were merged into single basin shapefiles and then the eight final geology shapefiles were merged into a single basin geology shapefile. That PRB geology shapefile was converted to a file geodatabase feature class with the following coordinate system: Geographic, NAD 83.
Process_Date: 2011
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USGS Central Energy Resources Science Center
Contact_Person: Lee M. Osmonson
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
Box 25046 MS 939 Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225-0046
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-236-3613
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Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
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Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 8
Spatial_Reference_Information:
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Longitude_Resolution: 0.0000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 20.004
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Formation or Member name, or for Quaternary age, the type of deposits
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Information Services
Address: Box 25286
Address: Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: United States of America
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747)
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-202-4200
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-202-4188
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: <http://ask@usgs.gov>
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: datamgt@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions:
The dataset is available at the Energy Resources Science Center website - <http://energy.usgs.gov/>
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system, or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The U.S. Geological survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also contains copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items for other than personal use must be secured from the copyright owner.
This database, identified as DS 713, has been approved for release and publication by the Director of the USGS. Although this database has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use.
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Format_Name: Shapefile
Format_Information_Content:
Contains polygon features and attributes for the surface geology of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
<http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/data/crra/spatial/shape/PRBgeology2011shapefile.zip>
Access_Instructions:
The URL above links to a zipped file containing wells in Powder River Basin.
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
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Format_Version_Number: 9x
Format_Information_Content:
Contains point features and attributes for the coal stratigraphy well location file in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
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<http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/data/crra/spatial/geodatabase/PRBwells2011geodatabase.zip>
Access_Instructions:
The URL above links to a zipped file containing wells in Powder River Basin.
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
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This file contains a data package and interactive map intended for use in any ArcGIS desktop product, including the no-cost ArcGIS Reader
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
<http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/data/crra/spatial/pmf/PRBwells2011pmf.zip>
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Download and unzip the package. Open the pmf within the package using ArcGIS Reader or ArcGIS ArcMap.
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Format_Version_Number: 9.3
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This file contains a data package and interactive map intended for use in any ArcGIS desktop product, including the no-cost ArcGIS Reader
File_Decompression_Technique: zip files
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/713>
Fees: None
Custom_Order_Process:
Send email to datamgt@usgs.gov or call the USGS Central Energy Science Center main office at 303-236-1647.
Technical_Prerequisites: Requires software that reads dbf files and/or GIS data.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 2011
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Laura R.H. Biewick
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: P.O. Box 25046, MS 939
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-236-7773
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: datamgt@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Access_Constraints: none
Metadata_Use_Constraints: none
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