Data notes for: 
Geologic map of the Van Buren North quadrangle, Carter, Reynolds, and Shannon County, Missouri
David J. Weary and Robert E. Weems, 2004
U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series Map I-2802

All data is projected to UTM Zone 15N, Datum NAD83, units meters

File Structure:


Geologic GIS data compressed into file : GIS_data.zip


GIS_data/

		vbn_geology.mxd (ArcMap 9.0 map file for displaying GIS data. (Requires ArcGIS 9.0 or above)

		bedrock.shp (polygon layer with areas of bedrock units delineated)
		faults.shp (line layer with location of mapped faults)
		residual.shp (polygon layer with areas of residual units delineated)
		karst.shp (line layer with outlines of drainages to observed sinkholes greater thatn 30 feet across)
		mags.shp (line layer with contours of magnetic field)
		misc.shp (point layer with miscellaneous geologic and hydrologic observation locations)
		points.shp (point layer with bedding and joint attitude measurements)
		struxcnt.shp (line layer defining elevation on the base of the Roubidoux Formation)
		surficial.shp (polygon layer delineating areas of surficial deposits)
		wells.shp (point layer with locations of wells)
		

	/base_map/
		vbn_drg (Georegistered image of the Van Buren North 7 1/2 minute quadrangle topographic map)

	/drg/
		vbn_base (Georegistered image of the Van Buren South 7 1/2 minute quadrangle topographic map)

	vbs_geology.mxd (ArcMap 8.3 map file to display data layers)





Metadata compressed into file: metadata.zip (metadata files to accompany vector geologic data layers)

		

VBN_map_plate.zip (Adobe Acrobat .pdf file for viewing and plotting the map plate as published by the U.S. Geological Survey)

VBN_thumb.gif (thumbnail image file of only the geologic map portion of the plate)

Readme.txt (this readme file)

This publication may be found on the internet at:  http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/i2802/