Thickness Grids of Coal Beds, Powder River Basin, Montana and Wyoming

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Osmonson, Lee M.
Publication_Date: 2015
Title:
Thickness Grids of Coal Beds, Powder River Basin, Montana and Wyoming
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Downloadable GIS Data
Online_Linkage:
<http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/data/crra/spatial/prbdatapackage.zip>
Online_Linkage:
<http://energy.usgs.gov//RegionalStudies/PowderRiverBasin/tabid/330/Agg1092_SelectTab/2/Default.aspx>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Scott, David C.
Originator: Haacke, Jon E.
Originator: Osmonson, Lee M.
Originator: Luppens, James A.
Originator: Pierce, Paul E.
Publication_Date: 2015
Title:
Assessment of Coal Geology, Resources, and Reserves in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series
Issue_Identification: DS-912
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds912>
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/912/>
Description:
Abstract:
Thickness grids were created for 47 coal beds within the Powder River Basin, Montana and Wyoming. The grids were produced as part of the work performed by the U.S. Geological Survey's U.S. Coal Resource and Reserves Assessment Project. Each thickness grid portrays the total thickness of the coal plus parting material for each coal bed.
Purpose:
The thickness grids were created to subsequently calculate the amount of total coal resource contained within each coal bed. The grids were also used to calculate the amount of coal resources that had previously been mined, were restricted to mining, and were available for future mining.
Supplemental_Information:
This metadata document pertains to the following ESRI grid files:
hlu_coal UPPER HEALY hly_coal HEALY/LOWER ULM mur_coal MURRAY ucr_coal UCROSS fxu_coal UPPER FELIX flx_coal FELIX fxl_coal LOWER FELIX ruu_coal ROLAND UPPER RIDER rul_coal ROLAND LOWER RIDER rbk_coal ROLAND (BAKER) rtf_coal ROLAND (TAFF) smu_coal UPPER SMITH smt_coal SMITH auu_coal ANDERSON UPPER RIDER aul_coal ANDERSON LOWER RIDER and_coal ANDERSON anl_coal LOWER ANDERSON dz1_coal DIETZ 1 dz2_coal DIETZ 2 dz3_coal DIETZ 3 dz4_coal DIETZ 4 cnu_coal UPPER CANYON/COX can_coal CANYON cnl_coal LOWER CANYON fru_coal UPPER FERRY fer_coal FERRY wer_coal WERNER/COOK otu_coal UPPER OTTER otr_coal OTTER gat_coal GATES/WALL paw_coal PAWNEE bar_coal BREWSTER-ARNOLD odl_coal ODELL cac_coal CACHE azn_coal A ZONE rdu_coal UPPER ROSEBUD/S1 rk1_coal ROSEBUD/KNOBLOCH/DEEP1 cal_coal CALVERT mn1_coal MCKAY/NANCE/DEEP2 mkl_coal LOWER MCKAY/S2 fg3_coal FLOWERS-GOODALE/DEEP3 wup_coal UPPER WITHAM rw4_coal ROBINSON/WITHAM/DEEP4 rob_coal ROBERTS/TERRET bur_coal BURLEY stg_coal UPPER STAG stl_coal LOWER STAG
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2015
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -107.4
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -104.7
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.4
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.7
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
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:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: economy
Theme_Keyword: environment
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Wyoming
Place_Keyword: Northern Wyoming Powder River Basin
Place_Keyword: Powder River Basin
Place_Keyword: Campbell County
Place_Keyword: Crook County
Place_Keyword: Johnson County
Place_Keyword: Sheridan County
Place_Keyword: U.S.
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: USA
Place_Keyword: Westin County
Place_Keyword: Powder River County
Place_Keyword: Big Horn County
Place_Keyword: Rosebud County
Place_Keyword: Treasure County
Place_Keyword: Custer County
Place_Keyword: Converse County
Place_Keyword: Niobrara County
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Users of this geospatial database and geologic 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: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Scott Kinney
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: 303-236-5894
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-236-0459
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: skinney@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
<http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/data/crra/graphic/prb_coal_seams.jpg>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: This is a picture of coal thickness
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
Data_Set_Credit:
Thickness grids were created with PC/Cores and ArcView Spatial Analyst 2.0 by Lee M. Osmonson (USGS).

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The accuracy of the cell attributes are dependent upon the PC/Cores geologic modeling program that produced them.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
These grids are considered to be error-free. All thickness grid cells have a value associated with them and contain no negative values.
Completeness_Report:
The drill-hole data used to construct the grids comprise the most complete database available at the time of compilation.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The accuracy of the grid cells depends upon the accuracy of the drill hole locations used to construct the database in StratiFact.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
L.J. Bragg, J.K. Oman, S.J. Tewalt, C.J. Oman, N.H. Rega, P.M. Washington, and R.B. Finkelman
Publication_Date: 1997
Title:
U.S. Geological Survey Coal Quality (COALQUAL) Database: Version 2.0
Edition: Version 2.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Database
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: USGS OFR 97-134
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details: National Coal Resources Data System US Coal Quality Database
Online_Linkage: <http://energy.er.usgs.gov/products/databases/CoalQual/index.htm>
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: unknown
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: National Coal Resources Data System US Coal Quality Database
Source_Contribution:
Point source locations of well drill holes and measured sections with associated coal bed thicknesses and depths of burial.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Publication_Date: 2009
Title: Wyoming wells database
Online_Linkage: <http://wogcc.state.wy.us/>
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2009
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: WOGCC
Source_Contribution: Digital drill hole well logs
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Wyoming State Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2007
Title: Digital well logs
Other_Citation_Details: P.O. Box 1347, Laramie, WY 82073
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2007
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: WSGS
Source_Contribution: Digital drill hole well logs
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Drill hole information for well locations obtained from the USGS, the Wyoming State Geological Survey, and the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission were used to construct a database for the Powder River Basin. This database was imported into the StratiFact computer program to correlate the coal beds within the Powder River Basin. Once correlated, the coal bed information from StratiFact was imported into the PC\Cores geologic modeling program. PC\Cores was used to produce thickness grids within the project extent of the Powder River Basin. The thickness grids were produced with a cell size of 150 meters for each coal bed. The PC/Cores grids were imported into the ArcView GIS program (Spatial Analyst 2.0 extension) and resampled to a cell size of 30 meters.
Process_Date: 2009
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Lee M. Osmonson
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Denver Federal Center MS 939
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-236-5894
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: skinney@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Dataset copied.
Process_Date: 20100312
Process_Time: 14315000

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Pixel

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
UTM_Zone_Number: 13
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -105.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
False_Easting: 500000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 30
Ordinate_Resolution: 30
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Coal bed thickness
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: None

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 Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-202-4700
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-202-4693
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: 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 XXX, 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.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ArcGIS Geodatabase 10.2
Format_Information_Content:
A zipped file GIS data, an ArcMap Project, an ArcReader Project and associated metadata
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
<http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/data/crra/spatial/prbdatapackage.zip>
Access_Instructions:
The URL above links to a zipped file containing 47 coal-bed thickness grids in the Powder River Basin, Montana and Wyoming.
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ASCII
Format_Information_Content: Text format
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
<http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/data/crra/spatial/prbdatapackage.zip>
Access_Instructions:
The URL above links to a zipped file containing coal thickness for the Powder River Basin, Montana and Wyoming.
Fees: None
Custom_Order_Process:
Send email to datamgt@usgs.gov or call the USGS Central Energy Team main office at 303-236-1647.
Technical_Prerequisites: Requires software that reads GIS data.

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 2014
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Scott Kinney
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: 303-236-5894
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_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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