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

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Identification_Information:

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 Many of these maps and associated reports exist as single unpublished copies in the AGS archives, so these efforts served not only to provide a basis for digital capturing, but also as a means to preserve these rare geologic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.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2008

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

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.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Hinze, C.

Publication_Date: 1964

Title:

Die geologische Entwicklung der oestlichen Hindukush - Nordflanke (Nord-Ost-Afghanistan)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Hannover, Germany

Publisher: Bundesanstalt für Bodenforschung

Other_Citation_Details:

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

Type_of_Source_Media: Paper copy

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1964

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

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

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Trent Hare

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: IT Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

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

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

G:\GIS_orgranize\Afghan\USGS DS 317 COAL MAPS JUL08\COAL_GIS_MAPS\BGR\Narin_Kesem_250K\METADATA\Narin_Kesem_geology_250k.xml

Process_Date: 20080909

Process_Time: 12022700

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

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Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: 69.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000

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False_Northing: 0.000000

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Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002101

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

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Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984

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Altitude_Encoding_Method:

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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

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Entity_Type_Label: Narin_Kesem_geology

Entity_Type_Definition: Geologic Units

Entity_Type_Definition_Source:

Geological Reconnaissance Map of the Eastern North Flank of Hindukush between Narin and Kesem

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Attribute_Label: Unit

Attribute_Definition: Geologic Units

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Enumerated_Domain_Value: Crystalline schists

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Crystalline, undivided

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Granite

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Light-colored marls

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Limestones

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Marble

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Marine: Black shales and shell limestones

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Porphyrite, tuffs and tuffites

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Red and grey clay and sandstones with limestone intercalation

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Red clays (gypsum and salt)

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Red clays, sandstones and conglomerates

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Terrestric: Saighan formation

Enumerated_Domain:

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Enumerated_Domain:

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Enumerated_Domain:

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The polygons were attribute to reflect the defined geologic unit as defined on the original maps.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: German Bundesanstalt für Bodenforschung

Distribution_Information:

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Contact_Information:

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Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: USGS Information Services

Address: Box 25286

City: Denver

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80225-0046

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-202-4200

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-202-4695

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: infoservices@usgs.gov

Contact_Instructions:

Publication is also available on-line at: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/317>

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

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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Calendar_Date: 2008

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