Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: John Tully Publication_Date: 19970130 Title: Map Showing Areal Extent of the Pittsburgh Coal Bed and Horizon and Mined Areas of the Pittsburgh Coal Bed Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS, Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 96-280 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: USGS; Eastern Energy Team Description: Abstract: This dataset is an polygon coverage of the mined areas of the Pittsburgh Coal bed. The polygons are subdivided into two categories: areas where Pittsburgh coal is known to be mined, and areas where Pittsbugh coal is known to be remaining (not mined). This data set is intented to be used in conjunction with C9024OC (Pittsburgh Coal Outcrop), C9024ST (Pittsburgh Coal Structure Contours), C9024IS(Pittsburgh Coal Isopach Contours), C9024OB (Pittsburgh Coal Overburden Contours), C9024RC (Pittsburgh Coal Reliability Circles), and C9024FIN (Union of the above coverages and county boundaries). Map Introduction: This map is one of many Geographic Information System (GIS) products of the National Coal Assessment that is being conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with State gological surveys and other Federal and State agencies. The base of the Pittsburgh Coal bed and its equivalent horizon is used to subdivide Upper Pennsylvanian Series strata into the overlying Monongahela Group and the underlying Conemaugh Group in the Appalachian Basin. This map depicts the Pittsburgh Coal bed and stratigraphically-equivalent non-coal strata, herein referred to as the Pittsburgh Coal bed and horizon. The Pittsburgh Coal bed and horizon occurs in eastern Ohio, central and northern West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and western Maryland. This map, consisting of the original-extent GIS layer and the mined-area layer, will be combined with coal isopach and coal bed structure layers for calculating remaining coal resources. On this map, four types of information are shown: (1) original extent of the Pittsburgh Coal bed and its laterally equivalent horizon; (2) known mined areas of the Pittsburgh Coal bed; (3) areas of inadequate subsurface control, areas of impure coal, and areas where the Pittsburgh Coal bed is absent; and (4) areas where mining has occurred and/or known resources exist. This metadata file deals exclusively with the 'Mined Out' coverage of the Pittsburgh coal bed. The data set is officially known as C9024MO. Methods: The mined data were acquired from various sources. The primary source in the northern part of the Pittsburgh Coal bed and horizon was a proprietary Computer Aided Design (CAD) file from the John T. Boyd Company (Pittsburgh, PA), which provided data for some of Ohio, much of Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. Mined areas that were not included in the John T. Boyd Company map in Greene, Westmoreland, Fayette, and Allegheny Counties, Pennsylvania, were obtained from the Pennsylvania Topographic and Geologic Survey county reports (various dates). West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey Open-file mine maps (various dates) were used for the mined area coverage south of Monongalia and Marion Counties. In Maryland, the Pittsburgh Coal bed is assumed to be mined-out at the scale represented by this map (D.Brezinski, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Geological Survey, oral commun., 1996). The John T. Boyd mined map (1995) was geo-referenced using state boundaries and reference points with Arcedit, appended with digitized West Virginia data, and both data sets were cleaned manually. The three sets of data were combined to create a single coverage and built for polygon topology. Each polygon was labeled as mined or not mined. Purpose: This dataset was produced to be used in the National Coal Assessment Program. It will be utilized for resource calculations, hardcopy map products, as well as in an 'On-Line Energy Decision Support System' currently under construction. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 19970130 Currentness_Reference: data collection and collation period Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.700 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -78.800 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.750 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.100 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Coal Resource Classification of the U.S. Geological Survey, USGS circular 891. Theme_Keyword: Eastern Energy Team Theme_Keyword: energy Theme_Keyword: power Theme_Keyword: resources Theme_Keyword: coal Theme_Keyword: coal resources Theme_Keyword: coal extent Theme_Keyword: bituminous Theme_Keyword: mined-out Theme_Keyword: mined areas Theme_Keyword: outcrop Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: West Virginia Geologic and Economic Survey Theme_Keyword: Ohio Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: Maryland Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: Pennsylvania Geological Survey Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Ohio Place_Keyword: Maryland Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania Place_Keyword: West Virginia Place_Keyword: Appalachians Place_Keyword: Appalachians Place_Keyword: CLAY County Place_Keyword: RITCHIE County Place_Keyword: MUSKINGHAM County Place_Keyword: MONROE County Place_Keyword: WETZEL County Place_Keyword: TYLER County Place_Keyword: MARION County Place_Keyword: MONONGALIA County Place_Keyword: GREENE County Place_Keyword: BROOKE County Place_Keyword: TAYLOR County Place_Keyword: KANAWHA County Place_Keyword: LINCOLN County Place_Keyword: WAYNE County Place_Keyword: TUCKER County Place_Keyword: GRANT County Place_Keyword: MINERAL County Place_Keyword: GARRETT County Place_Keyword: SOMERSET County Place_Keyword: CAMBRIA County Place_Keyword: PRESTON County Place_Keyword: FAYETTE County Place_Keyword: BARBOUR County Place_Keyword: UPSHUR County Place_Keyword: BRAXTON County Place_Keyword: CABELL County Place_Keyword: LAWRENCE County Place_Keyword: GALLIA County Place_Keyword: MASON County Place_Keyword: PUTNAM County Place_Keyword: JACKSON County Place_Keyword: MEIGS County Place_Keyword: ROANE County Place_Keyword: WIRT County Place_Keyword: CALHOUN County Place_Keyword: ATHENS County Place_Keyword: WASHINGTON County Place_Keyword: WOOD County Place_Keyword: PLEASANTS County Place_Keyword: GILMER County Place_Keyword: DODDRIDGE County Place_Keyword: MORGAN County Place_Keyword: HARRISON County Place_Keyword: NOBLE County Place_Keyword: GUERNSEY County Place_Keyword: BELMONT County Place_Keyword: OHIO County Place_Keyword: HARRISON County Place_Keyword: CARROLL County Place_Keyword: JEFFERSON County Place_Keyword: MARSHALL County Place_Keyword: BEAVER County Place_Keyword: ALLEGHENY County Place_Keyword: ARMSTRONG County Place_Keyword: INDIANA County Place_Keyword: WESTMORELAND County Place_Keyword: ALLEGANY County Place_Keyword: LEWIS County Place_Keyword: HANCOCK County Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geologic Names Unit Lexicon (GNULEX), 1996; Stratigraphic Nomenclature Databases for the United States, It's Possessions, and Territories, U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-6, release 3. Stratum_Keyword: Pittsburgh Coal Bed Horizon Stratum_Keyword: Pittsburgh Coal Stratum_Keyword: Upper Pennsylvanian Stratum_Keyword: Monongahela Group Stratum_Keyword: Conemaugh Group Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: None Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: John Tully (compiler) Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Energy Resources Team Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: MS 956 National Center City: Reston State_or_Province: Virginia Postal_Code: 20192 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6432 Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://energy.er.usgs.gov/products/openfile/ of96-280/pittcoal.gif> Browse_Graphic_File_Description: A simplified, clickable, image resident on the Energy Team homepage Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: Topology for this data set was built using the CLEAN command within ARC/INFO. This command eliminates dangling nodes, calculates inter- sections of arcs, eliminates redundant arcs, and creates a polygon attribute table. Completeness_Report: This data set is a representation of the mined out areas of the Pittsburgh coal seam. Although the source maps differentiated underground mines from surface mines, no effort was made to keep them separate in the data collection phase. Source data was selected by project manager (Jingle Ruppert). These maps contain the most up to date information available concerning the Pittsburgh coal bed. Surface mining of the Pittsburgh coal in the state of Ohio is not documented in this data set because it was not available at the time of compilation. Newer informaion can be obtained from the State geological surveys that are the original sources of the information in this study. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geological Survey Publication_Date: 1984 Title: Coal Resources of Green County Source_Scale_Denominator: 63360 Type_Of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_Of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1984 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NA Source_Contribution: NA Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geological Survey Publication_Date: 1985 Title: Coal Resources of Fayette County Source_Scale_Denominator: 63360 Type_Of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_Of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1985 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NA Source_Contribution: NA Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geological Survey Publication_Date: 1988 Title: Coal Resources of Westmoreland County Source_Scale_Denominator:63360 Type_Of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_Of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1988 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NA Source_Contribution: NA Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geological Survey Publication_Date: 1985 Title: Coal Resources of Allegheny County Source_Scale_Denominator: 63360 Type_Of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_Of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1985 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NA Source_Contribution: NA Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geological Survey Publication_Date: 1987 Title: Coal Resources of Washington County Source_Scale_Denominator: 63360 Type_Of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_Of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1987 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NA Source_Contribution: NA Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: John T. Boyd Company Publication_Date: 1995 Title: Ownership Map: southwestern Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia and eastern Ohio, Pittsburgh No. 8 Coal Seam Source_Scale_Denominator: 250000 Type_Of_Source_Media: paper and disc Source_Time_Period_Of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1995 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NA Source_Contribution: NA Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey Publication_Date: 1985 Title: Mined area of the Pittsburgh Coal Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000 Type_Of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_Of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1985 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NA Source_Contribution: NA Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey Publication_Date: 1990 Title: Open file reports showing cropline of the Pittsburgh Coal bed in Monongalia County Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000 Type_Of_Source_Media: transperancy Source_Time_Period_Of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1990 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NA Source_Contribution: NA Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey Publication_Date: 1989 Title: Geologic Map of the Sissonville quadrangle, Kanawha, Jackson, and Putnam Counties, West Virginia Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000 Type_Of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_Of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1989 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NA Source_Contribution: NA Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S.G.S Publication_Date: 1987 Title: Geologic Map of the Big Chimney quadrangle, Kanawha County Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000 Type_Of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_Of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1987 Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NA Source_Contribution: NA Process_Step: Process_Description: All paper maps were manually digitized on a tablet using ARC/INFO. All provided, digital data was converted to ARC/INFO coverages. All data was then appended into one data set. This data set was edited to resolve inconsistenceies between maps and to form a polygon coverage. The final data set was then attributed using the codes described within this document Process_Date: 1996 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information SDTS_Terms_Description SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1047 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.0001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.0001 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: C9024MO.PAT Entity_Type_Definition: polygon attribute table for C9024MO coverage Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO Attribute: Attribute_Label: MINE Attribute_Definition: A unique code that describes whether coal has been mined or is remaining. Attribute_Definition_Source: this study Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 101 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: '101' REMAINING; indicates pittsburgh coal IS NOT mined out; Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 102 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: '102' MINED OUT; indicates pittsburgh coal IS mined out; Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: John Tully (compiler) Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Susan J. Tewalt Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Energy Resources Team Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: MS 956 National Center City: Reston State_or_Province: Virginia Postal_Code: 20192 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6432 Resource_Description: Mined Out Areas of the Pittsburgh Coal Bed Distribution_Liability: This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for the descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: ARC/INFO Format_Version_Number: 7.1.1 Format_Information_Content: Polygonal mined area coverage Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: ftp://192.58.223.1/pub/OPEN_FILES/OF_96_280/> Fees: none Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 19960503 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: John Tully (compiler) Contact_Organization: U.S.Geological Survey, Eastern Energy Resources Team Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: MS 956 National Center City: Reston State_or_Province: Virginia Postal_Code: 20192 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6432 Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998