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