Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: David Boleneus
      Publication_Date: 1999
      Title:
        Geologic datasets for weights of evidence analysis in northeast
        Washington--3. Minerals-related permits on national forests, 1967
        to 1998 
      Edition: version 1.0
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Excel 97 spreadsheet
      Series_Information:
        Series_Name: Open-File Report OF99-414
        Issue_Identification: 99-414.xls
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Spokane WA
        Publisher:
          U.S. Geological Survey
          
      Online_Linkage:
        
        URL = http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of99-414/of99-414.html
  Description:
    Abstract:
      Permits to explore for and (or) develop mineral resources on
      Federal lands can be used to indicate locations and types of
      mineral-related activities on national forests. Permits for these
      activities require filing of a Notice of Intent to conduct mineral
      exploration activities and (or) a Plan of Operation, if significant
      land disturbance results. This compilation of notices and plans for
      the Colville, Kaniksu, Okanogan, and Wenatchee national forests
      between 1967 and 1998 is intended for use in combination with
      geologic and economic information to predict future mineral-related
      activities in the region.  
    Purpose:
      This dataset was developed to provide mineral resource data for the
      region of northeast WA for use in future spatial analysis by a
      variety of users.
      
      This database is not meant to be used or displayed at any scale
      larger than 1:24,000.
      
    Supplemental_Information:
      This dataset consists of one Excel 97 spreadsheet file
      (of99-414.xls) which contains information about permits on national forest
      lands in northeast Washington State.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Single_Date/Time:
        Calendar_Date: 1998
    Currentness_Reference: Date that data were collected and compiled.
  Status:
    Progress: complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: No updates are planned at this time.
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.25 
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.0
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.0
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.25 
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
      Theme_Keyword: mineral resource
      Theme_Keyword: lead
      Theme_Keyword: zinc
      Theme_Keyword: gold
      Theme_Keyword: silver
      Theme_Keyword: plan of operation
      Theme_Keyword: placer gold
      Theme_Keyword: mines
      Theme_Keyword: notice of intent
      Theme_Keyword: forest service
      Theme_Keyword: metallic
      Theme_Keyword: non-metallic
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
      Place_Keyword: Washington
      Place_Keyword: northeast Washington
      Place_Keyword: Ferry County
      Place_Keyword: Okanogan County
      Place_Keyword: Pend Oreille County
      Place_Keyword: Stevens County
      Place_Keyword: Colville National Forest
      Place_Keyword: Okanogan National Forest
      Place_Keyword: Sandpoint
      Place_Keyword: Okanogan
      Place_Keyword: Pacific Northwest
      Place_Keyword: USA
      Place_Keyword: Kaniksu National Forest
      Place_Keyword: Wenatchee National Forest
      Place_Keyword: Chelan County
      Place_Keyword: Kittitas County
      Place_Keyword: Yakima County
      Place_Keyword: Whatcom County
  Access_Constraints: none
  Use_Constraints:
    This digital database is not meant to be used or displayed at
    any scale larger than 1:24,000. The user may need to contact the local
    Forest Service office for updates on Plans of Operation or
    Notices of Intention.
    
    Any hardcopies utilizing these data sets shall clearly indicate
    their source.  If the user has modified the data in any way
    they are obligated to describe the types of modifications they
    have performed on the hardcopy map.  User specifically agrees
    not to misrepresent these data sets, nor to imply that changes they
    made were approved by the U.S. Geological Survey.
    
    These data are not meant to be displayed at any scale larger than
    1:24,000 (e.g., 1:12,000 or 1:2,000).
  Data_Set_Credit:
    David Boleneus compiled the data in digital form from U.S. Forest
    Service files. Compilation included removal of duplicate records
    and verifying latitude-longitude location.  Points of latitude-longitude are located to the
      center of the nearest section and were calculated from
      Township-Range-Section data using the freeware script "trs2ll" (M.
      Wefald, written commun.).
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: David E. Boleneus
        Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
      Contact_Position: geologist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 904 W. Riverside Ave., Rm. 202
        City: Spokane
        State_or_Province: WA
        Postal_Code: 99201
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-509-368-3100
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 1-509-368-3199
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dboleneu@usgs.gov
  Native_Data_Set_Environment: MS Excel 97 for Win95
Data_Quality_Information:
  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
      Attribute accuracy was verified by manual comparison of location of
      Plan of Operation or Notice of Intent obtained from US Forest
      Service files, where possible.  Attribute accuracy was not verified
      on the the ground.   
  Logical_Consistency_Report:
    Point data is given in latitude and longitude 
    (decimal degrees).  
  Completeness_Report:
    This digital dataset was produced from unpublished U.S. Forest
    Service files and is considered to be a unique mineral resource
    dataset for the area.  
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        The horizontal positional accuracy for the digital data was checked
        against the original file data.  Latitude-longitude points were
        calculated from Township-Range-Section given in U.S. Forest Service
        files.  The accuracy of the file data was accepted and were not
        checked on the ground.  Points of latitude-longitude are located to the
      center of the nearest section and were calculated from
      Township-Range-Section data using the freeware script "trs2ll" (M.
      Wefald, written commun.). The area of each permit may occupy a larger area
      than depicted by the point location represented by the latitude and longitude location.
      The point location occurs somewhere within the boundaries of the larger area represented
      by the entire permit area boundary.
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: US Geolgical Survey Open-File Services, Denver, CO or USGS URL:
          http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of99-414/of99-414 
          Publication_Date: 1999
          Title: Geologic datasets for weights of evidence analysis in northeast
        Washington--3. Minerals-related permits on national forests, 1967
        to 1998 
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: data in spreadsheet format
      Type_of_Source_Media: floppy diskette
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1998
        Source_Currentness_Reference:
          data information was extracted for
          this report during 1998 from Forest Service files in Colville,
          Kaniksu, Okanogan, and Wenatchee National Forests
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: US Geological Survey, 1999
      Source_Contribution: location and attributes of sites
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: USFS
          Publication_Date: unpublished
          Title: unpublished data from US Forest Service files
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper files consisting of text dating to as old as 1967.
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1998
        Source_Currentness_Reference:
          date information was extracted for
          this report
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: US Forest Service unpublished data
      Source_Contribution:
        U.S. Forest Service contributed files compiled by various district
        employees responsible for minerals activity on forest lands in the
        district and allowed author access to the files for compiling data.
        These files were the sole source of data in this report.
                        
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        Data were collected from USFS files and allocated to various fields
        (categories) in an Excel 97 spreadsheet. Categories of data are
        given in the description of Table 1 in Open-File Report 99-414
        (Boleneus, 1999) at
        http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of99-414/of99-414.html. 
        
      Process_Date: January 1998 to December 1998
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 366 points
                 
Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Geographic:
      Latitude_Resolution: 1
      Longitude_Resolution: 1
      Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
      The data set for "Geologic datasets for weights of evidence
      analysis in northeast Washington--3. Minerals-related permits on
      national forests, 1967 to 1998" consists of one Excel 97
      workbook, "of99-414.xls", which is displayed as Table 1 in the
      OFR text.
      
      Definitions of fields in the "of99-414.xls" sheet in the
      workbook are given below: 
      
      Permit number--Plan or notice number (as designated by this
      report)
      
      Type--Plan or Notice 
      
      Forest--Name of forest containing plan or
      notice 
      
      Company--Name of applicant or company conducting the work
      
      Primary commodity--Primary commodity (e.g.  Au, Ag, Pb...) 
      
      All commodities--All commodities given as object of plan or notice
      
      Latitude--Latitude of point at center of nearest section
      
      Longitude--Longitude of point at center of nearest section
      
      Purpose--Purpose of plan or notice assigned by applicant
      
      Project--Project name assigned by applicant 
      
      Start year--First year permit was issued 
      
      End year--Last year permit was issued
      
      District--Forest district where permit is located 
      
      Local no.--Tracking number used by U.S. Forest Service
      
      Region--U.S. Forest Service region number
      
      State--State 
      
      Township--Township number (N) in Washington (Willamette meridian)
       
      Range--Range number (E) in Washington (Willamette meridian) 
      
      Assumed section--Section arbitrarily decided as centroid from
      which the latitude and longitude were calculated using the
      freeware script, "trs2ll" (M.Wefald, written commun.) 
      
      All Sections--Sections within the township-range containing plan
      or notice 
      
      Subdivision--Subdivision of section, when available
      
     Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
      See Open-File Report 99-414, available on-line at
      http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of99-414/of99-414.html 
Distribution_Information:
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Information Services
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: Open-File Reports, Box 25286
        City: Denver
        State_or_Province: CO
        Postal_Code: 80225
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-303-202-4200
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: David E. Boleneus
        Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
      Contact_Position: geologist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 904 West Riverside, Rm. 202
        City: Spokane
        State_or_Province: WA
        Postal_Code: 99201
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-509-368-3100
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 1-509-368-3199
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dboleneu@usgs.gov
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization:
          U.S. Geological Survey - Earth Science Information
          Office
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 904 West Riverside, Rm. 135
        City: Spokane
        State_or_Province: WA
        Postal_Code: 99201
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-509-368-3130
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 1-509-368-3194
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: esnfic@mailmcan1.wr.usgs.gov
      Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Pacific time zone
  Distribution_Liability:
    The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides these geographic data
    "as is." The USGS makes no guarantee or warranty concerning the
    accuracy of information contained in the geographic data.  The USGS
    further makes no warranties, either expressed or implied as to any
    other matter whatsoever, including, without limitation, the
    condition of the product, or its fitness for any particular
    purpose. The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely
    with the user.  Although these data have been processed
    successfully on computers at the USGS, no warranty, expressed or
    implied, is made by the USGS regarding the use of these data on any
    other system, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply
    any such warranty.
    
    In no event shall the USGS have any liability whatsoever for
    payment of any consequential, incidental, indirect, special, or
    tort damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, any loss
    of profits arising out of use of or reliance on the geographic data
    or arising out of the delivery, installation, operation, or support
    by USGS.
    
    These data are not meant to be displayed at any scale larger than
    1:24,000 (e.g., 1:12,000 or 1:2,000),
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 19991008
  Metadata_Review_Date: 
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
        Contact_Person: David E. Boleneus
      Contact_Position: geologist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 904 West Riverside Avenue, Rm. 202
        City: Spokane
        State_or_Province: WA
        Postal_Code: 99201
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-509-368-3100
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 1-509-368-3199
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dboleneu@usgs.gov
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
