Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: A.L. Howland and L. A. Moyer Publication_Date: 2001 Title: Chromite deposits in central part Stillwater Complex, Sweet Grass County, Montana: A digital database for the geologic map of the east slope of Iron Mountain Edition: Version 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report Issue_Identification: Open-File Report 01-321 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Menlo Park, CA Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: URL = http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-321/ Description: Abstract: The digital geologic map of the east slope of Iron Mountain, Sweet Grass County, Montana was prepared from preliminary digital datasets digitized by Optronics Specialty Co., Inc. from a paper copy of plate 10 from UGSG Bulletin 1015-D (Howland, 1955).The files were prepared and transformed to the Montana State Plane South projection by Helen Z. Kayser (Information Systems Support, Inc.). Further editing and attributing was performed by Lorre A. Moyer in 2001. The resulting spatial digital database can be queried in many ways to produce a variety of derivative geologic maps. Purpose: This dataset was developed to provide a geologic map GIS of the east slope of Iron Mountain, Sweet Grass County, Montana for use in future spatial analysis by a variety of users. These data can be printed in a variety of ways to display various geologic features or used for digital analysis and modeling. This database is not meant to be used or displayed at any scale larger than 1:3077 (for example, 1:2000 or 1:1500). Supplemental_Information: This GIS consists of two major ArcInfo datasets: one line and polygon file (ironmtn) containing geologic contacts and structures (lines) and geologic map rock units (polygons), and one point file (ironmtnp) containing structural data. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1955 Currentness_Reference: Publication date of paper map. Status: Progress: complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: No updates are planned. Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -110.06 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -110.05 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.41 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.40 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: geology Theme_Keyword: geologic map Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Montana Place_Keyword: Sweet Grass County Place_Keyword: Iron Mountain Place_Keyword: USA Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: This digital database is not meant to be used or displayed at any scale larger than 1:3077 (such as 1:2000). 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 US Geological Survey. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Michael L. Zientek 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: 1-509-368-3105 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 1-509-368-3199 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mzientek@usgs.gov Data_Set_Credit: In 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey contracted Optronics Specialty Co., Inc. (Northridge, CA) to scan and vectorize the geologic map of the east slope of Iron Mountain (Howland, 1955, plate 10). Helen Z. Kayser (contractor) transformed the GIS provided by Optronics from scanner inches to a state plane coordinate system (Montana South). Lorre A. Moyer then edited and attributed the spatial digital data files with an interim geologic data model in 2001. Native_Data_Set_Environment: SunOS, 5.7, sun4u UNIX, and Windows NT 4.0 PC Workstation ARC/INFO version 8.0 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Attribute accuracy was verified by manual comparison of the source with hard copy printouts, plots, and on-screen evaluation. Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon and chain-node topology present. Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end to completely enclose the area. Line segments area set of sequentially numbered coordinate pairs. No duplicate features exist nor duplicate points in a data string. Intersecting lines are separated into individual line segments at the point of intersection. Point data are represented by two sets of coordinate pairs, each with the same coordinate values. All nodes are represented by a single coordinate pair which indicates the beginning or end of a line segment. The neatline was generated by mathematically generating the four sides of the quadrangle, densifying the lines of latitude and projecting the file to Montana State Plane zone 4526. Completeness_Report: All geologic units from Howland (1955, plate 10) are included in this GIS. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The horizontal position accuracy for the digital data is no better than 15 feet based on the digitizing RMS error. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Howland, A.L. Publication_Date: 1955 Title: Geologic map of the east slope of Iron Mountain, Sweet Grass County, Montana Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin Issue_Identification: Bulletin 1015-D Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Washington, D.C. Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Source_Scale_Denominator: 3077 Type_of_Source_Media: paper map Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1955 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Howland (1955) Source_Contribution: Howland (1955, plate 10) was the sole source of geologic information in this GIS. Process_Step: Process_Description: Optronics Specialty Co., Inc. (Northridge, CA) scanned and vectorized the geologic map of the east slope of Iron Mountain (Howland, 1955, plate 10). Helen Z. Kayser (contractor) transformed the GIS provided by Optronics from scanner inches to a state plane coordinate system (Montana South). Lorre A. Moyer then edited and attributed the spatial digital data files with an interim geologic data model. Process_Date: 2000-2001 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System State_Plane_Coordinate_System: SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 4526 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000004 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000004 Planar_Distance_Units: Survey feet Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927 Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866 Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-321 contains a detailed description of each attribute code and a reference to the associated map symbols on the map source materials. The GIS includes a geologic linework arc attribute table, ironmtn.aat, that relates to the ironmtn.con (contact look-up table), ironmtn.st2 (structure look-up table), and the ironmtn.ref (source reference look-up table) files; a rock unit polygon attribute table, ironmtn.pat, that relates to the ironmtn.ru (rock unit look-up table) and ironmtn.ref (source reference look-up table) files; and a geologic map symbol point attribute table, ironmtnp.pat, that relates to the ironmtnp.sym (structural point data look-up tables) and ironmtnp.ref (source reference look-up table) files. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: A detailed description of the items in the Iron Mountain GIS are given in the text of Open-File Report 01-321 available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format on the World Wide Web at http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/01-321/ Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS Contact_Instructions: This report is only available in electronic format at URL = http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-321/ or via anonymous FTP from geopubs.wr.usgs.gov in the directory pub/open-file/of01-321 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. This digital geologic map GIS of the east slope of Iron Mountain, Sweet Grass County, Montana is not meant to be used or displayed at any scale larger than 1:3077 (for example, 1:2000). Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20011205 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Pamela D. Derkey 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: 1-509-368-3114 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 1-509-368-3199 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pderkey@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Access_Constraints: none Metadata_Use_Constraints: none Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile