Coal Quality and Resources of the Former Soviet Union

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The Coal Quality and Resources of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) ArcView project contains 10 views and 4 cross-section pseudo views. Three views contain georeferenced spatial data: the coal basins and territories of the FSU, the coal resources of the FSU, and the surface geology of the FSU. Four graphic views include image files that are registered with ungeoreferenced coal data point files: the Donetsky Basin geology and coal resource views and the Kuznetsky Basin geology and coal resource views. Three other views are neither georeferenced nor registered: the Ekibastuz Basin geology, the Fan-Yagnob geology, and the Tkvarchel’skoye coal resources. All the views include different themes as shape files (extension “shp”) and many views contain table joins and links.

The spatial data are presented in the ArcView project as shape files in "Geographic" latitude and longitude coordinates. The shapefiles are found in the directory fsucoal/views/shapes. The views are projected to Lambert Equal Area Azimuthal projection. The views depicting more detailed maps of specific basins or deposits are presented here as graphic images with point shapefiles to allow the user to query the database for information on specific data points. These point shapefiles are found in the directory fsucoal/views/sketch, and are not georeferenced. Shape files used to present the cross-sections in the ArcView project are also not georeferenced and are found in the directory fsucoal/views/x-section.

The Coal Resources of the Former Soviet Union view (digitized from Tyzhnov and Molchanov, 1976) includes12 themes:

coal sample point (coal_pt.shp)	The coal sample point theme table includes 4 joins using the general.dbf, std_char.dbf, mineral.dbf, and elemcomp.dbf files; and one link with the washdata.dbf.
political boundaries (cis.shp)
coal deposit rank(coal_dep.shp)	The coal deposit theme table contains 3 joins using the terr.dbf, dep.dbf, and mark.dbf files.
capital city (capitals.shp)
selected city (cities.shp)
roads (roads.shp)
railroad (rail.shp)
river (rivers.shp)
coal basin boundaries (coalbnd.shp)
coal basins (basins.shp)	The coal resources theme table contains 4 joins using the terr.dbf, dep.dbf, mark.dbf, and coal_res.dbf files
inland water body (lakes.shp)
Former Republics of the Soviet Union (cis.shp)

The Surface Geology of the Former Soviet Union view (using data from Persits, Ulmishek, and Steinshouer, 1998) includes 8 themes:

political boundary (cis.shp)
coal sample point (coal_pt.shp)	The coal sample point theme table includes 4 joins using the general.dbf, std_char.dbf, mineral.dbf, and elemcomp.dbf files; and one link with the washdata.dbf.
coal deposit rank(coal_dep.shp)	The coal deposit theme table contains 3 joins using the terr.dbf, dep.dbf, and mark.dbf files.
river (rivers.shp)
roads (roads.shp)
railroad (rail.shp)
selected city (cities.shp)
geologic age (fsu_geol.shp)

The Donetsky Coal Resources view is not georeferenced and has two themes:

coal data point (point_don.shp)	The coal data point theme is linked to the coal washability table, wash.dbf
Donetsky basin coal resources (donresor.tif)	Tiff image

The Donetsky Basin Geology view (digitized from Kuznetsov, 1963) is not georeferenced and contains two themes:

coal data point (point_don.shp)	The coal data point theme is linked to the coal washability table, washdata.dbf
Donetsky basin geology (dongeo.tif)	Tiff image

The Kuznetsky Basin Coal Resources view is not georeferenced and contains three themes:

underground coal mine (point_suz.shp)	The underground coal mine theme is linked to the coal washability table, washdata.dbf
open pit coal mine (pit_kuz.shp)	The open pit coal mine theme is linked to the coal washability table, washdata.dbf
Kuznetsky Basin Coal Resources (kuzres.tif)	Tiff image

The Kuznetsky Basin Geology view (digitized fromAmmosov, 1969) is not georeferenced and contains three themes:

underground coal mine (point_suz.shp)	The underground coal mine theme is linked to the coal washability table, washdata.dbf
open pit coal mine (pit_kuz.shp)	The open pit coal mine theme is linked to the coal washability table, washdata.dbf
Kuznetsky Basin Geology (kuzgeo.tif)	Tiff image

The Ekibastuz Geology view (digitized from Bekman, V.M., 1989) contains only ekigeo.tif, an ungeoreferenced image file of the geologic map.

The Fan-Yagnob Geology view (digitized from Goroshko, E.V., 1992) contains only fangeo.tif, an ungeoreferenced image file of the geologic map.

The Tkvarchel’skoye Coal Resources view (digitized from Chichua, B.K., 1990) contains only tkvgeol1.tif, an ungeoreferenced image file of the map.

The Coal Basins and Territories of the FSU view contains 7 different themes:

coal sample point (coal_pt.shp)	The coal sample point theme table includes 4 joins using the general.dbf, std_char.dbf, mineral.dbf, and elemcomp.dbf files; and one link with the washdata.dbf.
capital city (capitals.shp)
selected city (cities.shp)
political boundary (cis.shp)
coal basins and deposits (deposit.shp)	The coal basins and deposits theme contains one join using the dep.dbf file
coal basins and territories (terr.shp)	The coal basins and territories theme contains one join using the terr.dbf file
Former Republics of the Soviet Union (cis.shp)

There are 4 graphic cross-section pseudo views that are accessed by the cross section pull-down menu or the cross section button:

the Ekibastuz cross sections A and B (digitized from Bekman, V.M., 1989)

and Fan Yagnob cross sections A and B (digitized from Goroshko, E.V., 1992).

Using the hotlink button by clicking on the cross-section line when the Ekobastuz or Fan Yagnob geology views are active can also access the cross-section views. These pseudo views contain several different themes consisting of shape files with associated legend files stored in the X-section and Misc directories, respectively.

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Cited References

Ammosov, I.I, ed., 1969, Kuznetsky, Gorlovsky basseyny I drugiye ugol’niye mestorozhdeniya Zapadnoy Sibiri, Tom 7 of Geologiya mestorozhdeniy uglya i goryuchikh slantsev SSSR [Kuznetsky and Gorlovsky coal deposits of Western Siberia, Volume 7 of Geology of coal and combustible shale deposits of the USSR]: Moscow, Nedra, 912 p. [In Russian]
Bekman, V.M., ed., 1989, Provedeniye sravnitel`nogo analiza kachestva kamennykh uglei i zakonomernostei razmescheniya tipov uglei po otdel`nym basseynam/mestorozhdeniyam (poprogramme Soveta Economicheskoi Vzaimopomoschi) Karagandinsky I Aekibastuzsky basseiny. Skhematicheskaya karta razvedannosti Aekibastuzskogo kamennougol`nogo basseina, masshtaba 1:25,000 [Comparison analysis of hard coal quality and regularities of geological setting due to different basins/deposits (according to the program of the Council of Economical Mutual Aid), Karagandinsky and Ekibastuzsky basins. Exploration map of the Aekibastuzsky hard coal basin, Scale 1:25,000]: Centrkazgeologiya [Central-Kazakhstan Industrial Geological Association] Ministry of Geology of the Kazakh SSR, Almaty. [In Russian]
Chichua, B.K., ed., 1990, Geologo-tekhnologicheskoye kartirovaniye iskopayemykh ugley Gruzii. Skhematicheskaya karta marochnogo sostava uglei Tkvarchel`skogo mestorozhdeniya, masshtaba 1:16,500 [Geological-technological mapping of fossil coals of Georgia. Schematical map of coal mark composition of the Tkvarchel`sky deposit, Scale 1:16,500]: Tbilisi. [In Russian]
Goroshko, E.V., ed., 1992, Metallonosnost` ugley Central`nogo Tadjikistana. Skhematicheskaya geologicheskaya karta kamennougol`nogo mestorozhdeniya Phan-Yagnob. [Metal-bearing capacity of coals of Central Tadjikistan. Schematic geological map of the Phan-Yagnob hard coal deposit, Scale 1:25,000]: Magiansky geological survey expedition, Tadjgeologiya (Ministry of Geology of Tadjik Republik and Industrial Association), Dushanbe. [In Russian]
Kuznetsov, I.A., ed., 1963, Ugol'niye basseyny i mestorozhdeniya yuga evropeyskoy chasti SSSR, Tom 1 of Geologiya mestorozhdeniy uglya i goryuchikh slantsev SSSR [Coal basins and deposits in the southern European part of the USSR, Volume 1 of Geology of coal and combustible shale deposits of the USSR]:, Moscow, Nedra. 1963, 1210 p. [in Russian]
Persits, F.M., Ulmishek, G.F., and Steinshouer, D.W., 1998, Map showing geology, oil and gas fields, and geologic provinces of the Former Soviet Union: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 97-470E, CDROM.
Tyzhnov, A.V. and Molchanov, I.I, eds., 1976, Obzornaya karta ugol`nykh basseynov i mestorozhdeniy SSSR (s ukazaniyem marochnogo sostava ugley), List 1, Tom 12 of Geologiya mestorozhdeniy uglya i goryuchikh slantsev SSSR, masshtaba 1:7500000 [Survey map of coal basins and deposits of the USSR (with indication of the coal mark composition), plate 1, Volume 12 of Geology of coal and combustible shale deposits of the USSR, scale 1:7,500,000]: Moscow, Nedra, 259 p. [In Russian]

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