Link to USGS home page.
Open-File Report 01–104: territory.shp

Coal Bearing Territories of the Former Soviet Union

Metadata also available in standard metadata format

Back to Spatial Data

Frequently-anticipated questions:

What does this data set describe?

    Title:
    territory.shp
    Coal Bearing Territories of the Former Soviet Union
    Abstract:
    This shapefile contains arcs, polygons and polygon labels that describe coal-bearing territories and identified coal deposits in the countries comprising the Former Soviet Union. (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikstan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.) This spatial dataset is available as an ArcView shapefile, an Arc/Info export file, an Arc/Info ascii ungenerate file and as Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) files.

     
  1. How should this data set be cited?
    2. Vernadsky State Geological Museum, and U.S. Geological Survey, 20010600, territory.shp Coal Bearing Territories of the Former Soviet Union: U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO.
    This is part of the following larger work.

        Michael E. Brownfield, USGS, Denver, CO,
        Douglas W. Steinshouer, Contractor to USGS, Denver, CO,
        Mikhail Yu. Povarennykh, Vernadsky State Geological Museum, Moscow,
        Ivan Eriomin, Fossil Fuel Institute, Russian Ministry of Geology, Moscow,
        Mikhail Shpirt, Fossil Fuel Institute, Russian Ministry of Geology, Moscow,
        Yevgeny Meitov, Institute of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and the Crystal Chemistry of Rare Elements, Moscow,
        Irena Sharova, Institute of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and the Crystal Chemistry of Rare Elements, Moscow,
        Nina Goriunova, Fossil Fuel Institute, Russian Ministry of Geology, Moscow
        Margarita V. Zyrianova, Contractor to USGS, Denver, CO,
        20010500,
        Coal Quality and Resources of the Former Soviet Union - An ArcView Project,
        U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 01-104,
        U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO.
     

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    3.  
    West_Bounding_Coordinate: 22.1639
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -92.8549
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 76.6816
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.2516
  3. What does it look like?

    4.  
    territory.jpg (JPEG)
    Spatial extent of coal-bearing territories and coal deposits of the Former Soviet Union

     
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    5.  
    Calendar_Date: 2001
    Currentness_Reference: Publication date
  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    6.  
    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: ArcView shapefile
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    7.  
    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?


      2.  This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?


      3.  Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 1 degree. Longitudes are given to the nearest 1 degree. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal degrees.

      The horizontal datum used is Pulkovo Datum 1942.
      The ellipsoid used is Krasovsky.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378245.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.3.
       

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    8.  
    territory.dbf
    DBase table of attribute data (Source: None)
    Area
    Area of polygon in square meters (Source: Software computed)

     
    Range of values
    Minimum: 62239300
    Maximum: 815562489856
    Perimeter
    Perimeter of polygon in meters (Source: Software computed)

     
    Range of values
    Minimum: 33614
    Maximum: 6237406
    Terr_key
    Key field (Source: User Defined)

     
    Range of values
    Minimum: 3
    Maximum: 194
    Territory
    Name of coal-bearing territory or coal deposit (Source: TM)


    Character field
     

    Terr_age
    Generalized geologic age of coal-bearing territory or coal deposit. (Source: TM)

     
    Value Definition
    C Undivided Carboniferous
    C1 Lower Carboniferous
    C2 Middle Carboniferous
    C3 Upper Carboniferous
    P Undivided Permian
    P1 Lower Permian
    P2 Middle Permian
    P3 Upper Permian
    T Undivided Triassic
    T1 Lower Triassic
    T2 Middle Triassic
    T3 Upper Triassic
    J Undivided Jurassic
    J1 Lower Jurassic
    J2 Middle Jurassic
    J3 Upper Jurassic
    K Undivided Cretaceous
    K1 Lower Cretaceous
    K2 Middle Cretaceous
    K3 Upper Cretaceous
    Pg Undivided Paleogene
    N Undivided Neogene

    Character value combination of enumerated values.

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)

    2.  
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
    3. Mikhail Goncharev (Vernadsky State Geological Museum) - Digitization of source data and G.I.S. manipulation

    Douglas W. Steinshouer (Contractor to U.S.G.S.) - Projection of Arc/Info coverage to Geographic coordinates Creation of Region topology and conversion to shapefile Documentation and metadata

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
    4. Michael Brownfield
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Research Geologist
    Box 25046 Denver Federal Center MS 939
    Denver, CO 80225-0046
    U.S.A.

    303.236 7767 (voice)
    303.236.0459 (FAX)
    mbrownfield@usgs.gov

    Hours_of_Service: 7:00 am - 3:00 pm MST

Why was the data set created?

This spatial dataset is intended to delineate coal-bearing territories and coal deposits of the Former Soviet Union in U.S.G.S. Open File Report 01-104, Coal Quality and Resources of the Former Soviet Union - An ArcView Project.

How was the data set created?

  1. Where did the data come from?

    2.  
    TM (source 1 of 1)
    (Ed.), A.V. Tyzhnov , and (Ed.), I.I. Molchanov , 19760000, Obzornaya karta ugol'nykh basseinov i mestorozhdeniy SSR (s ukazaniyem ikh marochnogo sostova) - Survey Map of Coal Basins and Deposits of the U.S.S.R. (with indication of coal mark composition): Ministry of Geology of the U.S.S.R. and Ministry of Coal Industry of the U.S.S.R., Moscow, Russia.
    Other_Citation_Details: Published in Russian
    Type_of_Source_Media: Paper
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 7500000
    Source_Contribution:
    Spatial extent, boundaries and names of coal basins, coal-bearing territories and coal deposits.
  2. What changes have been made?

    3.  
    Date: 2000 (change 1 of 4)
    Paper source maps were scanned. Image was vectorized. Map sheets were map-joined. Polygon topology was built. Polygons were attributed.
    Date: Jan-2001 (change 2 of 4)
    Region topology was built on the basis of coal-territory and coal deposit name attribute.
    Date: Jan-2001 (change 3 of 4)
    Coverage was projected to Geographic degrees of latitude and longitude coordinates.
    Date: Jan-2001 (change 4 of 4)
    Arc/Info coverage was converted to ArcView shapefile.

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?


    2.  All the attributes other than standard Arc/Info attributes are of character type.
     

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?


    3.  Dependent on source materials.
     

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?


    4.  N/A
     

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?


    5.  N/A
     

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?


    6.  Polygon topology exists. Each polygon has one unique label point with unique id, there are no dangles. The coverage is topologically cleaned and built with Region topology in Arc/Info 7.1.2.

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None
  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
    2. Christa D. Lopez
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, MS 939
    Denver, CO 80225-0046
    U.S.A.

    303.236.1644 (voice)
    303.236.0459 (FAX)
    clopez@usgs.gov

    Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am -4:00 pm MST
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?


    3. CD-ROM Open File Report 01-104 "Coal Quality and Resources of the Former Soviet Union - An ArcView Project"
     

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
    4. Although data are processed on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the U.S. Geological Survey regarding the correctness of the data, or of the utility of the data in any computer system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
  4. How can I download or order the data?

    5.  

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 10-Apr-2001

Last Reviewed: Apr-2001
Metadata conduct:
David A. Ferderer
U.S. Geological Survey
Data Manager - CERT
Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, MS 939
Denver, CO 80225-0046
U.S.A.

303.236.3611 (voice)
303.236.0459 (FAX)
dferdere@usgs.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm MST
Metadata standard:
FGDC CSDGM (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
Generated by mp version 2.4.30 on Sat Apr 21 15:31:29 2001

Back to Spatial Data

AccessibilityFOIAPrivacyPolicies and Notices

U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
URL: <http://pubsdata.usgs.gov/pubs/of/2001/ofr-01-104/fsucoal/metadata/faq/territory.htm>
Contact: Energy Program Inquiries
Questions or Assistance: GS Pubs Web Contact
Page Last Modified: Wed Dec 7 18:46 EST 2016

USA.gov logo  Take Pride in America button