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Coal Fields of the Conterminous United States: National Coal Resource Assessment Updated Version, Coal Provinces

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• Data_Quality_Information
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• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Joseph A. East

Publication_Date: 2013

Title:

Coal Fields of the Conterminous United States: National Coal Resource Assessment Updated Version, Coal Provinces

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2012-1205

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1205/>

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset is a polygon shapefile representing the provinces of the coal fields of the conterminous United States. Resolution of data is 1:5,000,000. This data is based on an early USGS paper map that was a representation of the coal fields and major regions (Trumbull, 1960). The map was digitized and the provinces were added to the PDF portion of USGS OFR 96-092, Coal Fields of the Conterminous United States (Tully, 1996). The provinces were not included in the GIS portion of the publication, so it was necessary to digitize them for this publication.

Purpose:

This dataset was compiled to update the Coal Fields Map of the Conterminous United States, OFR 96-092. The provinces did not exist in a GIS format, so a shapefile of their boundaries was created.

Supplemental_Information:

Sources used in the abstract and purpose include:

 Trumbull, J., 1960. Coal Fields of the United States (sheet 1): U.S. Geological Survey map. Scale 1:5,000,000.
 Tully, J., 1996. Coal Fields of the Conterminous United States. U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 96-92. Scale 1:5,000,000.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2013

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.733174

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.949831

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.384359

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.544089

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: Geoscientific Information

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus

Theme_Keyword: coal resources

Theme_Keyword: geologic maps

Theme_Keyword: geology

Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Alexandria Digital Library Feature Type Thesaurus

Theme_Keyword: mineral resource areas

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Coal Fields Map of North America

Theme_Keyword: Coal

Theme_Keyword: Coal Provinces

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: North America

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: Alabama

Place_Keyword: Arizona

Place_Keyword: Arkansas

Place_Keyword: California

Place_Keyword: Colorado

Place_Keyword: Connecticut

Place_Keyword: Delaware

Place_Keyword: District of Columbia

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: Georgia

Place_Keyword: Idaho

Place_Keyword: Illinois

Place_Keyword: Indiana

Place_Keyword: Iowa

Place_Keyword: Kansas

Place_Keyword: Kentucky

Place_Keyword: Louisiana

Place_Keyword: Maine

Place_Keyword: Maryland

Place_Keyword: Massachusetts

Place_Keyword: Michigan

Place_Keyword: Minnesota

Place_Keyword: Mississippi

Place_Keyword: Missouri

Place_Keyword: Montana

Place_Keyword: Nebraska

Place_Keyword: Nevada

Place_Keyword: New Hampshire

Place_Keyword: New Jersey

Place_Keyword: New Mexico

Place_Keyword: New York

Place_Keyword: North Carolina

Place_Keyword: North Dakota

Place_Keyword: Ohio

Place_Keyword: Oklahoma

Place_Keyword: Oregon

Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania

Place_Keyword: Rhode Island

Place_Keyword: South Carolina

Place_Keyword: South Dakota

Place_Keyword: Tennessee

Place_Keyword: Texas

Place_Keyword: Utah

Place_Keyword: Vermont

Place_Keyword: Virginia

Place_Keyword: Washington

Place_Keyword: West Virginia

Place_Keyword: Wisconsin

Place_Keyword: Wyoming

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Joseph A. East

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical address

Address: MS 956 National Center

Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive

City: Reston

State_or_Province: VA

Postal_Code: 20192

Country: U.S.A

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6450

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6419

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jeast@usgs.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Attribute accuracy was tested by manual comparison of the source with georeferenced digital printouts of the original USGS OFR 96-092.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Map elements were visually checked for overshoots, undershoots, duplicates, polygon closure and proper attribution.

Completeness_Report:

Data set complete. No data was intentionally omitted from the hard copy and digital source maps.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The shapefile is based on the Tully (1996) PDF.map. The shapefile was digitized by hand, with a RMS error not exceeding .005 when coordinating the digitizer. Visual comparison of the basins with the digital geologic map of North America displayed some offset, with the maximum being around 1 km.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Trumbull, J.

Publication_Date: 1960

Title: Coal Fields of the United States (sheet 1)

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Map

Issue_Identification: None

Source_Scale_Denominator: 5000000

Type_of_Source_Media: Paper map

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1960

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Trumbull, J. (1960)

Source_Contribution: Original Paper Map of the Coal Fields

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Tully, J.

Publication_Date: 1996

Title: Coal Fields of the Conterminous United States

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open File Report

Issue_Identification: OFR 96-092

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1996/of96-092/>

Source_Scale_Denominator: 5000000

Type_of_Source_Media: PDF of map, and Arc Info Coverage.

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1996

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Tully, J. (1996)

Source_Contribution: Digital update of Trumbull 1960 used as base GIS for project

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The Coal provinces shapefile was digitized by hand from the printed PDF of OFR 96-092 (Tully, 1996). The projection of the printed map was Albers, so the digitized coverage was projected from Albers into geographic with a datum of NAD 1983. The coverage was exported as a shapefile and the polygons were populated with a Name attribute.

Process_Date: 20110901

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Joseph A, East

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical address

Address: MS 956 National Center

Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive

City: Reston

State_or_Province: VA

Postal_Code: 20192

Country: U.S.A

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6450

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6419

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jeast@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.001

Longitude_Resolution: 0.001

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Coal_Provinces

Entity_Type_Definition:

Six geographic provinces of the conterminous United States divided based on regional coal location.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Province

Attribute_Definition: Province that coal polygon falls within

Attribute_Definition_Source: Tully, J (1996)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Eastern

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Eastern Province

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Tully, J (1996)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gulf Coast

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Gulf Coast Province

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Tully, J (1996)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Interior

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Interior Province

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Tully, J (1996)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Northern Great Plains

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Northern Great Plains Province

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Tully, J (1996)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pacific Coast

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Pacific Coast Province

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Tully, J (1996)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Rocky Mountain

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rocky Mountain Province

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Tully, J (1996)

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USGS Information Services

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: Box 25286

City: Denver

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80225

Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-202-4693

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: <http://store.usgs.gov/>

Resource_Description: USGS OFR 2012-1205

Distribution_Liability:

This digital publication was prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data published in this Open-File Report have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and related materials and/or the functioning of the software. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data, software, or related materials. Graphical map depictions are intended to be used within the map scale limits applicable to the source data. Although software enables the user to view data at various scales, the user is cautioned to refer to the source documentation for the appropriate map scale limitations.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: shapefile

Format_Version_Number: 1.0

Format_Information_Content: Coal field polygons with associated characteristics

File_Decompression_Technique: unzip

Transfer_Size: 220 megabytes

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1205/Downloads/GIS.zip>

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites: ArcGIS Desktop 9.X is required to open the map document

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20130710

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Joseph A. East

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive

Address: Mail Stop 956

City: Reston

State_or_Province: VA

Postal_Code: 20192

Country: U.S.A

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6450

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6419

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jeast@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998