Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Team Originator: Hettinger, R.D. Originator: Roberts, L.N.R Originator: Gognat, T.A. Publication_Date: 2000 Title: ps*_thk (Net coal thickness isopach maps) Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Denver, CO USA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: In subdir 500k (defines appropriate maximum scale for data use) chap. O, Investigations of the distribution and resources of coal in the southern part of the Piceance Basin, Colorado Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Kirschbaum, M.A. Originator: Roberts, L.N.R. Originator: Biewick, L.R.H. Publication_Date: 2000 Title: Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper Issue_Identification: 1625-B Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Denver, CO Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Description: Abstract: These are shapefiles and ARC/INFO polygon coverages showing the isopachs of total net coal in beds greater than or equal to 1 ft thick for the Cameo/Fairfield coal group and for the Cameo/Wheeler, South Canyon, and Coal Ridge coal zones, southern Piceance Basin coal assessment area. Also included are isopachs of total net coal in beds 1-2.3 ft thick, 2.3-3.5, 3.5-7.0, and 7.0-14, and greater than 14 ft thick in the Cameo/Wheeler coal zone. Purpose: The Nation's coal resources are being assessed by the USGS. This assessment identifies and characterizes the coal beds and coal zones that will provide the bulk of the nation's coal-derived energy during the next century. This assessment is different from previous large-scale USGS assessments because files and databases are being stored in a digital format and are being analyzed using a Geographic Information System (GIS). Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19970000 Ending_Date: 19980000 Currentness_Reference: Processing Date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -109.0486 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -106.9207 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.7141 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.6985 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: coal Theme_Keyword: Colorado Plateau Theme_Keyword: National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) Theme_Keyword: coal thickness Theme_Keyword: bituminous rank coal Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Colorado Place_Keyword: Colorado Plateau Place_Keyword: Piceance Basin Place_Keyword: Mesa County Place_Keyword: Garfield County Place_Keyword: Rio Blanco County Place_Keyword: Pitkin County Place_Keyword: Delta County Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geologic Names Unit Lexicon (GNULEX) Stratum_Keyword: Mesaverde Group Stratum_Keyword: Williams Fork Formation Stratum_Keyword: Mesaverde Formation Stratum_Keyword: Mount Garfield Formation Stratum_Keyword: Iles Formation Stratum_Keyword: Cameo/Fairfield coal group Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Appropriate maximum scale for data use is 500k Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Contact_Person: Hettinger, R.D. Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: PO Box 25046 MS 939 Denver Federal Center City: Denver State_or_Province: CO Postal_Code: 80225 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303.236.7770 Security_Information: Security_Handling_Description: None Security_Classification: Unclassified Security_Classification_System: None Native_Data_Set_Environment: SunOS, 5.5.1, sun4d UNIX, ARC/INFO version 7.0.4 and ArcView 3.1 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: See Entity_Attribute_Information Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon topology present. Completeness_Report: complete Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Following are the process steps for creating coverages for total net coal isopach maps for the Coal Ridge coal zone (pscr_thk), South Canyon coal zone (pssc_thk), Cameo/Wheeler coal zone (pscwth*), and Cameo/Fairfield coal group (psmv_thk and pscb_thk). The coverages for the Cameo/Fairfield coal group are for the entire southern Piceance Basin (psmv_thk), and a more detailed map east of 107 deg 15' longitude (pscb_thk). In each case, stratigraphic data from the StratiFact relational database was analyzed using a USGS in-house program to determine if a rock unit between two coal units is a parting in a coal bed or if the rock unit splits two separate coal beds as defined in Wood and others, 1983, p. 36. Coal units are combined to form a single bed if the thickness of rock between them is thinner than the coal on either side. If the rock is thinner it is considered to be a parting and if it is thicker it is considered to be a split. After the program calculates the thickness of coal in each coal bed it determines if the coal beds are greater than the minimum thickness requirement as a resource. For coals of bituminous rank, this minimum thickness is 14 inches (Wood and others, 1983, p. 34). Coals in the southern Piceance Basin assessment area are bituminous in rank. The program goes through another process where it sums coal bed thickness of only the coal beds that are greater than or equal to the minimum thickness (1 ft). The program outputs a single line of data for each location with net coal thickness and x, y location parameters. The data output from this program also contains a column designating the number of coal beds that were added to arrive at the net coal thickness. These files are introduced into EarthVision (EV) as scattered data files and projected into Lambert Conformal Conic projection. Locations with a net coal thickness value of zero were appended (if applicable) to the scattered data files to control extrapolation during gridding. These scattered data files were then gridded in EV using the 'minimum tension grid' option. Maps were plotted in EV with a contour interval that best-depicts the coal thickness distribution with an added contour line for 1 ft if applicable. The contour lines were saved in contour output files. The contour output files were converted to files in 'arc generate' format using ISMARC and then converted to an ARC/INFO polygon coverage using an Arc Macro Language program from the Illinois State Geological Survey. For the Cameo/Wheeler coal zone, queries were made of the Stratifact data base which resulted in 5 separate files. The queries were for net coal in coal beds that are only between 1 and 2.3 ft thick, for coal in beds that are between 2.3 to 3.5 ft thick, between 3.5 and 7.0 ft thick, between 7.0 and 14.0 ft thick, and net coal in beds that are greater than 14 ft thick. These coal thickness categories are used when reporting coal tonnage estimated for coals of bitumious rank (Wood and others, 1983). These files were introduced into EarthVision (EV) as scattered data files and projected into Lambert Conformal Conic projection. The maps were plotted in EV with a contour interval that best-depicts the coal thickness distribution. The contour lines were saved in a contour output files. The contour output files were converted to a file in 'arc generate' format using ISMARC and then converted to an ARC/INFO polygon coverage using an Arc Macro Language program from the Illinois State Geological Survey. The coverages were converted to a shapefile using ArcView. Process_Date: 19980000 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 68 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: .0001 Longitude_Resolution: .0001 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum 1927 Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866 Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: ps*_thk.dbf Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None Attribute: Attribute_Label: Area Attribute_Definition: Area of polygon Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00001 Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.33290 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Perimeter Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of polygon Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.01219 Range_Domain_Maximum: 6.71720 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Depth Attribute_Definition: Range of net coal thickness, values are in feet Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 12.50 Range_Domain_Maximum: 137.50 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Depth2 Attribute_Definition: range of net coal thickness, values are in feet. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: PO Box 25046 MS 939 Denver Federal Center City: Denver State_or_Province: CO Postal_Code: 80225 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303.236.4608 Resource_Description: Shapefiles and ARC/INFO coverages Distribution_Liability: Any use of trade, product, or company names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the USGS regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This data is not a legal document and is not intended to be used as such. 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