Chapter DB
DATABASE CREATION AND RESOURCE EVALUATION
METHODOLOGY

By R.M. Flores

in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-A


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Contents
Introduction
Database Construction
     Drill-hole Location and Stratigraphic Data
     Coal Zone
     Correlation
     Coal Analytical Data
Coal Resource Evaluation Methodology
     Volumetrics
     Coal Resource Categories
     Computerized Methods
Conclusions
References
 

Figures
DB-1.   Cross section of the Wyodak-Anderson coal zone south of Gillette, Wyoming.
DB-2.   Diagrammatic cross section of a series of interconnected coal zones and related coal beds. Not to scale.



 
Chapter DB   -  U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-A