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Digital Geologic Map of the Rosalia 1:100,000 Quadrangle, Washington and Idaho: A Digital Database for the 1990 S.Z. Waggoner Map

Open-File Report 98-357
Prepared in cooperation with the Spokane County Public Works, Utilities Department, and the Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources
By: , , , and 
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr98357

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Abstract

The geologic map of the Rosalia 1:100,000-scale quadrangle was compiled in 1990 by S.Z. Waggoner of the Washington state Division of Geology and Earth Resources. This data was entered into a geographic information system (GIS) as part of a larger effort to create regional digital geology for the Pacific Northwest. The intent was to provide a digital geospatial database for a previously published black and white paper geologic map. This database can be queried in many ways to produce a variety of geologic maps. Digital base map data files are not included: they may be obtained from a variety of commercial and government sources. This database is not meant to be used or displayed at any scale larger than 1:100,000 (e.g., 1:62,500 or 1:24,000) as it has been somewhat generalized to fit the 1:100,000 scale map. The map area is located in eastern Washington and extends across the state border into western Idaho. This open-file report describes the methods used to convert the geologic map data into a digital format, documents the file structures, and explains how to download the digital files from the U.S. Geological Survey public access World Wide Web site on the Internet. We wish to thank J. Eric Schuster of the Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources for providing the original stable-base mylar and the funding for it to be scanned. We also thank Dick Blank and Barry Moring of the U.S. Geological Survey for reviewing the manuscript and digital files, respectively.

Suggested Citation

Derkey, P., Johnson, B.R., Lackaff, B.B., Derkey, R.E., 1998, Digital Geologic Map of the Rosalia 1:100,000 Quadrangle, Washington and Idaho: A Digital Database for the 1990 S.Z. Waggoner Map: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-357, Report: ii, 27 p.; ReadMe; Datasets; Text/AML Files; GIS Files; Maps, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr98357.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Digital Geologic Map of the Rosalia 1:100,000 Quadrangle, Washington and Idaho: A Digital Database for the 1990 S.Z. Waggoner Map
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 98-357
DOI 10.3133/ofr98357
Year Published 1998
Language ENGLISH
Publisher Geological Survey (U.S.)
Contributing office(s) Western Region Geologic Information
Description Report: ii, 27 p.; ReadMe; Datasets; Text/AML Files; GIS Files; Maps
Projection Universal Transverse Mercator
Scale 100000
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