USGS Scientific Investigations Map 3053

Geologic map of Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary strata and coal stratigraphy of 
the Paleocene Fort Union Formation, Rawlins-Little Snake River area, 
south-central Wyoming

By R.D. Hettinger, J.G. Honey, M.S. Ellis, C.S.V. Barclay, and J.A. East

This geospatial database has been approved for release and publication by the 
Director of the USGS.  Although this database has been subjected to rigorous 
review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the 
data pursuant to further analysis and review.  Furthermore, it is released on 
condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held 
liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use.

The database can be downloaded from http://pubs.usgs.gov/.  ArcInfo export files 
are included in a gzipped tar archive and a Windows zip archive.  Identical 
files are included in both compressed archive files.  In addition, an Adobe 
Portable Document Format (PDF) file may be downloaded, from which a paper copy 
may be printed.

Please refer to the file 3053.met for metadata documentation for this 
geospatial database.

List of files:

3053_sheet1.pdf (PDF of sheet 1)

3053_sheet2.pdf (PDF of sheet 2)

3053_sheet3.pdf (PDF of sheet 3)

3053_508.pdf (508-accessible PDF of map text)

3053.met

3053.tar.gz or 3053.zip:

  00README.txt

  3053.met

  database files:

      geology_1: polygon and line coverage of geology polygons, contacts, 
        faults, folds, and map boundary.
      coalbeds_1: line coverage of coal beds
      drillholes_1: point coverage of drill-hole numbers
      meas_sec_1: line coverage of lines of measured sections
      coal_crop_2: line coverage of outcrop of uppermost coal in the 
        China Butte Member of the Fort Union Formation.
      drillholes_2: point coverage of drill-hole elevations (in ft)
      faults_2: line coverage of faults
      ob_line_2: line coverage of thickness of overburden (ft) on 
        uppermost coal bed in the China Butte Member of the Fort 
        Union Formation.
      ob_poly_2: polygon coverage of thickness of overburden (ft) on 
        uppermost coal bed in the China Butte Member of the Fort 
        Union Formation.
      struc_cont_2: line coverage of structure contours drawn on 
        uppermost coal bed in the China Butte Member of the Fort 
        Union Formation.

3053_base.tar.gz or 3053_base.zip

  base-map images:
      baggsr.tif
      baggsr.tfw
      baggsr.tif
      baggsr.tfw
      rawlinsr.tif
      Rawlinsr.tfw