Surficial Geologic Map of the Ivanpah 30' x 60'
  Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California, and Clark
  County, Nevada

  By David M. Miller

  U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3206

  2012


  DESCRIPTION OF DATA FILES


  INTRODUCTION

  This publication includes ARC/INFO (Environmental Systems
  Research Institute, http://www.esri.com) version 9.3
  geodatabase; Portable Document Format (PDF) files of the
  geologic map and an accompanying geologic pamphlet; and
  text files of this readme and FGDC-compliant metadata for
  the database.
 
 
  GEOLOGIC MAP DATABASE FILES AND ASSOCIATED FILES

  Geodatabase                   Contains
  SIM3206_gdb.mdb               ESRI ArcGIS 9.3 Geodatabase

  Feature Dataset 
  Ivanpah_SurfGeo               Contains the following 
                                feature classes:

  Feature Class:
  ivanpah_arc                   Contacts, faults, and map 
                                boundary arcs

  ivanpah_polygon               Geologic map units


  FILES FOR VIEWING AND PLOTTING

  sim3206_map.pdf               A Portable Document Format 
                                (PDF) file for viewing and 
                                plotting the geologic map 
                                at full (1:100,000) scale.  
                                The plot is approximately 
                                56 x 30 inches in size.

  sim3206_pamphlet.pdf          A Portable Document Format 
                                (PDF) file for viewing and 
                                printing a pamphlet that 
                                accompanies the map.  The 
                                pamphlet contains a 
                                geologic interpretation and 
                                the description of map 
                                units.


  METADATA
  sim3206_metadata.txt          Federal Geographic Data 
                                Committee (FGDC) compliant 
                                metadata file derived from 
                                the digital database


  HOW TO OBTAIN THE DIGITAL FILES

  To search and order USGS publications (both printed and
  web) go to http://pubs.usgs.gov. Alternatively, users may
  go directly to this publication at
  http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3206/ and follow the download
  instructions.


  PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT (PDF) FILES

  The PDF files are accessed using Adobe Acrobat Reader
  software, available free from the Adobe website
  http://www.adobe.com.  Follow instructions at the website
  to download and install the software.  Acrobat Reader
  contains an on-line manual and tutorial.