Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Ren A. Thompson Originator: Kenzie J. Turner Originator: Ralph R. Shroba Originator: Michael A. Cosca Originator: Cal A. Ruleman Originator: John P. Lee Originator: Theodore R. Brandt Publication_Date: 2014 Title: Geologic Map of the Sunshine Quadrangle, Taos County, New Mexico Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map Series_Information: Series_Name: Scientific Investigations Map Issue_Identification: 3283 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sim3283 Description: Abstract: The Sunshine 7.5' quadrangle is located in the south-central part of the San Luis Basin of northern New Mexico, in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, and contains deposits that record volcanic, tectonic, and associated alluvial and colluvial processes over the past four million years. Sunshine Valley, named for the small locale of Sunshine, is incised by a series of northeast-trending drainages cut into Tertiary and Quaternary alluvial deposits forming an extensive alluvial apron between the east flank of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the Rio Grande. These deposits predominantly overlie gently eastward-dipping lava flows of Pliocene Servilleta Basalt erupted from centers west of the map area. Servilleta Basalt lava flows terminate to the south against the elevated topography of three volcanic centers of the Taos Plateau volcanic field. From west to east these are Cerro de la Olla, Cerro Chiflo, and Guadalupe Mountain that are exposed in the southern part of the map area. Remnants of Miocene volcanic rocks are exposed near the southwestern edge of the map area and record evidence of an eroded volcanic terrain underlying deposits of the Taos Plateau volcanic field. These deposits are likely fault bounded to the east, roughly coincident with north to northwest trending, down-to-east faults in the southwestern quarter of the map area. The down-to-east normal faults reflect the basinward migration of the western margin of the Sunshine Valley sub-basin of the southern San Luis Basin. Pliocene and younger basin deposition was accommodated along predominantly north-trending fault-bounded grabens and is preserved as poorly exposed fault scarps that cut lava flows of Ute Mountain volcano, north of the map area. The Servilleta Basalt and younger surficial deposits record largely down-to-east basinward displacement. Faults are identified with varying confidence levels in the map area. Recognizing and mapping faults developed near the surface in relatively young, brittle volcanic rocks is difficult because: (1) they tend to form fractured zones tens of meters wide rather than discrete fault planes, (2) the relative youth of the deposits has resulted in only modest displacements on most faults, and (3) some of the faults may have significant strike-slip components that do not result in large vertical offsets that are readily apparent in offset of sub-horizontal contacts. Those faults characterized as “certain” either have distinct offset of map units or had slip planes that were directly observed in the field. Lineaments defined from magnetic anomalies form an additional constraint on potential fault locations. Purpose: To provide a geologic map database depicting new geologic mapping of structural features, volcanic rock distribution and Quaternary basin-fill deposits shedding off the Sangre de Cristo range. Supplemental_Information: FILES INCLUDED IN THIS DATA SET: Dataset compiled in ESRI ArcGis 9.3 geodatabase** format (shapefiles included) Sunshine_geology: ArcGIS file geodatabase sun_geol: feature dataset with topologic relationship >>sun_geolines: Line feature class that includes geologic contacts, faults, etc >>sun_labels: Point feature class that included geologic unit and name >>sun_polygons: Polygon feature class that includes geologic unit and name >>sun_sample: Point feature class indicating sample locations within the >> map boundary and geochronologic age determination when available > >Raster files: >sunshine_base.tif/.tfw: bitmap topographic image >sunshine_hill.tif/.tfw: hillshade image Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2013 Currentness_Reference: Publication Date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Mapping is continuing in adjacent areas and a revised compilation map may be completed in the future. Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -105.75 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -105.625 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.875 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.750 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: AGI Glossary of Geology Theme_Keyword: geologic map Theme_Keyword: fault Theme_Keyword: volcanic rock Theme_Keyword: piedmont-slope alluvium Theme_Keyword: Taos Plateau volcanic field Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Board of Geographic Names Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: New Mexico Place_Keyword: Taos County Place_Keyword: San Luis Valley Place_Keyword: Rio Grande Place_Keyword: Cerro Chiflo Place_Keyword: Sunshine Valley Place_Keyword: Guadalupe Mountain Place_Keyword: Canon del Rio Grande Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Geologic Map Database Geologic Names Lexicon (http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/geolex_home.html) Stratum_Keyword: Servilleta Basalt Stratum_Keyword: Santa Fe Group Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: International Commission on Stratigraphy (http://www.stratigraphy.org) Temporal_Keyword: Cenozoic Temporal_Keyword: Quaternary Temporal_Keyword: Tertiary Temporal_Keyword: Pliocene Temporal_Keyword: Pliestocene Temporal_Keyword: Holocene Temporal_Keyword: Miocene Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: Users of this geospatial database and geologic information derived there from should acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey as the source of the data. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Ren A. Thompson Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing address Address: Box 25046, MS 980, DFC City: Denver State_or_Province: Colorado Postal_Code: 80225 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-236-0929 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-236-5349 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rathomps@usgs.gov Data_Set_Credit: Funding for the project was provided by the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program of the U.S. Geological Survey. Native_Data_Set_Environment: ARC/INFO version 9.3 Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3283/downloads/SIM3283.pdf Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Graphical representation of the map Browse_Graphic_File_Type: pdf Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Attributes were checked by manually comparing hard copy plots of the digital data with source materials. Authors and USGS map editors performed separate reviews. Logical_Consistency_Report: Map elements were checked by the authors for overshoots, undershoots, duplicate features, and other errors. There is a static topological relationship between the sun_geolines and sun_polygons feature classes. Features were not duplicated, but coincident lines exist between data layers where appropriate. Completeness_Report: Geologic map units were collected and digitized at appropriate resolution for portrayel on a base at 1:24:000-scale. Data are complete: no features were eliminated or generalized. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Potential exists for errors in location by the geologist in the field but many locations of many contacts were aided at control sites by use of a global positioning receiver with typical horizontal accuracies less than 20 meters. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Original mapping of the geology Process_Date: 2006-2012 Process_Step: Process_Description: The original data were imported into ArcMap/ArcInfo as point data. Process_Date: 2007-2012 Process_Step: Process_Description: Point data were used to help constrain the geologist's placement of geologic contacts and faults. Process_Date: 2008-2012 Process_Step: Process_Description: Label points were created designating each geologic unit. Final geologic polygons were created through an automated process in ArcCatalog based on the sun_geolines and sun_labels feature classes. Process_Date: 2012 Process_Step: Process_Description: Draft check plots of the geologic map and explanation were created and submitted for peer review. Geologists reviewed the plots for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards and Stratigraphic nomenclature. Revisions were made to the geospatial database as needed. Process_Date: 2011 Process_Step: Process_Description: First draft of metadata created Process_Date: 2013 Process_Step: Process_Description: The database files, metadata, and check plots were edited by the USGS Publishing Service Center in Denver, Colorado, and revisions made to the geospatial database and metadata as needed. Process_Date: 2013 Process_Step: Process_Description: The geospatial database files and metadata were quality checked for completeness and consistency. Process_Date: 2013 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 13 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -105.0 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0 False_Easting: 500,000.0 False_Northing: 0.0 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 9 meters Ordinate_Resolution: 9 meters Planar_Distance_Units: Meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927 Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866 Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: The data were created in ArcGIS in Geodatabase format. The feature dataset representing the geology contains 4 feature clases. A static topologic relationship is established among sun_geolines, sun_labels, and sun_polygons. The following description explains the user defined features within each feature class. Feature classes are as follows: sun_geolines: contacts, faults, dikes and other boundaries used to create topologic boundaries of polygons; sun_labels: label points indicating geologic unit; sun_polygons: areas representing distribution of geologic unit;sun_sample: sample locations within the map boundary and geochronologic age determination when available. >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Database structure of 'sun_polygons': >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Feature class type: polygon > >Field Name Data Type >Unit Text >Description Text > > >Descriptions of user-defined database items in 'sun_polygons': >Unit: Abbreviated name of map unit >Description: Name of map unit and geologic age > >Unique item list for 'sun_polygons': >Unit Description Age >Qa Valley-floor alluvium Holocene >Qsw Sheetwash alluvium Holocene and late Pleistocene >Qsa Sheetwash and valley-floor alluvium, undivided Holocene and late Pleistocene >Qay Younger piedmont-slope alluvium late Pleistocene >Qai Intermediate piedmont-slope alluvium late? and middle Pleistocene >Qao3 Lower older piedmont-slope alluvium middle Pleistocene >Qao2 Higher older piedmont-slope alluvium middle Pleistocene >Qao1 Highest older piedmont-slope alluvium middle Pleistocene >Qac Alluvium and colluvium, undivided Holocene and late? Pleistocene >Qf Fan deposits Holocene and late? Pleistocene >Qls Landslide deposits Holocene and late Pleistocene >Qt Talus deposits Holocene to middle? Pleistocene >Qc Colluvium, undivided Holocene to middle Pleistocene >QTsf Santa Fe Group, upper part middle? Pleistocene to Pliocene >Tsb Servilleta Basalt Pliocene >Tb Trachybasalt Pliocene >Tao Trachyandesite of Cerro de la Olla Pliocene >Tag Trachyandesite of north Guadalupe Mountain Pliocene >Tvc Dacite of Cerro Chiflo Pliocene >Tmd Basaltic trachyandesite dike Miocene >w Water > > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Database structure of 'sun_labels': >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Feature class type: point > >Field Name Data Type >Unit Text >Description Text > > >Descriptions of user-defined database items in 'sun_labels': >Unit: Abbreviated name of map unit >Description: Name of map unit and geologic age > >Unique item list for 'sun_labels': >Unit Description >Qa Valley-floor alluvium Holocene >Qsw Sheetwash alluvium Holocene and late Pleistocene >Qsa Sheetwash and valley-floor alluvium, undivided Holocene and late Pleistocene >Qay Younger piedmont-slope alluvium late Pleistocene >Qai Intermediate piedmont-slope alluvium late? and middle Pleistocene >Qao3 Lower older piedmont-slope alluvium middle Pleistocene >Qao2 Higher older piedmont-slope alluvium middle Pleistocene >Qao1 Highest older piedmont-slope alluvium middle Pleistocene >Qac Alluvium and colluvium, undivided Holocene and late? Pleistocene >Qf Fan deposits Holocene and late? Pleistocene >Qls Landslide deposits Holocene and late Pleistocene >Qt Talus deposits Holocene to middle? Pleistocene >Qc Colluvium, undivided Holocene to middle Pleistocene >QTsf Santa Fe Group, upper part middle? Pleistocene to Pliocene >Tsb Servilleta Basalt Pliocene >Tb Trachybasalt Pliocene >Tao Trachyandesite of Cerro de la Olla Pliocene >Tag Trachyandesite of north Guadalupe Mountain Pliocene >Tvc Dacite of Cerro Chiflo Pliocene >Tmd Basaltic trachyandesite dike Miocene >w Water > > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Database structure of 'sun_geolines': >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Feature class type: line > >Field Name Data Type >Description Text > > >Description of user-defined database items in 'sun_geolines': >Description: Cartographic description of feature > >Unique item list for 'sun_geolines': >Description >Contact-Certain >Normal fault-Certain >Normal fault-Approximately located >Normal fault-Concealed >Fault-Certain >Map boundary >Shoreline > > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Database structure of 'sun_sample': >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Feature class type: point > >Field Name Data Type >Sample Text >Unit Text >NumericAge Floating >AgeError Floating >AgeUnits Text >Notes Text > > >Description of user-defined database items in 'sun_sample': >Sample: Sample number of samples in Table 1 located within the quadrangle >Unit: Geologic unit sample represents >NumericAge Age in millions of years determined using >40Ar/39Ar geochronology >AgeError: 2 Sigma error in millions of years >AgeUnits: Ma = Mega Anum, millions of years ago >Notes: Notes regarding the age determination Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing Address Address: U.S.G.S. 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Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: ArcGis Geodatabase ArcView Shape Files Format_Version_Number: 9.3 File_Decompression_Technique: ZIP archive (Windows) Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3283 Fees: None Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 2013 Metadata_Review_Date: 2013 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Kenzie J. Turner Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing Address Address: Box 25046, MS 980, DFC City: Denver State_or_Province: Colorado Postal_Code: 80225 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-236-4610 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-236-5349 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kturner@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata ("CSDGM version 2") Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Access_Constraints: none Metadata_Use_Constraints: none