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Linear structural features in Illinois

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What does this data set describe?

Title: Linear structural features in Illinois
Abstract:
This is a partial representation of Plate 1 from ISGS Bulletin 100 (1993). Features depicted are limited to well documented, significant anticlines, synclines and monoclines in Illinois. Names of the features and the geologic horizons (bedrock unit) on which they were mapped are included. This data set must be used in conjunction with the companion data sets STRUCTFAULTS, STRUCTPNTS and STRUCTPOLY for a full representation of Plate 1 of ISGS Bulletin 100.
Supplemental_Information: none
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    U.S. Geological Survey Central Region Energy Resources Team, 2002, Linear structural features in Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-D, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado.

    This is part of the following larger work.

    (ed.), J.R. Hatch , and (ed.), R.H. Affolter , 2002, Resource Assessment of the Springfield, Herrin, and Danville and Baker Coals in the Illinois Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-D, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado.

    This is part of the following larger work.

    U.S. Geological Survey, 2002, National Coal Resource Assessment: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado.

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -91.2123
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.5065
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.5027
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.1698

  3. What does it look like?

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Calendar_Date: 1993
    Currentness_Reference: Publication dates of ISGS Bulletin 100.

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • String (137)

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      The map projection used is Lambert Conformal Conic.

      Projection parameters:
      Standard_Parallel: 33
      Standard_Parallel: 45
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -89.5
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 33
      False_Easting: 914400.0 meters
      False_Northing: 0.0

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest unknown
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest unknown
      Planar coordinates are specified in feet

      The horizontal datum used is NAD27.
      The ellipsoid used is CLARKE1866.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378206.4 meters.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/294.98.

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    The attribute items are in typical ARC/INFO feature class format. Those requiring additional explanation are: GNTYPE - General structural type
    1 - plunging anticline or anticlinal nose
    2 - doubly plunging anticline
    3 - asymmetrical anticline
    4 - monocline
    5 - syncline
    6 - anticline (unspecified type)
    
    GEOHORIZON and GEOHORIZON2 indicate the names of the geologic formation on which the feature is mapped. The ISGS Geologic Formation Numbering Code, a unique four digit number, was used to indicate these designations. If no horizon is indicated a code of 9999 is entered, meaning that the feature was mapped at the surface. In some cases there is more than one geologic formation associated with a mapped structural feature; in this case the GEOHORIZON2 field is used to indicate the additional geologic formation code number.
    Code
    from                                                 Values for
    Bull.  Geologic                                      GEOHORIZON and
    100    Description                                   GEOHORIZON2
    -----  -----------                                   --------------
    HC     top  of Herrin Coal Member  (#6)                   2660
    SC     top  of Springfield Coal Member (#5)               2790
    CC     top  of Colchester Coal Member  (#2)               3020
    BC     top  of Beach Creek (Barlow) Limestone             4350
    YT     top  of Yankeetown Sandstone                       4480
    SG     top  of St. Genevieve Limestone                    5060
    KE     top  of Keokuk Limestone                           5350
    NA     base of New Albany Shale                           5480
    SL     top  of Silurian System                            6700
    GL     top  of Galena Group                               7550
    GW     top  of Glenwood Formation                         8170
    SP     top  of St. Peter Sandstone                        8330
    FR     top  of Franconia Formation                        8660
    IG     top  of Ironton/Galesville Sandstone               8690
    EC     top  of Lightsville sand, in EauClaire Formation   8760
    MS     top  of Mt. Simon Sandstone                        8810
    PC     top  of Precambrian (Age)                          9200
    
    NAME - the name of the structure
    NUMBER - The item NUMBER is an unique value assigned to each member of a GNTYPE. For example, the Aden Anticline is feature number 1 of the Anticline general type, while Birkbeck Syncline is feature number 1 of the Syncline general type. Thus the combination of GNTYPE and NUMBER can be used to uniquely identify any feature. The relationship of NAME and NUMBER is shown in the following table.
    NAME                                          NUMBER
    -------------------------------------------   ------
    Aden Anticline                                  1
    Ancona Anticline                                2
    Ashton Anticline                                3
    Assumption Anticline                            4
    Astoria Anticline                               5
    Aurora Syncline                                48
    Ayers Anticline                                 7
    Bardolph Anticline                              9
    Battle Ford Syncline                           49
    Bay Creek Syncline                             50
    Benton Anticline                               12
    Birkbeck Syncline                               1
    Black Jack Syncline                             2
    Bogota-Rinard Syncline                          3
    Boyd Anticline                                 14
    Bremen Anticline                               15
    Brereton Anticline                             16
    Bridgeport Anticline                          132
    Brushy Anticline                               17
    Bryant Syncline                                 4
    Bushnell Syncline                               5
    Campbell Hill Anticline                        20
    Canton Syncline                                 6
    Charleston Monocline                            6
    Centralia Anticline                            26
    Clay City Anticline                            27
    Clinton Syncline                                7
    Colfax Syncline                                 8
    Colmar Anticline                               28
    Columbia Syncline                               9
    Cooks Mills Anticline                          29
    Cooksville Anticline                          123
    Cordes Anticline                               30
    Cottage Anticline                              31
    Cresent City Anticline                        122
    Dahlgren Anticline                             32
    Divide Anticline                              138
    Downs Anticline                                35
    Du Quoin Monocline (east branch)                7
    Du Quoin Monocline (main branch)(N)             8
    Du Quoin Monocline (main branch)(S)             1
    Du Quoin Monocline (main branch)(central)       9
    Eagle Valley Syncline (Fluorspar Area)         10
    Edgar Monocline                                 4
    Elkton Anticline                              140
    Elmwood Syncline                               12
    Fairman Anticline                              38
    Fairview Syncline                              13
    Farmington Anticline                           40
    Fishhook Anticline                             41
    Galena Junction Syncline                       14
    Galena Syncline                                15
    Gilead Anticline                               43
    Goldengate Anticline                           45
    Graham-Ginte Syncline                          16
    Hardin Anticline                              139
    Harrison Creek Anticline                       47
    Herscher Anticline (S)                        120
    Herscher-Northwest Anticline                  121
    Hume Anticline                                125
    Iola Anticline                                137
    Irvington Anticline                           141
    Kenner Anticline                              127
    Kincaid Anticline                             136
    King Anticline                                 53
    Leaf River Anticline                           55
    Lincoln Anticline                              57
    Littleton Anticline                            58
    Louden Anticline                               59
    Marshall-Sidell Syncline                       22
    Mattoon Anticline                              65
    McCormick Anticline                            66
    Media Anticline                                67
    Meppen Syncline                                23
    Millbrig Syncline                              24
    Minick Anticline                               69
    Monroe City Syncline                           25
    Murdock Syncline                               26
    New Burnside Anticline                         71
    Nilwood Anticline                              72
    Nutwood Anticline                              74
    Oregon Anticline                               80
    Osman Monocline                                 5
    Otter Creek Syncline                           30
    Patoka Anticline                               83
    Pecatonica Anticline                          133
    Peru Monocline                                  3
    Pinckneyville Anticline                        86
    Pittsburg Anticline                            87
    Pittsfield Anticline                           88
    Polo Syncline                                  32
    Portage Syncline                               33
    Pottsville Syncline                            34
    Ripley Syncline                                36
    Salem Anticline                                94
    Saratoga Anticline                            142
    Sciota Anticline                               96
    Sesser Anticline                               97
    Seville Anticline                              98
    Smallpox Creek Syncline                        39
    St. David Anticline                            92
    Table Grove Syncline                           43
    Thebes Anticline                              107
    Tolu Arch (Anticline) (Hicks Dome)            143
    Troy-Brussels Syncline                         44
    Tuscola Anticline                             109
    Uptons Cave Syncline                           45
    Valmeyer Anticline                            110
    Vergennes Anticline                           111
    Versailles Anticline                          112
    Vinegar Hill Syncline                          46
    Waterloo-Dupo Anticline                       116
    Woburn Anticline                              118
    unnamed Anticline                             134
    unnamed Anticline                             135
    unnamed Anticline                             131
    unnamed Anticline                             126
    unnamed Monocline (Bodenschatz-Lick Fault)     10
    unnamed Monocline (Ste. Genevieve Fault)       11
    


Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

    Original maps and analysis by W. John Nelson GIS Processing: Paul C. Jahn Documentation Paul C. Jahn, D. Nelson and S. Beaverson Quality Assurance Review: ISGS staff

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    Dan Nelson
    Illinois State Geological Survey
    615 East Peabody Drive
    Champaign, Illinois 61820
    USA

    217-244-2513 (voice)
    217-333-2830 (FAX)
    nelson@muck.isgs.uiuc.edu

    Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday


Why was the data set created?

These data are for use at a scale of 1:500,000 or smaller only. They are appropriate for use in regional thematic analysis, for display, and for mapping environmental phenomena related to them.


How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

    (source 1 of 4)
    Nelson, W. John, 1993, Structural Features in Illinois, Plate 1: ISGS Bulletin 100, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000
    Source_Contribution: line feature attributes

    (source 2 of 4)
    Nelson, W. John, 1993, Original Mylar Separates for Plate 1 of Structural Features in Illinois: ISGS Bulletin 100, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Type_of_Source_Media: mylar
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000
    Source_Contribution: line features

    (source 3 of 4)
    Greene, Amelia V., 1990, Illinois Geographic Information System: An Index to Automated Statewide Databases: Illinois State Water Survey Circular 175, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Contribution:
    Catalog data and description of related GIS data sets, used in determination of GIS structure of this data set.

    (source 4 of 4)
    Treworgy, Janis D., 1981, Structural Features in Illinois - A Compendium: ISGS Circular 519, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Type_of_Source_Media: paper

  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    Date: 1994 (process 1 of 5)
    The maps were digitized using a large format (48x60 inch) Calcomp 9100 digitizer. The digitizing was started April 7th, 1994 and completed April 11th, 1994. The weed tolerance was always set at zero during digitizing. The arcsnap was 100 feet for the line coverages. The nodesnap was 50 feet for the line coverages. The above arc and node snap distances were used in order to be certain that arcs would snap on themselves for polygon closure (eg. 2000 feet), and so the lines would not snap to themselves when short isolated arcs without closure (eg. 100 feet) were required. These tolerances prevented lines and points from snapping to themselves or other features.

    Date: 1994 (process 2 of 5)
    A base map for digitizing was created by setting tics at the intersection of latitude / longitude lines (1 degree by 1 degree) between 88 and 91 degrees west longitude and 37 to 42 degrees north latitude. These tics were used along with reference marks on the mylar separates to coordinate the base map with the mylar map separates containing geologic structural features.

    Date: 1994 (process 3 of 5)
    The root mean squared (rms) error during digitizing was between 0.004 and 0.008 digitizer inches. The registration points (tics) used for digitizing this map are as follows:
    TIC #        N. Latitude (degrees)      W. Longitude (degree)
    06 ~               37                         91
    51                 37                         90
    53 ~               37                         88
    20 ~               42                         91
    23 ~               42                         88
    26                 41                         91
    29                 41                         88
    32                 40                         91
    35                 40                         88
    38                 39                         91
    41                 39                         88
    45                 38                         90
    47                 38                         88
    
    Note: a ( ~ ) tilde indicates the primary tics used for the statewide map.

    Date: 1994 (process 4 of 5)
    Line features were attributed using information from Plate 1 of ISGS Bulletin 100.

    Date: 1994 (process 5 of 5)
    In 1994-95 the coverage underwent extensive QA/QC (Quality Assurance / Quality Control) review. QA/QC was performed using paper-plots of the map to overlay on the original mylar map, on-screen checking, and data tables of the feature item values for comparing to the original map and publication. These operations were performed and reviewed by several individuals.

  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

    Illinois State Geological Survey, 1995, Structural Features in Illinois: Faults: ISGS GIS Database structfaults, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, IL.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details:
    The map scale is 1:500,000. Included features are faults as depicted in ISGS Bulletin 100, Plate 1.
    Illinois State Geological Survey, 1995, Structural Features in Illinois: Point Locations of Impact Features, Explosion Features, Silurian Reefs, and Buried Precambrian Hills: ISGS GIS Database structpnts, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, IL.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details:
    The map scale is 1:500,000. Includes impact features, explosion features, Silurian reefs, and buried Precambrian hills as depicted in ISGS Bulletin 100, Plate 1.
    Illinois State Geological Survey, 1995, Structural Features in Illinois: Areal Extent of Anticlines, Domes, and the Glasford Disturbance (Polygon Features): ISGS GIS Database structpoly, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, IL.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details:
    The map scale is 1:500,000. Included features are anticlines, domes and Glasford Disturbance as depicted in ISGS Bulletin 100, Plate 1.
    Illinois State Geological Survey, 1995, Bedrock Geology of Illinois: ISGS GIS Database bedgeo, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, IL.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details:
    The map scale is 1:500,000. This is the digital version of the Geologic Map of Illinois (1967) by Willman and others.


How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

    The published (Plate 1) map from ISGS Bulletin 100 was the source for feature attributes. Attribute code assignments were checked by three individuals and are believed to fully representative of the source document.

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

    The horizontal positional accuracy of this data with respect to the source map was verified by three individuals by visual comparison (manual overlay) of source maps and hard-copy plots. Arcs within one line-width of source mylars were deemed acceptable. Consult the sources for information on the derivation of structure locations.

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

    This data set contains anticlines, synclines and monoclines shown as line features on Plate 1, ISGS Bull. 100. For other structural features, see the related data sets STRUCTFAULTS, STRUCTPNTS and STRUCTPOLY. These four data sets together show all well documented significant structures in Illinois as defined by ISGS Bull. 100.

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

    Chain-node topology is present. This data set was checked for complete chain-node topology (no dangling arcs, except where appropriate), boundary values appropriate for map projection and map units, and appropriate "fuzzy" tolerances. There are no known arc attribute values outside the appropriate value domains.


How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints:
For use at 1:500,000 scale or smaller only. Reproduction or redistribution of copyrighted digital data sets or products derived therefrom outside of licensee's organization or entity is expressly forbidden. The only exception is redistribution to consultants working for the licensee, and then only for purposes, related to work for the licensee. Such consultants may not further reproduce or redistribute these data sets. None of these data shall be electronically duplicated on magnetic or optical media for use by others, in whole or in part, without permission of the appropriate custodial division within DNR. Any hardcopies utilizing DNR data sets shall clearly indicate their source. If the licensee has modified the data in any way they are obligated to describe the types of modifications they have performed on the hardcopy map. Licensee specifically agrees not to misrepresent DNR data sets, nor to imply that changes they made were approved by DNR. These data are not to be used for commercial profit.

  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

    USGS Information Services
    Box 25286 Denver Federal Center
    Denver, CO 80225
    USA

    1-888-ASK-USGS (voice)
    303-202-4693 (FAX)
    ask@usgs.gov

  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    USGS Professional Paper 1625-D

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

    This Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) publication was prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof.
    Although all data and software published on this CD-ROM are used by the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data and related materials and (or) the functioning of the software. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these data, software, or related materials.

  4. How can I download or order the data?


Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 31-Jul-1998
Last Reviewed: 28-Mar-2002
Metadata author:
Dan Nelson
Illinois State Geological Survey
615 East Peabody Drive
Champaign, Illinois 61820
USA

217-244-2513 (voice)
217-333-2830 (FAX)
nelson@muck.isgs.uiuc.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday
Metadata standard:
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)


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