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Distribution and quality of potential sources of aggregate infrastructure resources project area, Colorado-Wyoming

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Metadata:

Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: William H. Langer

Originator: Gregory N. Green

Originator: Daniel H. Knepper, Jr.

Originator: David A. Lindsey

Originator: David W. Moore

Originator: David Nealey

Originator: John C. Reed, Jr.

Publication_Date: 1997

Title:

Distribution and quality of potential sources of aggregate infrastructure resources project area, Colorado-Wyoming

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 97-477

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/ofr-97-0477/>

Description:

Abstract:: Crushed stone and sand and gravel are the main types of natural aggregate used in the United States. Aggregate is used in nearly all residential, commercial, and industrial building construction, and in most public works projects including roads and highways, bridges, railroad and light rail beds, airports, water and sewer systems, and tunnels. Much of the infrastructure built during the 1950s and 1960s has deteriorated to a point that requires extensive repair or replacement. All this construction requires enormous amounts of aggregate. In Colorado, for example, nearly 45 million tons of aggregate, or about 12 tons per person, were produced during 1994.
Purpose:: Planners and other decision makers responsible for resource management should find this map useful in regional planning and land use management. Because statutory regulations, technological capabilities, available funding, and land-use priorities vary from place to place and can be expected to change with time, this map is designed to provide a resource data base that will be useful over the years. This map is in digital format and can be used with other digital data sets, according to the specific needs of a particular planning issue. As planning criteria change, the selection of pertinent resource characteristics can be adjusted to meet the changing needs.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1997

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: none

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Geologic Map Database Catalog themes, augmented
Theme_Keyword: 3100 - Vector
Theme_Keyword: 1400 - Resources
Theme_Keyword: 3110 - ESRI
Theme_Keyword: 3112 - export

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4, version 1.0
Place_Keyword: 56001 = Albany
Place_Keyword: 56021 = Laramie
Place_Keyword: 08069 = Larimer
Place_Keyword: 08123 = Weld
Place_Keyword: 08013 = Boulder
Place_Keyword: 08001 = Adams
Place_Keyword: 08031 = Denver
Place_Keyword: 08059 = Jefferson
Place_Keyword: 08005 = Arapahoe
Place_Keyword: 08035 = Douglas
Place_Keyword: 08039 = Elbert
Place_Keyword: 08041 = El Paso
Place_Keyword: 08119 = Teller
Place_Keyword: 08093 = Park
Place_Keyword: 08043 = Fremont
Place_Keyword: 08101 = Pueblo
Place_Keyword: 08027 = Custer
Place_Keyword: 08055 = Huerfano
Place_Keyword: 08019 = Clear Creek
Place_Keyword: 08047 = Gilpin
Place_Keyword: 08015 = Chaffee

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Langer, William H
Contact_Organization: USGS-GEO-CRG-MRS

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:: Mail Stop 973, USGS
P.O. Box 25046
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-236-1249

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: blanger@usgs.gov

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

This map was prepared by attributing the Digital Geologic Map of Colorado - USGS Open File Report 92-0507 (Green, 1992) with parameters reflecting the quality of unconsolidated materials and bedrock for use as aggregate (sand and gravel or crushed stone).

Completeness_Report: complete

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Green, G.N.

Publication_Date: 1992

Title: The Digital Geologic Map of Colorado in ARC/INFO Format

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 92-507

Type_of_Source_Media: online ARC/INFO files

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1992

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Green (1992)

Source_Contribution: This digital database was used as a base map

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: This map was prepared by attributing the Digital Geologic Map of Colorado - USGS Open File Report 92-0507 (Green, 1992) with parameters reflecting the quality of unconsolidated materials and bedrock for use as aggregate (sand and gravel or crushed stone). The terminology and classification techniques used on this map are briefly described above, and are described in more detail in USGS Open File Report 95-582 (Langer and Knepper, 1995).
Process_Date: 1995-1997

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: entity point

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: complete chain

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: COLO_GEO.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition: Colorado geological map
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0477

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LITHO

Attribute_Definition: Lithology of geologic rock units

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0477

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ash flow-andesite

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ash flow-latite

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: basalt

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: cemented sand and gravel

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Enumerated_Domain_Value: conglomerate

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: gneiss

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: landslide

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: mixed carbonate rocks

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mixed sedimentary rocks

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: mixed shale

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: water

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: wx granite

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PHYS

Attribute_Definition: Physical quality

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0477

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: fair physical qualities

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Poor physical qualities

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: sat
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Satisfactory physical quality

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: unknown
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unknown physical qualities

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: unsuit
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unsuitable physical qualities

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CHEM

Attribute_Definition: Chemical qualities

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0477

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Innocuous chemical quality

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: del
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Deleterious chemical quality

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: (blank)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: unknown chemical quality

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute_Definition: Geologic unit symbol
Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0477

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: COLO_GEO.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition:: Geological units at specific locations (same attributes as polygon coverage COLO_GEO.PAT)
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0477

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: COLO_LIN.AAT
Entity_Type_Definition: Linear geologic map units
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0477

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME

Attribute_Definition: Geologic map unit name

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0477

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Enumerated_Domain_Value: TKi

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tmi

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Yam

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: WYO_GEO.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition: Wyoming geological map
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0477

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LITHO

Attribute_Definition: Lithology of rock unit

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0477

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: anorthosite

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cemented sand and gravel

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: gneiss

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: granite

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: mixed seds
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mixed sedimentary rocks

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: s&g
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: sand and gravel

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: shale

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PHYS

Attribute_Definition: Physical quality

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0477

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: poor
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Poor physical quality

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: sat
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Satisfactory physical quality

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: unknown
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unknown physical quality

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: unsuit
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unsuitable physical quality

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CHEM

Attribute_Definition: Chemical qualities

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0477

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: inc
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Innocuous chemical quality

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: (blank)
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Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: unknown
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unknown chemical quality

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute_Definition: Geologic unit symbol
Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0477

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: WYO_GEO.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition:: Wyoming geological units at specific locations (same attributes as polygon coverage WYO_GEO.PAT)
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0477

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USGS Information Services

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing
Address: Box 25286, Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80255-0046
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 1-303-202-4695

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: infoservices@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-0477

Distribution_Liability:

This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) editorial standard nor with the North American stratigraphic codes. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the USGS. Although these data have been used by the USGS and have been successfully imported into data base programs, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to how successfully or accurately the data can be imported into any specific application software running on any specific hardware platform. The fact of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in connection therewith.

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