Data acquisition projects funded by Earth Mapping Resources Initiative

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 202306
Title:
Data acquisition projects funded by Earth Mapping Resources Initiative
Edition: 8.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
Suggested citation: U.S. Geological Survey, 2020, Data acquisition projects funded by Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (ver. 8.0, June 2023), https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/emri/.
Online_Linkage: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/earthmri/data-acquisition/project.php
Description:
Abstract:
This dataset contains polygons delineating study areas of scientific projects funded by the Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI). Earth MRI is a partnership between state geological surveys and the U.S. Geological survey to acquire new geologic maps, geophysical surveys, lidar data, 3D geological models, geochemistry, mine-waste and hyperspectral data to better understand the fundamental geologic framework of areas across the Nation with potential for hosting critical mineral resources. For each study, these data include a description of goals, project contact information and organizational affiliation, dates, and topical and geographic category keywords. Each completed project includes an online linkage to the results of the study.
Purpose:
The data are intended to support these uses: show the nature and scope of scientific studies carried out using funds of the Earth MRI so that the effectiveness and value of those expenditures can be assessed; enable scientific researchers to determine what work is in progress so that they can plan to make effective use of the results generated by the studies when they become available; enable managers of scientific organizations to determine the locations where additional scientific work will be needed so that they can develop proposals to carry out studies that supplement and follow up on the work described here. Accordingly, the geographic information is provided with accuracy and resolution less than a kilometer of mapping or geophysical survey boundaries. Criteria for lidar survey boundaries are less clear. Details of project dates are as provided during the proposal process, and dates are given to the nearest year.
Supplemental_Information:
Project abstracts and complete topical and geographic keywords are provided in CSV files separate from the shapefile. The abstracts are joined one-to-one with projects using the value of the pid field. The keywords are joined one-to-many using the pid field as well.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20230630
Currentness_Reference: Date of last revision of the project characteristics.
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -166.259
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.354
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 66.009
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.780
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: interagency programs
Theme_Keyword: partnerships
Theme_Keyword: external research support
Theme_Keyword: geology
Theme_Keyword: geophysics
Theme_Keyword: geochemistry
Theme_Keyword: geography
Theme_Keyword: geologic maps
Theme_Keyword: aeromagnetic surveying
Theme_Keyword: aeroradiometric surveying
Theme_Keyword: lidar
Theme_Keyword: mineral resources
Theme_Keyword: electromagnetic surveying
Theme_Keyword: chemical analysis
Theme_Keyword: study areas
Theme_Keyword: mine waste
Theme_Keyword: hyperspectral imaging
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: elevation
Theme_Keyword: economy
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Common Geographic Areas
Place_Keyword: fUS01 = Alabama
Place_Keyword: fUS02 = Alaska
Place_Keyword: fUS04 = Arizona
Place_Keyword: fUS05 = Arkansas
Place_Keyword: fUS06 = California
Place_Keyword: fUS08 = Colorado
Place_Keyword: fUS12 = Florida
Place_Keyword: fUS13 = Georgia
Place_Keyword: fUS16 = Idaho
Place_Keyword: fUS17 = Illinois
Place_Keyword: fUS18 = Indiana
Place_Keyword: fUS19 = Iowa
Place_Keyword: fUS21 = Kentucky
Place_Keyword: fUS23 = Maine
Place_Keyword: fUS24 = Maryland
Place_Keyword: fUS26 = Michigan
Place_Keyword: fUS27 = Minnesota
Place_Keyword: fUS28 = Mississippi
Place_Keyword: fUS29 = Missouri
Place_Keyword: fUS30 = Montana
Place_Keyword: fUS31 = Nebraska
Place_Keyword: fUS32 = Nevada
Place_Keyword: fUS34 = New Jersey
Place_Keyword: fUS35 = New Mexico
Place_Keyword: fUS36 = New York
Place_Keyword: fUS37 = North Carolina
Place_Keyword: fUS38 = North Dakota
Place_Keyword: fUS39 = Ohio
Place_Keyword: fUS40 = Oklahoma
Place_Keyword: fUS41 = Oregon
Place_Keyword: fUS42 = Pennsylvania
Place_Keyword: fUS45 = South Carolina
Place_Keyword: fUS47 = Tennessee
Place_Keyword: fUS48 = Texas
Place_Keyword: fUS49 = Utah
Place_Keyword: fUS51 = Virginia
Place_Keyword: fUS54 = West Virginia
Place_Keyword: fUS55 = Wisconsin
Place_Keyword: fUS56 = Wyoming
Place_Keyword: fUS72 = Puerto Rico
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints: none
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David R Soller
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey: National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
Mail Stop 908
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6907
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6977
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: drsoller@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Screenshot of map interface depicting these data, 1143x770 pixels, 640k bytes.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PNG
Data_Set_Credit:
Michaela R. Johnson (USGS), David R. Soller (USGS), Christopher Garrity (USGS), Peter N. Schweitzer (USGS), Connie L. Dicken (USGS), and John Fisher (USGS).

Content was contributed to this compilation by: USGS: Griffin Moyer, Liz Huselid, Rob Dollison, Diana Thunen, Anne McCafferty, Anjana Shah, Mark Bultman, Ben Drenth, Dave Ponce, Drew Siler, George Case, Lydia Staisch, Dylan Connell, Rick Blakely, Lyndsay Ball, Paul Bedrosian, Jonathan Glen, Brian Hadley, Geoffrey Phelps, Eric Anderson, Raymond Kokaly, Bernard Hubbard, and Todd Hoefen. AK DGGS: Melanie Werdon and Abraham Emond.
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: Unpublished material
Title: Earth MRI data acquisition services
Other_Citation_Details:
Documentation of GeoJSON web service for Earth MRI data acquisition projects returning records by project ID number.
Online_Linkage:
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: Unpublished material
Title: Earth MRI data acquisition keyword services
Other_Citation_Details:
Documentation of a GeoJSON web service for Earth MRI data acquisition projects that returns records matching specified keywords from known controlled vocabularies.
Online_Linkage:
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Descriptive information about projects is as supplied by the groups of people who coordinated geologic mapping, geophysical surveying, lidar collection, 3D geological modeling, geochemical analysis, mine waste analysis, and hyperspectral imaging. While this information was reviewed for general accuracy, no formal tests were used to ensure quality or consistency in these data.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Data included here were provided separately by USGS groups coordinating geologic mapping, geophysical surveying, lidar collection, geochemical analysis, mine waste analysis, and hyperspectral imaging.

Project areas are described using one or more polygons. Within a project, polygons will not overlap, but polygons from different studies may overlap each other. Study abstracts may describe the criteria by which boundaries were determined, but generally do not describe the digital process by which the geometry was rendered in digital form here.

Keywords drawn from USGS Thesaurus and related controlled vocabularies were assigned by Peter Schweitzer (USGS) to each project.
Completeness_Report:
Each project funded by Earth MRI to acquire these data is represented by at least one polygon.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
For geophysical data, no formal positional accuracy tests were conducted. The footprints are approximations of the extent of each geophysical survey. The boundaries are within approximately 100-500 meters of the actual survey. The boundary is the planned boundary for data collection. The actual location is subject to change due to conditions during data collection.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
For geophysical studies, the boundaries were developed by USGS geophysicists or in collaboration with state geologists to best capture the geologic setting of possible critical minerals based on depth to potential resource being studied, topography, financial limitations on the size of survey and geologic data. Each geophysicist point of contact prepared their boundary as a shapefile and iteratively refined the area based on the above criteria until the planned boundary was defined.
Process_Date: 2019
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Michaela R Johnson
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey: Core Science Systems
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
1 Denver Federal Center
Bldg 810 MS 975
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-202-4852
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mrjohns@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
For geologic mapping studies, the boundaries were developed by USGS geologists in collaboration with state geologists to best capture the geologic setting of possible critical minerals based on the regional geology, mineral resource information available, and financial limitations on the size of the area to be mapped. Each geologic point of contact prepared their boundary as a shapefile and iteratively refined the area based on the above criteria until the planned boundary was defined.
Process_Date: 2019
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David R Soller
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey CORE SCIENCE SYSTEMS
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
Mail Stop 908
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6907
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6977
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: drsoller@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
For lidar studies, the boundaries were developed by the USGS National Geospatial Program (NGP), 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) staff in close collaboration with Federal, State, and local partners either through Federal Partnerships or through the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) process. The BAA provides detailed information on how to partner with the USGS and other Federal agencies to acquire high-quality 3D Elevation data.  Applicants may contribute funds toward a USGS lidar data acquisition activity via the Geospatial Products and Services Contracts (GPSC) or they may request 3DEP funds toward a lidar data acquisition activity where the requesting partner is the acquiring authority. Federal agencies, state and local governments, tribes, academic institutions and the private sector are eligible to submit proposals. Each agency and non-federal partner point of contact prepared their boundary as a shapefile and iteratively refined the area based on the partnerships criteria until the planned boundary was defined. Proposals were submitted through the BAA for awards based on the proposals ability to help complete blanket collection of the US and the best return on investment for 3DEP and its partners. Federal partnership projects were developed in collaboration through the interagency Federal 3DEP Working Group.
Process_Date: 2019
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
For geochemistry studies supporting geologic mapping, the boundaries established were the same as the geologic mapping boundaries. These were developed by USGS geologists in collaboration with state geologists to best capture the geologic setting of possible critical minerals based on the regional geology, mineral resource information available, and financial limitations on the size of the area to be mapped. Each geologic point of contact prepared their boundary as a shapefile and iteratively refined the area based on the above criteria until the planned boundary was defined.
Process_Date: 2019
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Keywords drawn from USGS Thesaurus, Alexandria Digital Library Feature Type Thesaurus, Lithologic classification of geologic map units version 6.2, and Common Geographic Areas were assigned by a single person to each study. These controlled vocabularies may be found at https://apps.usgs.gov/thesaurus/
Process_Date: 2020
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey: NORTHEAST REGION: EASTERN MINERAL & ENVIRON RES SC
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
Mail Stop 954
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6252
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
For geochemistry reconnaissance studies, the boundaries established were developed by USGS geologists in collaboration with state geologists to best capture the geologic setting of possible critical minerals based on the regional geology, mineral resource information available, and financial limitations on the size of the area to be mapped. Each reconnaissance geochemistry point of contact prepared their boundary as a shapefile and iteratively refined the area based on the above criteria until the planned boundary was defined.
Process_Date: 2020
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Draft versions of FY20 planned acquisition areas were submitted from each Program and added to the Earth MRI acquisition area dataset and application. These areas are subject to change during the planning process and will be updated when finalized.
Process_Date: 202007
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
26 new study areas were included, topical and place keywords assigned. The same processes were used to define these new geological, geophysical, lidar, and geochemistry survey areas.
Process_Date: 20201105
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
4 new FY 2021 geophysical preliminary study areas were included, topical and place keywords assigned.
Process_Date: 20201116
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Draft versions of FY21 planned acquisition areas were submitted. These areas are subject to change during the planning process and will be updated when finalized. The database structure was revised to reduce duplication and incorporate a new program, 3D geological model. The programs were modified from 4 categories (geologic mapping, geophysics, lidar, and geochemistry) to 5 (geologic mapping, geophysics, lidar, reconnaissance geochemistry, and 3D geological model). Where geologic mapping had a duplicate geochemistry polygon these were combined and are now represented together.
Process_Date: 20210815
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
22 new study areas were included (18 + 4 existing geophysical survey areas), topical and place keywords assigned. The same processes were used to define these new geological, geophysical, lidar, 3D geological models, and reconnaissance geochemistry survey areas.
Process_Date: 20211013
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
12 new geophysical preliminary study areas were included with topical and place keywords assigned. The same processes were used to define these new geophysical survey areas. 2 geometry updates for pids 1012 and 1019 were included. 2 surveys (pids 1001 and 1018) were combined into 1001 for a single geometry with a description update. 10003 geometry was updated for the lidar survey boundary. Two geophysical surveys were published in Alaska for pids 1013 and 1022.
Process_Date: 20220311
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
1 geophysical survey area was added with topical and place keywords assigned (1035). 13 geophysical preliminary survey areas were updated with changes in survey geometry and survey name (1016, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034). Four of the 12 preliminary study areas added 20220311 are now under contract and the provisional status was removed (1023, 1027, 1033, 1034). The same processes were used to refine these geophysical survey areas.
Process_Date: 20220819
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
7 new lidar survey areas were included with topical and place keywords assigned (10011, 10012, 10013, 10014, 10015, 10016, 10017). The same processes were used to define these new lidar acquisition areas.
Process_Date: 20220819
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
11 geophysical survey areas were updated with changes in survey geometry with provisional status removed (1023-1034). The same processes were used to refine these geophysical survey areas.
Process_Date: 20220930
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
1 new lidar survey areas was included with topical and place keywords assigned (10018). The same processes were used to define these new lidar acquisition areas.
Process_Date: 20220930
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
5 new areas were included for geologic mapping and reconnaissance geochemistry with topical and place keywords assigned (5044, 5045, 5049, 20034 and 20036). The same processes were used to define these geologic mapping and reconnaissance geochemistry acquisition areas.
Process_Date: 20220930
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Study area polygons were analyzed visually and through quantitative analysis. Those deemed needlessly complex were generalized using a python procedure calling Esri geoprocessing libraries. The resulting geometries represent the study areas well, yet reduced the size of the GeoJSON service and download packages by nearly 90%.
Process_Date: 20221004
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Christopher P Garrity
Contact_Organization: USGS Geology, Energy, and Minerals Science Center
Contact_Position: Supervisory Cartographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
Mail Stop 954
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6426
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6419
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cgarrity@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Analysis of the geographic area keywords that were generated by simple overlap calculations revealed appropriate terms applied to smaller study areas, and exceedingly large number of area terms applied to larger study areas. To simplify the geographic area terms, those terms identifying map quadrangles were selected at 1:250,000 or 1:100,000 scale where the study area was larger, and at 1:24,000 scale where the study area is small. Likewise hydrologic units were chosen as 4-digit or 2-digit HUCs for large study areas, and 8-digit HUCs for small study areas. This change reduces the complexity of those keywords when they are presented to users (by trading precision for simplicity) without detracting from their accuracy.
Process_Date: 20221004
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer
Contact_Organization: USGS Geology, Energy, and Minerals Science Center
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
Mail Stop 954
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6252
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
In FY 2022 new data collection types were established with Earth MRI funding and incorporated in the acquisition areas dataset developed. For mine waste analysis studies, the boundaries were developed by USGS scientists in collaboration with state geologists to best capture mine waste regions with possible critical minerals based on the regional geology, mineral resource information available, and financial limitations on the size of the area to be mapped. Each mine waste point of contact prepared their boundary as a shapefile and iteratively refined the area based on the above criteria until the planned boundary was defined.
Process_Date: 2022
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
In FY 2022 new data collection types were established with Earth MRI funding and incorporated in the acquisition areas dataset developed. For hyperspectral imaging studies, the boundaries were developed by USGS hyperspectral scientists and in collaboration NASA under an interagency agreement (IAA) to best capture the geologic setting of possible critical minerals based on the near surface potential resource being studied, topography, financial limitations on the size of survey and geologic data. Each hyperspectral scientist point of contact prepared their boundary as a shapefile and iteratively refined the area based on the above criteria until the planned boundary was defined.
Process_Date: 2022
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The database database table was modified to remove CPHONE and add ALIAS.
Process_Date: 20230216
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
29 new areas were included for geophysics, geologic mapping, reconnaissance geochemistry, mine waste, and hyperspectral with topical and place keywords assigned (1036-1046, 5046-5048, 5050-5057, 20033, 20035, 20037, 40001-40003, and 50001). Provisional status was applied to areas 1036-1045. The same processes were used to define these new acquisition areas.
Process_Date: 20230216
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Contact name and email addresses were updated for 5001, 5014, 5024, 5040, and 5056.
Process_Date: 20230216
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Publication information (YEAR END, PDATA, or partner products) were updated for 1010, 5004, 5007, 5008, 5013, 5015, 5031, and 10010.
Process_Date: 20230216
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
One new area was added for geophysics (pid 1047). Geometry for 7 geophysical survey areas was updated (pids 1030, 1034, 1036, 1039, 1040, 1043, and 1046).
Process_Date: 20230331
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Publication information (YEAR END, PDATA, or partner products) were updated for 1015. Provisional status removed for pids 1040 and 1045.
Process_Date: 20230627
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Two new area were added for geophysics (pids 1048 and 1049).

Two new area were added for geologic mapping and geochemistry (pids 5058 and 5059).

Geometry for 5 geophysical survey areas were updated (pids 1039, 1025,1037, 1040, 1042.
Process_Date: 20230627
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-Polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 132
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: World Geodetic System 1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS 84
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: EarthMRIAcquisitionsV_7_1.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition:
Shapefile attribute table, does not include complete keyword list.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: This release
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: pid
Attribute_Definition:
Unique identifier of the project as known to the program managers, an integer.
Attribute_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1001
Range_Domain_Maximum: 50001
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: pname
Attribute_Definition: Project name or contracted name of the data collection, text.
Attribute_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Descriptive text, not abbreviated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: yearstart
Attribute_Definition: Year the project was officially begun.
Attribute_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 2018
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2023
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: year
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: yearend
Attribute_Definition:
Year the project was officially completed and data delivered to USGS for public release. Null if project is not yet completed.
Attribute_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 2019
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2023
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: year
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: program
Attribute_Definition:
General category of Earth MRI data acquisition, Geologic mapping, Geophysics, Lidar, Geochemistry, Mine waste, or Hyperspectral.
Attribute_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Geologic mapping
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Creation of maps depicting geological characteristics of the earth's surface, including lithology, geologic structure, age, and the results of crustal processes.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This release, modified from USGS Thesaurus.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Geophysics
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Airborne geophysical surveying, including measurement of magnetic anomalies, gamma ray emissions, gravity anomalies, and gravity gradient anomalies, and more detailed electromagnetic measurements of the area under the flight lines.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lidar
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Light detection and ranging, an airborne, spaceborne or ground-based laser-ranging technique commonly used for acquiring high-resolution topographic data.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS Thesaurus
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Geochemistry
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Chemical techniques used to identify the composition of rocks and unconsolidated deposits supporting geochemical reconnaissance surveys or geologic mapping.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS Thesaurus
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Reconnaissance geochemistry
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Chemical techniques used to identify the composition of rocks and unconsolidated deposits supporting geochemical reconnaissance surveys.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3D geological model
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
3D geological model developed from geophysical, geochemistry, lidar and subsurface (borehole) data complementing geologic mapping.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mine waste
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Mine waste analysis products to determine the potential of mine features to host critical minerals developed from geochemical analysis of mine waste samples (rock and water).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Hyperspectral
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Hyperspectral data collected with the NASA AVIRIS (Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer) sensors and one of several thermal infrared (TIR) sensors (e.g., NASA’s HyTES and/or MASTER instruments) to produce derived mineral maps and other derivative data to aid in geologic mapping and mine waste sampling efforts.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: affiliatio
Attribute_Definition: Organization carrying out the project.
Attribute_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Names, may include abbreviations.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: cname
Attribute_Definition: Contact name for the project.
Attribute_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Personal name
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: cmail
Attribute_Definition: Contact email address for the project.
Attribute_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Includes user and email domain name.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: website
Attribute_Definition: Web address of the organization carrying out the work.
Attribute_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: URL in typical web format.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: pdata
Attribute_Definition:
Web address from which data generated by the project may be obtained. Null if project is not yet completed.
Attribute_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: URL in typical web format.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: pdatagchem
Attribute_Definition:
Web address from which geochemistry data supporting geologic mapping generated by the project may be obtained. Null if project is not yet completed.
Attribute_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: URL in typical web format.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: papprox
Attribute_Definition:
Flag indicating the study area boundary is approximate and has been generalized to improve the presentation of the boundary. There may be greater distance than described in this metadata record between the boundary and the observations collected by the study.
Attribute_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Y
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: This area has been generalized.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: N
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: This are has not been generalized.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This release.
Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition:
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Country: USA
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Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
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