Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 202302 Title: Data acquisition projects funded by Earth Mapping Resources Initiative Edition: 7.0 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. 7.0, February 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: 20230216 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: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/earthmri/data-acquisition/acquisition-browse.png 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: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/earthmri/data-acquisition/project-doc.html 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: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/earthmri/data-acquisition/records-matching-doc.html 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 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: 128 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_0.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: Attribute_Label: provisionl Attribute_Definition: Flag indicating proposed area of interest if provisional and subject to revision. It is provided to meet the need for timely best science. The final outline of the area of interest will be posted upon completion of the planning and contracting process. Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Y Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: This area is provisional. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: N Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: This area is not provisional. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute: Attribute_Label: alias Attribute_Definition: Full descriptive project name, text. Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Descriptive text, not abbreviated. Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: keywords.csv Entity_Type_Definition: Table of keywords associated with data acquisition projects. 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: thesaurus Attribute_Definition: Identifier of the thesaurus from which the term is drawn. Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Non-controlled vocabulary. Zero indicates the term was not drawn from a controlled vocabulary provided by the USGS vocabulary services. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS controlled vocabulary services, https://apps.usgs.gov/thesaurus/ Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Common Geographic Areas, a formal thesaurus containing countries, states, counties, map quadrangles, hydrologic units, and their interrelationships. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS controlled vocabulary services, https://apps.usgs.gov/thesaurus/cga/ Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: USGS Thesaurus, a formal thesaurus containing scientific disciplines, topics, methods of data acquisition and processing, product types, and other related concepts. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS controlled vocabulary services, https://apps.usgs.gov/thesaurus/ Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alexandria Digital Library Feature Type Thesaurus, a formal thesaurus containing types of named geographical features. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS controlled vocabulary services, https://apps.usgs.gov/thesaurus/ Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lithologic classification of geologic map units, version 6.2, a formal thesaurus of general lithologic terms. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS controlled vocabulary services, https://apps.usgs.gov/thesaurus/ Attribute: Attribute_Label: code Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier of the term within the thesaurus. NULL if the term is non-controlled. Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: Term identifiers for Common Geographic Areas Codeset_Source: https://apps.usgs.gov/thesaurus/cga/ Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: Term identifiers for USGS Thesaurus Codeset_Source: https://apps.usgs.gov/thesaurus/ Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: Term identifiers for Alexandria Digital Library Feature Type Thesaurus Codeset_Source: https://apps.usgs.gov/thesaurus/ Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: Term identifiers for Lithologic classification of geologic map units version 6.2. Codeset_Source: https://apps.usgs.gov/thesaurus/ Attribute: Attribute_Label: term Attribute_Definition: Text of the keyword. Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Text of the term as known to the thesaurus. For non-controlled terms, text of the term as provided by the USGS compilers of this dataset. Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: description.csv Entity_Type_Definition: Table of abstracts. The text of the abstracts is longer than can fit in EarthMRIAcquisitionsV_6_0.dbf due to limitations of the dBase file format. 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: pdescrip Attribute_Definition: Short description of the project. Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Descriptive text, not abbreviated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: abstract Attribute_Definition: Abstract describing the work in more detail. Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Descriptive text, not abbreviated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: pkeyword Attribute_Definition: Keywords drawn from the USGS Thesaurus. Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: USGS Thesaurus Codeset_Source: https://apps.usgs.gov/thesaurus/ Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: program.csv Entity_Type_Definition: Table relating projects to scientific data theme, drawn from project:program, because projects may now address more than one of the themes. 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: program Attribute_Definition: General category of Earth MRI data acquisition, Geologic mapping, Geophysics, Lidar, or Geochemistry. 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. Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: project_contact.csv Entity_Type_Definition: Table relating projects to contacts, referencing the separate table contact.csv, because projects may now have more than one contact. 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: cid Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier of the contact in the table contact.csv. Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 165 Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: contact.csv Entity_Type_Definition: Table of project contacts. Each project may have multiple contacts, each contact may be associated with multiple projects. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute: Attribute_Label: cid Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier of the contact in the table. Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 75 Range_Domain_Maximum: 165 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. Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: pubs.csv Entity_Type_Definition: Table of public information pertinent to projects, produced and made available by organizations that are in partnership with USGS through Earth MRI. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute: Attribute_Label: id Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier of the table row. Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 24 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: affiliatio Attribute_Definition: Organization making the product available to the public. Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Names, may include abbreviations. Attribute: Attribute_Label: poc Attribute_Definition: Point of contact Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Personal name. Attribute: Attribute_Label: pocemail Attribute_Definition: Contact email Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Standard email address. Attribute: Attribute_Label: pubtype Attribute_Definition: General type of publication or presentation. Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Open file; Poster; Data release; Article; Web application Attribute: Attribute_Label: citation Attribute_Definition: Bibliographic reference for the publication. Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Plain text following conventions as much as is practical. Attribute: Attribute_Label: website Attribute_Definition: Web address of the publication or presentation. Attribute_Definition_Source: This release. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Standard URL. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey: NORTHEAST REGION: 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 Resource_Description: Earth MRI data acquisition projects Distribution_Liability: 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. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: WMS Format_Version_Number: 1.3.0 Format_Information_Content: Polygons delineating scientific survey areas, with attributes. Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/emri-project?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.3.0 Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: WFS Format_Version_Number: 1.1.0 Format_Information_Content: Polygons delineating scientific survey areas, with attributes. Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/wfs/emri-project?service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.1.0 Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: GeoJSON Format_Version_Number: IETF RFC 7946 Format_Information_Content: Polygons delineating scientific survey areas, with attributes and complete topical and place category keywords. Service documentation at https://mrdata.usgs.gov/earthmri/data-acquisition/acquisition-doc.html Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/earthmri/data-acquisition/project.php Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: GeoJSON Format_Version_Number: IETF RFC 7946 Format_Information_Content: Polygons delineating scientific survey areas, with attributes and complete topical and place category keywords. This service selects studies by keywords assigned, topical or place keywords or one of each. Service documentation at https://mrdata.usgs.gov/earthmri/data-acquisition/records-matching-doc.html Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/earthmri/data-acquisition/records-matching.php Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: KML Format_Version_Number: 2.2 Format_Information_Content: Polygons delineating scientific survey areas, with attributes. Additional information linked through web URLs. File_Decompression_Technique: none Transfer_Size: 7.8 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/earthmri/data-acquisition/data-acquisition.kml Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: KMZ Format_Version_Number: 2.2 Format_Information_Content: Polygons delineating scientific survey areas, with attributes. Additional information linked through web URLs. File_Decompression_Technique: unzip Transfer_Size: 1.8 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/earthmri/data-acquisition/data-acquisition.kmz Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: Shapefile Format_Version_Number: 1.0 Format_Information_Content: Polygons delineating scientific survey areas, with attributes. Additional information included as tables in CSV format. File_Decompression_Technique: unzip Transfer_Size: 1.3 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/earthmri/data-acquisition/packages/EarthMRIAcquisitionsV_7_0_SHP.zip Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: GeoJSON Format_Version_Number: 1.0 Format_Information_Content: Polygons delineating scientific survey areas, with attributes. File_Decompression_Technique: unzip Transfer_Size: 0.8 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/earthmri/data-acquisition/packages/EarthMRIAcquisitionsV_7_0_GJSON.zip Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: GeoPackage Format_Version_Number: 1.0 Format_Information_Content: Polygons delineating scientific survey areas, with attributes. Keywords are included as an additional table in CSV format. File_Decompression_Technique: unzip Transfer_Size: 0.94 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/earthmri/data-acquisition/packages/EarthMRIAcquisitionsV_7_0_GPKG.zip Fees: none Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20230216 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey: NORTHEAST REGION: 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 Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998