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Spatial data supporting the Basement tectonic framework of the U.S. Project were developed by the U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program (MRP).
This map of basement domains of the conterminous U.S. and Alaska is intended for use as a base layer for national-scale mineral resource assessments. The compositions, architecture, and original metals endowments are potentially important to assessments of primary mineral deposits and to the residence and recycling of metals in the crust of the U.S. parts of the North American continent. The database can be used to demonstrate the construction of the U.S. through time, to identify specific types of crust, and to identify domains potentially containing metal endowments of specific genetic types or endowed with specific metals.
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Use_Constraints:These data are intended for use at 1:5,000,000 scale. Data have been checked to ensure the accuracy. If any errors are detected, please notify the originating office. The U.S. Geological Survey strongly recommends that careful attention be paid to the metadata file associated with these data. Acknowledgement of the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived from these data. Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in ArcGIS format, this metadata file may include some ArcGIS-specific terminology.
Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also contains copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items must be secured from the copyright owner. This database, identified as DS 898, has been approved for release and publication by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Although this database has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the U.S. Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system, or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The USGS shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
| Data format: | Basement domains with basic attributes and a link to the full report for each domain in format Shapefile (version 1.0) |
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| Network links: |
https://mrdata.usgs.gov/ds-898/ds898.zip |
| Data format: | Basement domains with basic attributes and a link to the full report for each domain in format KML (version 2.2) |
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| Network links: |
https://mrdata.usgs.gov/ds-898/domains.kml |
| Data format: | Basement domains in format WMS (version 1.3.0) |
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| Network links: |
https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/ds898?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.3.0 |
| Data format: | Basement domains in format WFS (version 1.1.0) |
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| Network links: |
https://mrdata.usgs.gov/wfs/ds898?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS&version=1.1.0 |
| Data format: | Basement domains with short references in format File geodatabase (version 10.1) |
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| Network links: |
https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0898/downloads/datafiles/Bsmt_CONUS_AK.gdb.zip |