Geology, geochemistry, geophysics, mineral occurrences, and mineral resource assessment for the commonwealth of Puerto Rico

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bawiec, Walter J.
Publication_Date: 1998
Title:

Geology, geochemistry, geophysics, mineral occurrences, and mineral resource assessment for the commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 98-38

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr9838
Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-038/
Online_Linkage: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/pr/

Description:

Abstract:

Geologic map with faults, along with additional scientific information needed for mineral resource assessment (geochemical analyses, mineral occurrences, geologic terranes, and estimated undiscovered resources)

Purpose:

This publication attempts to apply much of the geologic, geochemical, geophysical, and mineral occurrence information to a single objective focused on producing a mineral resource assessment for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. However, the value of this publication lies not within the results of the mineral resource assessment nor within the interactive PDF files which can be viewed on the screen, but within the geologic, geochemical, geophysical, and mineral occurrence digital map coverages and databases which can be used for their own unique applications.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Multiple_Dates/Times:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1998

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2010

Currentness_Reference:

The data, compiled over a long period of time, were assembled into the report published in 1998. The data were repackaged to facilitate web access in 2010.

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.27198
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.575757
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.518156
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.928237

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Alexandria Digital Library Feature Type Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: faults

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: bedrock geologic units
Theme_Keyword: bouguer anomaly
Theme_Keyword: geologic contacts
Theme_Keyword: geologic maps
Theme_Keyword: geologic structure
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets
Theme_Keyword: magnetic field (earth)
Theme_Keyword: natural resource assessment

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General glossary for mineral resources spatial data
Theme_Keyword: ArcInfo interchange
Theme_Keyword: Shapefile
Theme_Keyword: OGC:WFS
Theme_Keyword: OGC:WMS

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Common geographic areas
Place_Keyword: fUS72 = Puerto Rico

Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints: none
Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Thomas H Kress
Contact_Organization: USGS -- GD

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address:

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Mail Stop 954

City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192-0002
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6328
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6383
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: thkress@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/catalog/images/OFR_98-38.png
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Reduced-size image of the geologic units and faults, (721 x 273 pixels)

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PNG

Data_Set_Credit:

Tom Kress and Peter Schweitzer repackaged the data to facilitate web access in 2010.

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The publication provides the geologic map units and faults in separate ArcInfo coverages for the eastern, central, and western parts of the island. These were combined in this compilation. Process contact does not remember, in 2021, the source used to obtain the 1:20,000 scale map quadrangle boundaries.

Completeness_Report:

The published report includes data layers that are not included in this compilation, but remain available from the USGS publications web site: metallic and nonmetallic mineral resource records from MRDS; location of placer, gold, and skarn deposits, gravity contours and station locations; stream-sediment geochemical analyses; geology of Isla de Mona and Isla de Vieques; and shaded relief.

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Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bawiec, Walter J. (editor)
Publication_Date: 1998
Title:

Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Mineral Occurrences and Mineral Resource Assessment for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 98-38

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr9838

Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000
Type_of_Source_Media: Digital data
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1998

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS OFR 98-38
Source_Contribution:

Geologic map units, faults, magnetic anomaly contours, gravity anomaly contours.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Conversion to PostgreSQL with PostGIS geometry of the ArcInfo interchange files for geologic units, faults, terranes, gravity, and magnetic anomaly contours, along with map quadrangle boundaries. Addition of a column to the geologic unit table to hold a controlled term for generalized lithology from LithClass 6.2, using information provided in the description of map units as a guide. Map quadrangle boundaries and municipio (county-level administrative units) boundaries were obtained from other sources. Change of coordinate system of original data from geographic NAD27 to geographic WGS84 by PostGIS version 2.0 and Proj.4.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS OFR 98-38
Process_Date: 2010
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/pr/
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:

Metadata updated to include data quality information and URLs in current forms.

Process_Date: 20210119
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

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: 8007

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Complete chain
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 12760

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: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: PR_Fault.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Thrust faults
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: this report

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LNTYPE
Attribute_Definition: Type of fault
Attribute_Definition_Source: this report
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 7
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Thrust fault
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: this report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 27
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Concealed fault
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: this report

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: PR_Fault_N.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Normal faults
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: this report

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LNTYPE
Attribute_Definition: Type of geologic fault
Attribute_Definition_Source: this report
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: (unknown)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: this report

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 25
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Normal fault
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: this report

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: PR_Geology.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Geologic units
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: this report

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FMATN
Attribute_Definition:

Geologic formation symbol. Initial capital letter indicates age: K = Cretaceous; T = Tertiary; Q = Quaternary

Attribute_Definition_Source: this report
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Identifier indicating age and abbreviated unit name

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COLR
Attribute_Definition: Color index in shadeset
Attribute_Definition_Source: this report
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COLR2
Attribute_Definition: Color index in shadeset
Attribute_Definition_Source: this report
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 255

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHADE
Attribute_Definition: Color index in shadeset
Attribute_Definition_Source: this report
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 24

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PROV
Attribute_Definition: Province identifier code number
Attribute_Definition_Source: this report
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 183

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: PR_Gravity.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Bouguer gravity anomaly
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: this report

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COLR2
Attribute_Definition: Color index from shadeset
Attribute_Definition_Source: this report
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 46
Range_Domain_Maximum: 176

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: PR_Magnetic.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Contour intervals of magnetic anomaly
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: this report

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NVALUE
Attribute_Definition: Magnetic anomaly
Attribute_Definition_Source: this report
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -350
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2950
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: nano Tesla

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COLR2
Attribute_Definition: Color index from shadeset
Attribute_Definition_Source: this report
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 57
Range_Domain_Maximum: 189

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: PR_terrane.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Geologic terranes
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: this report

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PROV
Attribute_Definition: Province indicator
Attribute_Definition_Source: this report
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 183

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: prunit.txt
Entity_Type_Definition: Detailed information about the geologic units
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: this report

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: symbol
Attribute_Definition: Map symbol for the formation, a value of PR_Geology:fmatn
Attribute_Definition_Source: this report
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Identifier indicating age and abbreviated unit name

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: name
Attribute_Definition: Name of the formation or rock unit
Attribute_Definition_Source: this report
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: literal text without significant abbreviation

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: age
Attribute_Definition:

General age of the formation or rock unit, expressed as chronostratigraphic unit names

Attribute_Definition_Source: this report
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: literal text without significant abbreviation

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: descript
Attribute_Definition:

Description of the formation or rock unit, drawn from the printed report

Attribute_Definition_Source: this report
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: literal text without significant abbreviation

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ref
Attribute_Definition:

Bibliographic references used to map and document the formation or rock unit; abbreviated form commonly found in scientific reports should match references given in bib.txt

Attribute_Definition_Source: this report
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: literal text without significant abbreviation

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

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: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192-0002
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6252
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: USGS Open-File Report 98-38
Distribution_Liability:

Although these data have been processed successfully on computers at the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS regarding the use of these data on any other system, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: OGC:WMS
Format_Version_Number: 1.3.0
Format_Information_Content: Geologic units and structural features

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/pr?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.3.0

Digital_Form:

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Format_Version_Number: 1.0.0
Format_Information_Content: Geologic units and structural features

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://mrdata.usgs.gov/wfs/pr?service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.0.0

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Shapefile
Format_Version_Number: 1.0
Format_Information_Content: Geologic units and structural features

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/pr/ofr-98-38.zip

Fees: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20210119
Metadata_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: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192-0002
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

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