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Metadata created using Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
| Originator | Minnesota Geological Survey |
| Abstract | A County Geologic Atlas is a systematic study of a county's geologic and ground water resources. Geologic studies (Part A) include both near-surface deposits and bedrock. Ground water studies (Part B) include flow systems, aquifer capacity, and ground water chemistry. In some areas sand and gravel deposits, sinkholes, or other features are studied. Interpretation of sensitivity to pollution is also part of an atlas. The information is organized, analyzed, and displayed using geographic information technology. |
| Browse Graphic | none available |
| Time Period of Content Date | 1995 |
| Currentness Reference | Geologic maps were compiled based on information available during the compilation period 1993-1995. |
| Access Constraints | None |
| Use Constraints | Credit should be given to the Minnesota Geological Survey for any use of the given digital data in any publication. |
| Distributor Organization | Minnesota Geological Survey |
| Ordering Instructions | Data is available for free online download from the Minnesota Geological Survey ftp site. Access the MGS ftp site via the online linkage. The export (.e00) files for the Arc/INFO coverages created for this project are provided in a .zip file named 'C-9.zip'. |
| Online Linkage | Click here to download data. (See Ordering Instructions above for details.) By clicking here, you agree to the notice in "Distribution Liability" in Section 6 of this metadata. |
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1. Identification Information
2. Data Quality Information
3. Spatial Data Organization Information
4. Spatial Reference Information
5. Entity and Attribute Information
6. Distribution Information
7. Metadata Reference Information
| Section 1 | Identification Information | Top of page | ||
| Originator | Minnesota Geological Survey | |||
| Title | Rice County Geologic Atlas - Part A | |||
| Abstract | A County Geologic Atlas is a systematic study of a county's geologic and ground water resources. Geologic studies (Part A) include both near-surface deposits and bedrock. Ground water studies (Part B) include flow systems, aquifer capacity, and ground water chemistry. In some areas sand and gravel deposits, sinkholes, or other features are studied. Interpretation of sensitivity to pollution is also part of an atlas. The information is organized, analyzed, and displayed using geographic information technology. | |||
| Purpose | County Geologic Atlas and Regional Hydrogeologic Assessment information is used in planning and environmental protection efforts at all levels of government. Wellhead protection and well-sealing programs are examples of local programs that need geologic and ground water information. The information is also used by businesses and the general public. | |||
| Time Period of Content Date | 1995 | |||
| Currentness Reference | Geologic maps were compiled based on information available during the compilation period 1993-1995. | |||
| Progress | Complete | |||
| Maintenance and Update Frequency | None planned | |||
| Spatial Extent of Data | Rice County, Minnesota | |||
| Bounding Coordinates | -93.53 -93.03 44.55 44.19 |
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| Place Keywords | Rice County, Minnesota | |||
| Theme Keywords | geoscientificInformaiton, Bedrock Geology, Surficial Geology, Quaternary Stratigraphy, Bedrock Topography, Bedrock Outcrops, Drift Thickness, Wells, Borings, Hydrogeology, Aggregate Resources, Quarry Locations, Quarries | |||
| Theme Keyword Thesaurus | ISO 19115 Topic Category | |||
| Access Constraints | None | |||
| Use Constraints | Credit should be given to the Minnesota Geological Survey for any use of the given digital data in any publication. | |||
| Contact Person Information | Joyce Meints,
GIS Specialist Minnesota Geological Survey 2642 University Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55114 Phone: 612-627-4780 Ext. 214 FAX: E-mail: meint002@tc.umn.edu | |||
| Browse Graphic | none available | |||
| Browse Graphic File Description | ||||
| Associated Data Sets | 1. Part A Paper Report: Geologic atlas of Rice County, Minnesota. (Part A) H.C. Hobbs, Minnesota Geological Survey, project manager. 1995. 6 pls. Scale 1:100,000. Plates: 1, Data-base map; 2, Bedrock geology; 3, Surficial geology; 4, Quaternary stratigraphy; 5, Depth to bedrock and bedrock topography; 6, Geologic resources. $14.00. Report available from MGS Map Sales Office. 2. Part B Paper Report: Geologic atlas of Rice County, Minnesota (Part B). J. Falteisek, Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Waters, project supervisor. 1997. Color. Scale 1:100,000. 3 pls., 1 pl supplement. . $11.00. Report available from MGS Map Sales Office. 3. Part B Digital Files: See: http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/chouse/metadata/c09brice.html For a listing of other geologic maps go to the Minnesota Geological Survey website at http://www.geo.umn.edu/mgs/ The MGS Map Sales Office can be reached at 612-627-4780, Ext. 238. |
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| Section 2 | Data Quality Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
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| Lineage | Investigations begin with a review of existing information, such as earlier geologic maps, soil maps, and hydrologic reports. Drillers send water well logs to the Minnesota Geological Survey, where they are reviewed, interpreted, and entered into the County Well Index (CWI), an interactive data base of water-well information. Building on the previous data, field studies are conducted to improve the understanding of local geologic and hydrologic conditions. Linework is created based upon the field studies and base data, and digitized. Background GIS data layers such as roads, surface hydrography, township grids, etc., are obtained from various sources, as noted in the Entity/Attribute section. There is no metadata available for these individual data layers created by MGS for this project. In general, the linework was compiled at 1:100,000, digitized via PC Arc/Info on a digitizing table and registered to USGS 1:24,000 quad corners, UTM NAD27. The files were imported into unix based Arc/Info, linework was splined to smooth where necessary, built or cleaned and coded to MGS standard attributes. This work was done between 1993-1995. All digital files were projected to UTM NAD83 projection for public use and posted on the ftp site April 2002. |
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| Source Scale Denominator | 100000 | |||
| Section 3 | Spatial Data Organization Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Native Data Set Environment | PC Arc/INFO and Arc/INFO 7.0.2 | |||
| Geographic Reference for Tabular Data | ||||
| Spatial Object Type | Vector | |||
| Vendor Specific Object Types | Point, Vector, Polygon | |||
| Tiling Scheme | County | |||
| Section 4 | Spatial Reference Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Horizontal Coordinate Scheme | UTM | |||
| Ellipsoid | GRS80 | |||
| Horizontal Datum | NAD83 | |||
| Horizontal Units | Meters | |||
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| UTM Zone Number | 15E | |||
| Section 5 | Entity and Attribute Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Entity and Attribute Overview | The following are a list of the digital files used in compiling the Rice County Geologic Atlas (Part A), 1993-1995. Data Base plate: WWPT = point cover of county well index well locations SGPT = point cover of Quaternary stratigraphy; includes soil boring, hand sample, etc. locations OCLN = outcrop lines where bedrock extext is too thin for polygons Bedrock Geology: BGLN = line cover of linear structural features BGNT = net cover of bedrock geology KPG = poly cover of Cretaceous geology Surficial Geology: SGNT = net cover of surficial geology SGPGE = poly cover of eolian deposit areas GMLN = line cover of geomorphic features Drift thickness: DTNT = net cover of drift thickness isopachs (feet) BTLN = line cover of bedrock topographic contours (feet) Resources: RSNT = net cover of potential aggregate resources RSPT = point cover of gravel pit, quarry, etc. locations GEOGRAPHIC BASE: coan = annotation cover for lake, city, etc. names (MGS) cnty = county border polygon (MGS) hyln = line cover of streams (TIGER) lkpg = poly cover of lakes (TIGER) mcd = line cover of municiple districts (TIGER) pls = line cover of public land survey, T-R-S (TIGER) rdln1 = line cover of major highways, roads(TIGER), w highway point number(MGS) rdln2 = line cover of minor roads, roads(TIGER), w highway point number(MGS) |
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| Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation | Not Available | |||
| Section 6 | Distribution Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Publisher | Minnesota Geological Survey | |||
| Publication Date | 1995 | |||
| Contact Person Information | Joyce Meints GIS Specialist Minnesota Geological Survey 2642 University Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55114 Phone: 612-627-4780 Ext. 214 FAX: E-mail: meint002@tc.umn.edu |
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| Distributor's Data Set Identifier | c09arice | |||
| Distribution Liability | ||||
| Transfer Format Name | Arc/Info Export (.e00) files | |||
| Transfer Format Version Number | 7.0.2 | |||
| Transfer Size | 4.6 MB as zipfile. | |||
| Ordering Instructions | Data is available for free online download from the Minnesota Geological Survey ftp site. Access the MGS ftp site via the online linkage. The export (.e00) files for the Arc/INFO coverages created for this project are provided in a .zip file named 'C-9.zip'. | |||
| Online Linkage | Click here to download data. (See Ordering Instructions above for details.) By clicking here, you agree to the notice in "Distribution Liability" above. | |||
| Section 7 | Metadata Reference Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Metadata Date | 04/06/2007 | |||
| Contact Person Information | Susanne Maeder,
GIS Data Coordinator Minnesota Land Management Information Center (LMIC) 300 Centennial Building; 658 Cedar Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 Phone: 651.201.2488 FAX: 651.296.3698 E-mail: clearing.house@state.mn.us |
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| Metadata Standard Name | Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines | |||
| Metadata Standard Version | 1.2 | |||
| Metadata Standard Online Linkage | http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/gc/stds/metadata.htm | |||
This page last updated: 04/06/2007