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This page last updated: 04/10/2007
Metadata created using Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
| Originator | Minnesota Geological Survey |
| Abstract | Arcview shapefiles of the bedrock geology and structure of the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area, Minnesota |
| Browse Graphic | none available |
| Time Period of Content Date | 06/1996 |
| Currentness Reference | 1995-2000 data compilation |
| Access Constraints | None |
| Use Constraints | Credit given to Minnesota Geological Survey |
| Distributor Organization | Minnesota Geological Survey - Map Sales |
| Ordering Instructions | Contact MGS Map Sales Office for printed report or go to Online Linkage for direct download of data from MGS FTP site. Metadata and Arcview files are available for download in the m104.zip file, along with digital images of the geology and map explanation (binary pdf, Acrobat Reader 4.0). |
| 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. |
Go to Section:
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 | Bedrock Geology and Structure of the seven-county Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota | |||
| Abstract | Arcview shapefiles of the bedrock geology and structure of the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area, Minnesota | |||
| Purpose | Update/compilation of previous mapping | |||
| Time Period of Content Date | 06/1996 | |||
| Currentness Reference | 1995-2000 data compilation | |||
| Progress | Complete | |||
| Maintenance and Update Frequency | None planned | |||
| Spatial Extent of Data | Seven county Twin Cities metropolitan area, including the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington | |||
| Bounding Coordinates | -94.0 -92.7 45.4 44.7 |
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| Place Keywords | Anoka County, Carver County, Dakota County, Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Scott County, Washington County, Minnesota | |||
| Theme Keywords | geoscientificInformation, Bedrock Geology and Structure, Twin Cities Artesian Basin, Paleozoic Bedrock | |||
| Theme Keyword Thesaurus | ISO 19115 Topic Category | |||
| Access Constraints | None | |||
| Use Constraints | Credit given to Minnesota Geological Survey | |||
| Contact Person Information | Bob Tipping,
Hydrogeologist Minnesota Geological Survey 2642 University Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55114 Phone: 612-627-4780 Ext. 226 FAX: 612-627-4778 E-mail: tippi001@tc.umn.edu | |||
| Browse Graphic | none available | |||
| Browse Graphic File Description | ||||
| Associated Data Sets | 1. Published Report: Mossler, J.H., and Tipping, R.G., 2000, Bedrock geology and structure of the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area, Minnesota, Miscellaneous Map series, Minnesota Geological Survey. Printed map available from MGS Map Sales Office (612-627-4780). 2. Digital elevation models for tops of selected bedrock units, seven-county metro area. |
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| Section 2 | Data Quality Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Attribute Accuracy | No known problems | |||
| Logical Consistency | No known problems | |||
| Completeness | Complete to currently available data | |||
| Horizontal Positional Accuracy | Approximately 40 meters | |||
| Vertical Positional Accuracy | +/- 20 feet | |||
| Lineage | Information updated/compiled from MGS county atlas series maps, scales 1:48,000 to 1:100,000. Data compiled at 1:100,000. Geologic units and topography added in areas previously unmapped, updated where warranted by additional data. Boundary areas between source maps re-mapped for internal consistency. | |||
| Source Scale Denominator | 100000 | |||
| Section 3 | Spatial Data Organization Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Native Data Set Environment | Arc/Info 7.04, ARCVIEW 3.2 | |||
| Geographic Reference for Tabular Data | ||||
| Spatial Object Type | Vector | |||
| Vendor Specific Object Types | line and polygon, converted to Arcview shapefiles | |||
| Tiling Scheme | ||||
| Section 4 | Spatial Reference Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Horizontal Coordinate Scheme | UTM | |||
| Ellipsoid | GRS80 | |||
| Horizontal Datum | NAD83 | |||
| Horizontal Units | Meters | |||
| Distance Resolution | meters-original | |||
| Altitude Datum | Mean sea level | |||
| Altitude Units | Feet | |||
| Depth Datum | Mean sea level | |||
| UTM Zone Number | 15E | |||
| Section 5 | Entity and Attribute Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Entity and Attribute Overview | Files in this dataset are: - Bedrock geologic unit contacts (bgpgmtro.shp) - Topography of the bedrock surface (btlnmtro.shp) |
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| Section 6 | Distribution Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Publisher | Minnesota Geological Survey | |||
| Publication Date | 2000 | |||
| Contact Person Information | Lori Day Map Sales Manager Minnesota Geological Survey - Map Sales 242 University Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55114 Phone: 612-627-4780 Ext. 238 FAX: 612-627-4778 E-mail: dayxx006@maroon.tc.umn.edu |
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| Distributor's Data Set Identifier | m-104 | |||
| Distribution Liability | ||||
| Transfer Format Name | ArcView shapefiles | |||
| Transfer Format Version Number | ||||
| Transfer Size | 4.3 MB as zipfile | |||
| Ordering Instructions | Contact MGS Map Sales Office for printed report or go to Online Linkage for direct download of data from MGS FTP site. Metadata and Arcview files are available for download in the m104.zip file, along with digital images of the geology and map explanation (binary pdf, Acrobat Reader 4.0). | |||
| 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 | 04/10/2007 | |||
| Contact Person Information | Bob Tipping,
Hydrogeologist Minnesota Geological Survey 2642 University Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55114 Phone: 612-627-4780 Ext. 226 FAX: 612-627-4778 E-mail: tippi001@tc.umn.edu |
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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: 04/10/2007