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Metadata created using Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
| Originator | Land Management Information Center, Minnesota Planning, and Minnesota Geological Survey |
| Abstract | This layer describes the general distribution of surficial sediments in Minnesota, as delineated and classified by the Minnesota Geological Survey. It is a digital version of the Minnesota Geological Survey State Map Series Map S-1 (Geologic Map of Minnesota: Quaternary Geology), 1982, by H.C. Hobbs and J.E. Goebel. (1:500,000). The digital file was created by scanning the 1:500,000-scale paper map and then converting the scanned image into an Arc/INFO polygon coverage. The Arc coverage was also converted to an EPPL 40-acre grid cell file, and then later updated for incorporation into the EPPL MGC100 data set. |
| Browse Graphic | View a sample of the data. |
| Time Period of Content Date | 1982 |
| Currentness Reference | Map was delineated in 1982 based on the subsurface information available at the time. |
| Access Constraints | None |
| Use Constraints | Credit given to the Minnesota Geological Survey and the Land Management Information Center. Redistribution Conditions: In obtaining these data from LMIC, it is understood that you and/or your organization have the right to use them for any internal purpose. If you modify them, you should document those changes in a metadata record that should accompany all redistributed data. If you transmit or provide these data in any form to another user, the data MUST be accompanied by a copy of the disclaimer, NOTICE.TXT, and all documentation provided with the original data set including the full metadata record. |
| Distributor Organization | Land Management Information Center, Minnesota Planning |
| Ordering Instructions | This data set is distributed on the internet by clicking below after Online Linkage. Doing so will tell your browser to start downloading a self-extracting 'ZIP' file which will contain the following: - Arc Export file of coverage (.e00) - Associated code file (.txt format) - Metadata (.htm) file for the dataset - NOTICE.RTF, an important notice about this data set that can be read by most word processing software, and an ascii text version of the same notice (NOTICE.TXT) After downloading this self-extracting 'zip' file (which will have an 'exe' extension), simply execute (run) the file. (For example, you can double click it from Windows Explorer or File Manager). Doing this will automatically extract the files described above. |
| 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 | Land Management Information Center, Minnesota Planning, and Minnesota Geological Survey | |||
| Title | Geologic Map of Minnesota: Quaternary Geology, from MGS (Map S-1), 1982 (Digital Version) | |||
| Abstract | This layer describes the general distribution of surficial sediments in Minnesota, as delineated and classified by the Minnesota Geological Survey. It is a digital version of the Minnesota Geological Survey State Map Series Map S-1 (Geologic Map of Minnesota: Quaternary Geology), 1982, by H.C. Hobbs and J.E. Goebel. (1:500,000). The digital file was created by scanning the 1:500,000-scale paper map and then converting the scanned image into an Arc/INFO polygon coverage. The Arc coverage was also converted to an EPPL 40-acre grid cell file, and then later updated for incorporation into the EPPL MGC100 data set. | |||
| Purpose | To produce a general descriptive layer of quaternary (surficial) geology for the state. | |||
| Time Period of Content Date | 1982 | |||
| Currentness Reference | Map was delineated in 1982 based on the subsurface information available at the time. | |||
| Progress | ||||
| Maintenance and Update Frequency | None planned | |||
| Spatial Extent of Data | Minnesota, Statewide | |||
| Bounding Coordinates | -97.5 -89.0 49.5 43.0 |
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| Place Keywords | Minnesota, Statewide | |||
| Theme Keywords | geoscientificInformation, Geology, Surficial Geology, Quaternary Geology, Glacial Geology, Subsurface | |||
| Theme Keyword Thesaurus | ISO 19115 Topic Category | |||
| Access Constraints | None | |||
| Use Constraints | Credit given to the Minnesota Geological Survey and the Land Management Information Center. Redistribution Conditions: In obtaining these data from LMIC, it is understood that you and/or your organization have the right to use them for any internal purpose. If you modify them, you should document those changes in a metadata record that should accompany all redistributed data. If you transmit or provide these data in any form to another user, the data MUST be accompanied by a copy of the disclaimer, NOTICE.TXT, and all documentation provided with the original data set including the full metadata record. |
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| Contact Person Information | Susanne Maeder,
GIS Data Coordinator Land Management Information Center, Minnesota Planning 300 Centennial Building; 658 Cedar Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 Phone: 651.201.2488 FAX: 651.296.3698 E-mail: clearinghouse@mnplan.state.mn.us | |||
| Browse Graphic | View a sample of the data. | |||
| Browse Graphic File Description | ||||
| Associated Data Sets | Map: 'Geologic Map of Minnesota: Surficial Geology', Minnesota Geological Survey Map S-1, 1982, J.C. Hobbs and J.E. Goebel, is the basis for this data layer. Map is available from the Minnesota Geological Survey Bookstore (612) 627-4782. Other maps and associated data sets at statewide scale include Bedrock Geology, Bedrock Hydrogeology, and Quaternary (Surficial) Hydrogeology. In EPPL raster format this data layer is also part of the LMIC MGC100 data set (filename '4quatgeo.epp'). |
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| Section 2 | Data Quality Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
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| Horizontal Positional Accuracy | ||||
| Lineage | The file was created by scanning the 1:500,000-scale paper map, and converting the scanned image to an Arc/INFO polygon coverage. The file was later converted from single precision, NAD27, shifted, to double precision, NAD83 unshifted, using the Arc 'PROJECT' command. Lineage of EPPL version: Arc Scanned version (NAD27) was converted into a state 40-acre EPPL file; the file then georeferenced, projected to NAD83, and converted to MGC100 format. |
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| Source Scale Denominator | 500000 | |||
| Section 3 | Spatial Data Organization Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Native Data Set Environment | Arc/INFO 7.1.1 | |||
| Geographic Reference for Tabular Data | ||||
| Spatial Object Type | Vector | |||
| Vendor Specific Object Types | Point, Vector, Polygon | |||
| Tiling Scheme | None. Statewide Coverage | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation | The arc/info polygon file QUATGEO has the following data structure: DATAFILE NAME: QUATGEO.PAT 6 ITEMS: STARTING IN POSITION 1 COL ITEM NAME WDTH OPUT TYP N.DEC ALTERNATE NAME 1 AREA 8 18 F 5 9 PERIMETER 8 18 F 5 17 QUATGEO# 4 5 B - 21 QUATGEO-ID 4 5 B - 25 QUATGEO_CODE 2 2 I - 27 QUATGEO_KEY 80 80 C - ** REDEFINED ITEMS ** 27 KEY_ABBREV 3 3 C - Quaternary Geology Codes are two-digit numbers from 1-53 and 99. The Quaternary Geology Key includes a three-character abbreviation, followed by full text. Quaternary geology codes, abbreviation, and text are as follows: 1M - Mine pits and dumps (Holocene) 2HP - Peat (Holocene) 3HAL- Alluvium (Holocene) 4TD - Terraces (Holocene to Pleistocene) 5CO - Colluvium (Holocene to Pleistocene) 6DEL- Lake-Modified Till (Des Moines Lobe--Erskine Moraine) 7DEG- Ground Moraine (Des Moines Lobe--Erskine Moraine) 8DES- Stagnation Moraine (Des Moines Lobe--Erskine Moraine) 9DSL- Lake-Modified Till (Des Moines Lobe--Big Stone Moraine) 10DSG- Ground Moraine (Des Moines Lobe--Big Stone Moraine) 11DSS- Stagnation Moraine (Des Moines Lobe--Big Stone Moraine) 12DCL- Lake-Modified Till (Des Moines Lobe--Culver Moraine) 13DCG- Ground Moraine (Des Moines Lobe--Culver Moraine) 14DCE- End Moraine (Des Moines Lobe--Culver Moraine) 15DHG- Ground Moraine (Des Moines Lobe--Sugar Hills Moraine) 16DHE- End Moraine (Des Moines Lobe--Sugar Hills Moraine) 17DAG- Ground Moraine (Des Moines Lobe--Altamont Moraine) 18DAS- Stagnation Moraine (Des Moines Lobe--Altamont Moraine) 19DPG- Ground Moraine (Des Moines Lobe--Pine City Moraine) 20DPE- End Moraine (Des Moines Lobe--Pine City Moraine) 21DBG- Ground Moraine (Des Moines Lobe--Bemis Moraine) 22DBE- End Moraine (Des Moines Lobe--Bemis Moraine) 23DBT- Shale-Bearing Loess (Des Moines Lobe--Bemis Moraine) 24DO - Outwash-Undivided As To Moraine Association 25DLA- Sand and Gravel (Glacial Lake Sediment--Undivided As To Moraine) 26DLS- Silt & Fine Sand (Glacial Lake Sediment--Undivided As To Moraine) 27DLC- Clay & Clayey Silt (Glacial Lake Sediment--Undivided As To Moraine) 28SNG- Ground Moraine (Superior Lobe--Nickerson Moraine) 29SNE- End Moraine (Superior Lobe--Nickerson Moraine) 30SCG- Ground Moraine (Superior Lobe--Cloquet Moraine) 31SCS- Stagnation Moraine (Superior Lobe--Cloquet Moraine) 32SMG- Ground Moraine (Superior Lobe--Mill Lacs-Highland Moraine) 33SME- End Moraine (Superior Lobe--Mill Lacs-Highland Moraine) 34SSG- Ground Moraine (Superior Lobe--Mill Lacs-Highland Moraine) 35SSE- End Moraine (Superior Lobe--Mill Lacs-Highland Moraine) 36SO - Outwash-Undivided As To Moraine Association 37SLA- Sand and Gravel (Glacilal Lake Sediment) 38SLC- Clay and Clayey Silt (Glacial Lake Sediment) 39RVG- Ground Moraine (Rainy Lobe--Vermillion Moraine) 40RVE- End Moraine (Rainy Lobe--Vermillion Moraine) 41RNG- Ground Moraine (Rainy Lobe--Nashwauk Moraine) 42RNS- Stagnation Moraine (Rainy Lobe--Nashwauk Moraine) 43RSG- Ground Moraine (Rainy Lobe--St. Croix Moraine) 44RSE- End Moraine (Rainy Lobe--St. Croix Moraine) 45RO - Outwash-Undivided As To Moraine Association 46WIG- Ground Moraine (Wadena Lobe--Itasca Moraine) 47WIE- End Moraine (Wadena Lobe--Itasca Moraine) 48WAG- Ground Moraine (Wadena Lobe--Alexandria Moraine) 49WAS- Stagnation Moraine (Wadena Lobe--Alexandria Moraine) 50WO - Outwash-Undivided As To Moraine Association 51PRD- Red Drift (Pleistocene, Pre-Wisconsinan) 52PGD- Gray Drift (Pleistocene, Pre-Wisconsinan) 53LR - Weathering Residuum Over Bedrock (Pleistocene,Pre-Wisconsinan) 99Water/Lakes |
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| Section 6 | Distribution Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Publisher | Land Management Information Center, Minnesota Planning | |||
| Publication Date | 1985 | |||
| Contact Person Information | Susanne Maeder GIS Data Coordinator Land Management Information Center, Minnesota Planning 300 Centennial Building; 658 Cedar Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 Phone: 651.201.2488 FAX: 651.296.3698 E-mail: clearinghouse@mnplan.state.mn.us |
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| Distributor's Data Set Identifier | quatgeo | |||
| Distribution Liability | Limitations: Although extensive effort has been made to produce error free and complete data, all geographic information has limitations due to the scale, resolution, date and interpretation of the original source materials. You should consult available data documentation (metadata) for these particular data to determine their limitations and the precision to which they depict distance, direction, location or other geographic characteristics. These data may be subject to periodic change without prior notification. No Warranty: These data are provided as is, without any warranty whatsoever, including but not limited to any warranty as to their performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. Liability: The entire risk as to the results of the use of these data is assumed by the user. LMIC is not responsible for any interpretation or conclusions based on these data made by those who acquire or use it. LMIC shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, compensatory or consequential damages or third party claims resulting from the use of these data, even if LMIC has been advised of the possibility of such potential loss or damage. In States that do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, you may not use these data. Data Delivered on Electronic Media: If these data have been requested from LMIC on magnetic media, CD-ROM or any other physical media, LMIC will deliver this product in the computer-readable format agreed upon with the requestor. LMIC will re-issue these data if they are determined unreadable by correctly adjusted computer input devices, or when the medium is delivered in a damaged condition. Requests for re-issue of this digital data product must be made within 30 days of the date shipped from LMIC. |
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| Transfer Format Name | Arc/INFO Export, uncompressed | |||
| Transfer Format Version Number | 7.2.1 | |||
| Transfer Size | 3.0 MB, in self-extracting zip (.exe) format | |||
| Ordering Instructions | This data set is distributed on the internet by clicking below after Online Linkage. Doing so will tell your browser to start downloading a self-extracting 'ZIP' file which will contain the following: - Arc Export file of coverage (.e00) - Associated code file (.txt format) - Metadata (.htm) file for the dataset - NOTICE.RTF, an important notice about this data set that can be read by most word processing software, and an ascii text version of the same notice (NOTICE.TXT) After downloading this self-extracting 'zip' file (which will have an 'exe' extension), simply execute (run) the file. (For example, you can double click it from Windows Explorer or File Manager). Doing this will automatically extract the files described above. |
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| 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 | 04/11/2007 | |||
| Contact Person Information | Susanne Maeder,
GIS Data Coordinator Land Management Information Center, Minnesota Planning 300 Centennial Building; 658 Cedar Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 Phone: 651.201.2488 FAX: 651.296.3698 E-mail: susanne.maeder@mnplan.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: 04/11/2007