Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: J.P. Calzia
      Originator: B.W. Troxel
      Originator: Christian G. Raumann
      Publication_Date: 2003
      Title: valjean_geo, valjean_str
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Series_Information:
        Series_Name: Open-File Report
        Issue_Identification: OFR 03-096
      Online_Linkage: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-096
  Description:
    Abstract: This data set maps and describes the geology of the Valjean Hills 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California.
    Purpose: The data set for the Valjean Hills 7.5' quadrangle was prepared for the U.S. Geological Survey's Geography Discipline as part of an ongoing effort to develop a regional geologic framework of southern Death Valley and to utilize a Geographic Information System (GIS) format to create regional digital geologic databases.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Single_Date/Time:
        Calendar_Date: 2003
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -116.126366
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -115.998440
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.750973
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.624027
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: geologic map
      Theme_Keyword: geology
      Theme_Keyword: bedrock geology
      Theme_Keyword: alluvial geology
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: California
      Place_Keyword: San Bernardino County
      Place_Keyword: Valjean Hills
    Stratum:
      Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Stratum_Keyword: Quaternary alluvial deposits
      Stratum_Keyword: Precambrian sedimentary rocks
      Stratum_Keyword: Tertiary sedimentary rocks
      Stratum_Keyword: Mesozoic igneous rocks
    Temporal:
      Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Temporal_Keyword: Quaternary
      Temporal_Keyword: Tertiary
      Temporal_Keyword: Precambrian
      Temporal_Keyword: Mesozoic
  Access_Constraints: None.
  Use_Constraints:
    The Valjean Hills 7.5' geologic-map database should be used to evaluate and understand the geologic character of the Valjean Hills 7.5' quadrangle as a whole. The data should not be used for purposes of site-specific land-use planning or site-specific geologic evaluations. The database is sufficiently detailed to identify and characterize many actual and potential geologic hazards represented by faults and landslides and posed by ground subsidence and earthquake-generated ground shaking. However, it is not sufficiently detailed for site-specific determinations or evaluations of these features.
        Use of this digital geologic-map database should not violate the spatial resolution of the data.  Although the digital form of the data removes the constraint imposed by the scale of a paper map, the detail and accuracy inherent in map scale are also present in the digital data. The fact that this database was compiled and edited at a scale of 1:24,000 means that higher resolution information may not have been uniformly retained in the dataset. Plotting at scales larger than 1:24,000 will not yield greater real detail, although it may reveal fine-scale irregularities below the intended resolution of the database. Similarly, although higher resolution data is incorporated in most of the map, the resolution of the combined output will be limited by the lower resolution data.
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: Christian G. Raumann
        Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
      Contact_Position: Geographer
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5648
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 650) 329-4429
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: craumann@usgs.gov
  Data_Set_Credit: Geologic mapping and digital preparation of this report were sponsored by the USGS Geography Discipline, Western Region.
  Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.1.649
Data_Quality_Information:
  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Geologic-map units in the Valjean Hills quadrangle database were described using standard field methods. Consistent with these methods, the database author has assigned standard geologic attributes to geologic lines, points, and polygons identified in the database.
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The maximum transformation RMS error acceptable for a 7.5' quadrangle transformation and data input is 0.003 (1.8 meters). Horizontal positional accuracy was checked by visual comparison of hard-copy plots with base-stable source data.
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Complete chain
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1942
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 547
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 547
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4
Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Planar:
      Grid_Coordinate_System:
        Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
        Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
          UTM_Zone_Number: 11
          Transverse_Mercator:
            Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
            Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -117.000000
            Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
            False_Easting: 500000.000000
            False_Northing: 0.000000
      Planar_Coordinate_Information:
        Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
        Coordinate_Representation:
          Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000032
          Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000032
        Planar_Distance_Units: meters
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
      Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Label: valjean_geo.aat
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FID
      Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Shape
      Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FNODE#
      Attribute_Definition: Internal node number for the beginning of an arc (from-node).
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: TNODE#
      Attribute_Definition: Internal node number for the end of an arc (to-node).
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: LPOLY#
      Attribute_Definition: Internal node number for the left polygon.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: RPOLY#
      Attribute_Definition: Internal node number for the right polygon.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: LENGTH
      Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: VALJEAN_GEO#
      Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: VALJEAN_GEO-ID
      Attribute_Definition: User-defined feature number.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: LTYPE
      Attribute_Definition: Line type
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SEL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SYMB
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Label: valjean_geo.pat
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FID
      Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Shape
      Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: AREA
      Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
      Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of feature in internal units.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: VALJEAN_GEO#
      Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: VALJEAN_GEO-ID
      Attribute_Definition: User-defined feature number.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: PTYPE
	Attribute_Definition: Polygon type
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SEL
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: SYMB
  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
      Version 1.0 of the Valjean Hills 7.5' quadrangle comprises two ARC/INFO coverages, which contain geologic data: valjean_geo (geology) and valjean_str (structural data).
            Geologic data represented by line entities and the polygons they delineate are contained in the coverage VALJEAN_GEO.
            Other geologic data such as attitudes with strike and dip delineation are represented by point data in VALJEAN_STR along with synclines and anticlines.
Distribution_Information:
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Information Services
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: Box 25286 Denver Federal Center
        City: Denver
        State_or_Province: Colorado
        Postal_Code: 80225
        Country: United States
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 202-4700
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 202-4693
  Distribution_Liability:
    The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides these geographic data "as is."  The USGS makes no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy of information contained in the geographic data. The USGS further makes no warranties, either expressed or implied as to any other matter whatsoever, including, without limitation, the condition of the product, or its fitness for use lies entirely with the user. 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.
        In no event shall the USGS have any liability whatsoever for payment of any consequential, incidental, indirect, special, or tort damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, any loss of profits arising out of use of or reliance on the geographic data or arising out of the delivery, installation, operation, or support by USGS.
        This digital geologic map database of the Valjean Hills 7.5' quadrangle, 1:24,000 map-scale, and any derivative maps thereof, is not meant to be used or displayed at any scale larger than 1:24,000 (e.g., 1:12,000).
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Transfer_Size: 0.777
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 20030303
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: U.S Geological Survey
        Contact_Person: Christian Raumann
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: 345 Middlefield Road, MS-531
        City: Menlo Park
        State_or_Province: California
        Postal_Code: 94025
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5648
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: craumann@usgs.gov
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
  Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
  Metadata_Access_Constraints: none
  Metadata_Use_Constraints: none
  Metadata_Extensions:
    Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
    Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile