Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator:
        U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources
        Team
      Originator: Kirschbaum, M.A.
      Originator: Biewick, L.R.H.
      Publication_Date: 2000
      Title:
        cp_cf* (coal fields and outlines of coal-bearing strata
        in the Colorado Plateau coal assessment study area)
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Denver, CO
        Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
      Other_Citation_Details:
        in subdir: 500k (defines appropriate maximum scale for
        data use)
      Larger_Work_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Kirschbaum, M.A.
          Originator: Roberts, L.N.R.
          Originator: Biewick, L.R.H.
          Publication_Date: 2000
          Title:
            Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado
            Plateau
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              U.S. Geological Survey
              Professional Paper
            Issue_Identification: 1625-B
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Denver, CO
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
  Description:
    Abstract:
      These are shapefiles and ARC/INFO coverages of coal fields
      and coal-bearing formations in the Colorado Plateau. These
      GIS layers were created by combining numerous ARC/INFO
      coverages created for the Colorado Plateau coal assessment.
      The coal field outlines are approximate boundaries based on
      criteria provided below under Data Quality Information,
      Process Steps.  These coal field outlines may not overlap
      exactly with other published coal field boundaries or with
      criteria used in the geochemistry data.  We used existing
      polygons taken from numerous digital geologic maps, as
      described in Process Steps, but did not use overburden
      cutoffs.
    Purpose:
      The Nation's coal resources are being reassessed by the
      USGS. A fundamental component of this assessment work is to
      compile digital geologic and geographic data into a
      Geographic Information System (GIS). Use of this GIS allowed
      for the spatial integration of data layers. This resulted in
      the ability to display, analyze, and query data to answer
      complex geo-spatial questions concerning coal resource
      occurrence.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 1980
        Ending_Date: 2000
    Currentness_Reference: publication date
  Status:
    Progress: complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -113.889
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -106.337
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.747
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.933
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: Colorado Plateau
      Theme_Keyword: Colorado Plateau coal assessment
      Theme_Keyword: coal-bearing formations
      Theme_Keyword: National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA)
      Theme_Keyword: NCRA study areas
      Theme_Keyword: coal fields
      Theme_Keyword: land-use planning
      Theme_Keyword: coal rank
      Theme_Keyword: coal extent
      Theme_Keyword: NCRA assessment type
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: Colorado Plateau
      Place_Keyword: Colorado Plateau coal assessment study area
      Place_Keyword: Colorado
      Place_Keyword: Utah
      Place_Keyword: New Mexico
      Place_Keyword: Arizona
  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints: appropriate maximum scale for data use is 500k
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: P.O. Box 25046, MS 939
        City: Denver
        State_or_Province: CO
        Postal_Code: 80225
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303)236-7773
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lbiewick@usgs.gov
  Data_Set_Credit:
    In the San Rafael Swell area, Utah, we utilized an Arc/Info
    coverage created by the Water Resources Division (WRD) of the
    U.S. Geological Survey that defines surface geology of
    hydrostratigraphic units. This coverage is not a final product
    for that activity; rather, it was captured to define surface
    geology of hydrostratigraphic units, and it will be used by WRD
    as input to three-dimensional (3-D) subsurface hydrogeologic and
    flow models. This coverage was created by scanning mylar sheets
    that contain traced hydrostratigraphic unit boundaries from paper
    U.S. Geological Survey surface geologic maps at 1:100,000 in the
    Nephi, Manti, Price, and Huntington 30' x 60' quadrangles
    (Witkind and Weiss, 1991; Witkind and others, 1987; Weiss and
    others, 1990; and Witkind, 1988 respectively) and at 1:250,000 in
    the Salina 1 x 2-deg quadrangle (Williams and Hackman, 1971). The
    original projection of the coverage is Universal Transverse
    Mercator (UTM) zone 12, meters, using the Clarke 1866 spheroid
    (NAD 27).
  Security_Information:
    Security_Classification_System: None
    Security_Classification: Unclassified
    Security_Handling_Description: None
  Native_Data_Set_Environment:
    SunOS, 5.5.1, sun4d UNIX, ARC/INFO version 7.0.4

Data_Quality_Information:
  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report: See Entity_Attribute_Information
  Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon topology present.
  Completeness_Report: none
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: weed tolerance 0.004m
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Barnum, B.E.
          Originator: Garrigues, R.S.
          Publication_Date: 1980
          Title:
            Geologic map and coal sections of the Cactus
            Reservoir Quadrangle, Rio Blanco and Moffat
            Counties, Colorado
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous
              Field Studies Map
            Issue_Identification: Map MF-1179
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1980
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Map MF-1179
      Source_Contribution: surface geology
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Barnum, B.E.
          Originator: Hail, W.J., Jr.
          Publication_Date: 1996
          Title:
            Geologic map of the Gillam Draw Quadrangle,
            Rio Blanco County, Colorado
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous
              Field Studies Map
            Issue_Identification: Map MF-2314
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1996
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Map MF-2314
      Source_Contribution: surface geology
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Biewick, L.R.H.
          Originator: Hettinger, R.D.
          Originator: Roberts, L.N.R.
          Publication_Date: 19970000
          Title:
            Selected ARC/INFO coverages created for
            investigations of the distribution and
            resources of coal in the Kaiparowits Plateau,
            southern Utah: an accompaniment to Hettinger
            and others, 1996; version 1
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report
            Issue_Identification: 97-709
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Denver, CO
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
          Online_Linkage: <URL:http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/coal/kaip_arc1.html>
      Type_of_Source_Media: online
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 19970000
        Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Biewick and others, 1997
      Source_Contribution: GIS data
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Cooley, M.E.
          Originator: Harshbarger, J.W.
          Originator: Akers, J.P.
          Originator: Hardt, W.F.
          Publication_Date: 19690000
          Title:
            Regional hydrogeology of the Navajo and Hopi
            Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and
            Utah
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              U.S. Geological Survey Professional
              Paper
            Issue_Identification:
              Professional Paper
              521-A
          Other_Citation_Details: 61 p.
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 19690000
        Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Cooley and others, 1969
      Source_Contribution: geology
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Cullins, H.L.
          Publication_Date: 1968
          Title:
            Geologic map of the Banty Point Quadrangle,
            Rio Blanco County, Colorado
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              U.S. Geological Survey Geologic
              Quadrangle Map
            Issue_Identification: Map GQ-703
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1968
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Map GQ-703
      Source_Contribution: surface geology
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Cullins, H.L.
          Publication_Date: 1969
          Title:
            Geologic map of the Mullen Hill Quadrangle,
            Rio Blanco County, Colorado
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              U.S. Geological Survey Geologic
              Quadrangle Map
            Issue_Identification: Map GQ-835
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1969
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Map GQ-835
      Source_Contribution: surface geology
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Cullins, H.L.
          Publication_Date: 1971
          Title:
            Geologic map of the Rangely Quadrangle, Rio
            Blanco County, Colorado
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              U.S. Geological Survey Geologic
              Quadrangle Map
            Issue_Identification: Map GQ-812
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1971
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Map GQ-812
      Source_Contribution: surface geology
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Doelling, H.H.
          Originator: Graham, R.L.
          Publication_Date: 1972
          Title:
            Southwestern Utah coal fields: Alton,
            Kaiparowits Plateau and Kolob-Harmony
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
      Type_of_Source_Media: book
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1972
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: monograph series no. 1
      Source_Contribution: map showing coal fields
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Fassett, J.E.
          Originator: Hinds, J.S.
          Publication_Date: 1971
          Title:
            Geology and fuel resources of the Fruitland
            Formation and Kirtland Shale of the San Juan
            basin, New Mexico and Colorado
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              U.S. Geological Survey Professional
              Paper
            Issue_Identification: Professional Paper 676
          Other_Citation_Details: 76 p.
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 380,160
      Type_of_Source_Media: book with paper map
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1971
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Fassett and Hinds, 1971
      Source_Contribution: San Juan Basin geology
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Garrigues, R.S.
          Originator: Barnum, B.E.
          Publication_Date: 1980
          Title:
            Geologic map and coal sections of the Rangely
            NE Quadrangle, Rio Blanco and Moffat
            Counties, Colorado
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              U.S. Geological Survey Open-File
              Report
            Issue_Identification: OF-80-274
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1980
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS OF-80-274
      Source_Contribution: geology
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Green, G.N.
          Publication_Date: 1992
          Title:
            The Digital Geologic Map of Colorado in
            ARC/INFO Format
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report
            Issue_Identification: USGS OFR 92-0507
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Denver, CO
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
          Online_Linkage:
            <ftp://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/open-file->
            reports/ofr-92-0507>
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 500,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: map
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1979
        Source_Currentness_Reference:
          source map (1979, Tweto, O., Geologic Map of
          Colorado)
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS OFR 92-0507
      Source_Contribution: coal-bearing formations in Colorado
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Green, G.N.
          Originator: Jones, G.E.
          Publication_Date: 1997
          Title:
            The Digital Geologic Map of New Mexico in
            ARC/INFO Format
          Edition: 1
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report
            Issue_Identification: USGS OF-97-52
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Denver
            Publisher: US Geological Survey
          Online_Linkage: <http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov>
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 500,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: map
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1997
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS OF-97-52
      Source_Contribution: coal-bearing formations in New Mexico
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Hail, W.J.
          Publication_Date: 19740000
          Title:
            Geologic map of the Rough Gulch quadrangle,
            Rio Blanco and Moffat counties, Colorado
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              U.S. Geological Survey Geologic
              Quadrangle Map
            Issue_Identification: Map GQ-1195
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 19740000
        Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Hail, 1974
      Source_Contribution: geology
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Hail, W.J., Jr.
          Originator: Barnum, B.E.
          Publication_Date: 19930000
          Title:
            Geologic map of the Divide Creek quadrangle,
            Rio Blanco and Moffat counties, Colorado
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous
              Field Studies Map
            Issue_Identification: Map MF-2232
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 19930000
        Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Hail and Barnum, 1993
      Source_Contribution: geology
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Hettinger, R.D.
          Originator: Roberts, L.N.R.
          Originator: Biewick, L.R.H.
          Originator: Kirschbaum, M.A.
          Publication_Date: 1996
          Title:
            Preliminary investigations of the
            distribution and resources of coal in the
            Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report
            Issue_Identification: 96-539
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Denver, CO
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
          Online_Linkage: <URL:http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/energy/kaip.html>
      Type_of_Source_Media: hardcopy report
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1996
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Hettinger and others, 1996
      Source_Contribution: geology and coal resources of the Kaiparowits Plateau
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Hoffman, Gretchen K.
          Publication_Date: 199610
          Title: Coal resource of New Mexico
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: New Mexico
            Publisher:
              New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral
              Resources
      Type_of_Source_Media: map and pamphlet
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1996
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
        NMBM&MR Resource Map 20,
        October 1996
      Source_Contribution:
        map and textual compilation of coal
        resource data
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Colorado Geological Survey
          Originator: Jones, D.C.
          Originator: Schultz, J.E.
          Originator: Murray, D.K.
          Publication_Date: 1978
          Title:
            Coal Resources and Development Map of
            Colorado
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              Colorado Geological Survey Map
              Series 9
            Issue_Identification: Map Series 9
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Denver
            Publisher: Colorado Geological Survey
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 500,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: map
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1978
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: CGS map series 9
      Source_Contribution: coal fields in Colorado
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Landis, E.R.
          Publication_Date: 1959
          Title: Coal Resources of Colorado
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name: USGS Bulletin
            Issue_Identification: 1072-C
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Denver, CO
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper map
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1959
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication data
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Landis, 1959
      Source_Contribution: coal geology
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: O'Sullivan, R.B.
          Originator: Mytton, J.W.
          Originator: Strobell, J.D., Jr.
          Originator: Scott, G.R.
          Originator: Erpenbeck, M.F.
          Publication_Date: 1986
          Title:
            Preliminary geologic map of the Tanner Lake
            quadrangle, San Juan County, New Mexico
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              USGS Miscellaneouse Field
              Studies Map
            Issue_Identification: Map MF-1864
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Reston, VA
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
          Other_Citation_Details: 2 sheets
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper map
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1986
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication data
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: O'Sullivan and others, 1986
      Source_Contribution: surface geology
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Schneider, G.B.
          Originator: Weide, D.L.
          Originator: Mytton, J.W.
          Originator: Scott, G.R.
          Publication_Date: 1979
          Title:
            Geologic map of the Pueblo Bonito NW
            quadrangle, San Juan County, New Mexico
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies
              Map
            Issue_Identification: Map MF-1117
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Reston, VA
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
          Other_Citation_Details: 1 sheet
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper map
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1979
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Schneider and others, 1979
      Source_Contribution: surface geology
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Schruben, P.G.
          Originator: Arndt, R.E.
          Originator: Bawiec, W.J.
          Publication_Date: 1994
          Title:
            Geology of the conterminous United States at
            1:2,500,000 scale
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name: USGS Digital Data Series
            Issue_Identification: Digital Data Series 11
          Online_Linkage: <http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/kb/dds-11.html>
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 2,500,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: online
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1974
        Source_Currentness_Reference: source map
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DDS 11
      Source_Contribution: fault lines
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Shomaker, J.W.
          Originator: Beaumont, E.C.
          Originator: Kottlowski, F.E.
          Publication_Date: 1971
          Title:
            Strippable Low-Sulfur Coal Resources of the
            San Juan Basin in New Mexico and Colorado
          Edition: Memoir 25
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: NM
            Publisher:
              New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral
              Resources
          Other_Citation_Details:
            a Division of New Mexico Institute of Mining
            and Technology, Socorro, NM
      Type_of_Source_Media: book
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1971
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Memoir 25
      Source_Contribution: New Mexico coal field information including location
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Spieker, E.M.
          Publication_Date: 1931
          Title: The Wasatch Plateau coal field, Utah
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
            Issue_Identification: Bulletin 819
          Other_Citation_Details: 210 p.
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 62,500
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper map
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1931
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Spieker, 1931
      Source_Contribution:
        geology and faults in the southern Wasatch coal
        assessment area
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Strobell, J.D., Jr.
          Originator: O'Sullivan, R.B.
          Originator: Mytton, J.W.
          Originator: Erpenbeck, M.F.
          Publication_Date: 1985
          Title:
            Preliminary geologic map of the Pretty Rock
            quadrangle, San Juan County, New Mexico
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies
              Map
            Issue_Identification: Map MF-1788
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Reston, VA
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
          Other_Citation_Details: 1 sheet
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper map
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1985
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Strobell and others, 1985
      Source_Contribution: surface geology
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Weiss, M.P.
          Originator: Witkind, I.J.
          Originator: Cashion, W.B.
          Publication_Date: 1990
          Title:
            Geologic map of the Price 30' x 60'
            quadrangle, Carbon, Duchesne, Uintah, Utah
            and Wasatch Counties, Utah
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Series
              Map
            Issue_Identification: Map I-1981
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: mylar trace of paper map
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1990
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Map I-1981
      Source_Contribution:
        surface geology of the Price 30' x 60'
        quadrangle, Utah
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Williams, P.E.
          Originator: Hackman, R.J.
          Publication_Date: 1971
          Title: Geology of the Salina Quadrangle, Utah
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Series
              Map
            Issue_Identification: Map I-591-A
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 250,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: mylar trace from paper map
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1971
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Map I-591-A
      Source_Contribution:
        surface geology of the Salina 1 x 2 deg. quadrangle,
        Utah
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Witkind, I.J.
          Publication_Date: 1988
          Title:
            Geologic map of the Huntington 30' x 60'
            quadrangle, Carbon, Emery, Grand, and Uintah
            Counties, Utah
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Series
              Map
            Issue_Identification: Map I-1764
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: mylar trace of paper map
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1988
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Map I-1764
      Source_Contribution:
        Surface geology of the Huntington 30' x 60' quadrangle,
        Utah
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Witkind, I.J.
          Originator: Weiss, M.P.
          Publication_Date: 1991
          Title:
            Geologic map of the Nephi 30' x 60'
            quadrangle, Carbon, Emery, Juab, Sanpete,
            Utah, and Wasatch Counties, Utah
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Series
              Map
            Issue_Identification: Map I-1937
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: mylar trace of paper map
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1991
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Map I-1937
      Source_Contribution: surface geology of the Nephi 30' x 60' quadrangle, 
        Utah
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Witkind, I.J.
          Originator: Weiss, M.P.
          Originator: Brown, T.L.
          Publication_Date: 1987
          Title:
            Geologic map of the Manti 30' x 60'
            quadrangle, Carbon, Emery, Juab, Sanpete, and
            Sevier Counties, Utah
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name:
              USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Series
              Map
            Issue_Identification: Map I-1631
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
      Type_of_Source_Media: mylar trace of paper map
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 1987
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Map I-1631
      Source_Contribution: surface geology of the Manti 30' x 60' quadrangle,   
        Utah
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        The coverages used in the Kaiparowits Plateau, southern
        Utah, were created for the assessment of the coal
        deposits in the Calico and A-sequences of the Upper
        Cretaceous Straight Cliffs Formation (Hettinger and
        others, chap. T, this CD-ROM). These coverages were
        captured at a scale of 1:125,000. The polygon coverage
        that represents the outcrop and area underlain by of
        the Calico sequence boundary defines the base of the
        coal-bearing part of the Straight Cliffs Formation.

        The polygon coverage that represents the outcrop of the
        Drip Tank Member of the Straight Cliffs Formation is
        included to show the extent of subsurface coal.
        'subsurf' was assigned to the item (field) CROP of all
        polygons within the Drip Tank Member to show that
        coal-bearing rocks occur in the subsurface. 'outcrop'
        was assigned to the item CROP for all polygons within
        the Straight Cliffs Formation that extend beyond the
        Drip Tank Member to show where the coal-bearing rocks
        are exposed at the Earth's surface. The polygon
        coverage that outlines the Kaiparowits Plateau
        delineates the base of the Dakota Formation which is
        the base of Upper Cretaceous rocks. The Dakota
        Formation contains minor coal beds. A Utah State
        geology coverage (captured at 1:500,000) was used to
        extend these formation contacts westward beyond 112
        degrees of longitude, and to define the Alton, Kolob,
        Harmony, Salina Canyon, Wales and Henry Mountains coal
        fields. Doelling and Graham, 1972, was used as
        reference for defining coal fields in southwestern
        Utah.

        The Paunsaugunt fault, which defines the western
        boundary of the Kaiparowits Plateau, was extended
        beyond 112 degrees of longitude by using fault lines
        from the King and Beikman USA geology map coverage
        (1:2,500,000; Schruben and others, 1994). Other fault
        lines from the King and Beikman coverage were used to
        define the extent of the Alton and Kolob Fields. To
        define the Uinta deep coal field, the base of T1 was
        used from a Utah State geology coverage (1:500,000),
        except where we had more detailed digital data for the
        northern Wasatch Plateau, Utah. The more detailed data
        was captured by the Water Resources Division (WRD) of
        the U.S. Geological Survey at 1:100,000 from the
        geologic map of the Nephi 30' x 60' quadrangle (Witkind
        and Weiss, 1991; see Data_Set_Credit: discussion
        above). Two lines were added to close the polygon
        defining coal in the subsurface along the northern and
        western boundaries of the Uinta deep coal field, and
        minor lines were added to close other small gaps in the
        polygon.

        In the Wasatch Plateau, Utah, several coverages were
        combined to capture geologic units that define
        coal-bearing formations that are exposed or occur in
        the subsurface. These include the Utah State geology
        coverage (1:500,000), the WRD coverage (1:100,000 and
        1:250,000; see Data_Set_Credit: discussion above), and
        a coverage created for the assessment of coal deposits
        in the Blackhawk Formation, southern Wasatch Plateau,
        captured at 1:62,500 from Spieker, 1931. Included also
        are the Star Point and Ferron sandstones, which are
        attributed as 'nocoal' areas in the item CROP. To
        extend the subsurface Blackhawk Formation north and
        east into the northern Wasatch Plateau and Book Cliffs,
        Utah, we again utilized the coverage created by the
        Water Resources Division (WRD) of the U.S. Geological
        Survey. In the Sego coal field, we used the Utah State
        geology coverage (1:500,000) to define the extent of
        coal in the Blackhawk Formation as being combined
        surface and subsurface coal.

        In the San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado, a
        coverage was captured at 1:380,160 by digitizing the
        geologic map in Fassett and Hinds, 1971. This coverage
        was converted to a shapefile and modified in ArcView to
        update the base of the Fruitland Formation, top of the
        Pictured Cliffs Sandstone contact for the assessment of
        coal in the Fruitland Formation. The modifications are
        based on 1:24,000-scale geologic maps (O'Sullivan and
        others, 1986; Schneider and others, 1979; and Strobell
        and others, 1985) and 1998 reconnaissance field mapping
        by Fassett, J.E., USGS. Other coal fields in New Mexico
        were defined using coal-bearing formations selected
        from the digital geologic map of New Mexico (Green and
        Jones, 1997). Polygons defining intrusions were
        obtained from Green and Jones, 1997. The coal fields
        were further delineated by referencing Hoffman, 1996
        and Shomaker and others, 1971.

        Coal geology in the Piceance Basin and the Yampa coal
        field of the Greater Green River basin was taken from
        the digital geologic map of Colorado (1:500,000; Green,
        1992) and modified to include more detailed data from
        published 1:24,000-scale maps (Barnum and Garrigues,
        1980; Barnum and Hail, 1996; Cullins, 1968, 1969, 1971;
        Garrigues and Barnum, 1980; Hail, 1974; Hail and
        Barnum, 1993). The southern Piceance Basin priority
        assessment area has a northern extent that is defined
        at 39 deg 42' 30" latitude. Coal geology for the
        Nucla-Naturita coal field was taken from the digital
        geologic map of Colorado (1:500,000; Green, 1992) by
        selecting the Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone. The outline
        of the Tongue Mesa coal field is based on Landis, 1959.

        The Black Mesa coal field was created from a
        combination of the 1:1,000,000-scale Arizona geologic
        map and a CANVAS graphic that was acquired from the
        Northern Arizona University (NAU). The Arizona geologic
        map coverage is a digital version of the Arizona
        Geological Survey Map 26 that was created by the BLM
        and the Arizona Geologic Survey. This Digital Geologic
        Map of Arizona is available at
        <URL:http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/maps/maps.html>. The
        CANVAS graphic was prepared at NAU by scanning sheets
        1-6 of Plate 1, Cooley and others, 1969. The Arizona
        geologic map coverage was also used to define the
        Pinedale coal field.

        Coal-bearing formations were attributed as summarized
        in Kirschbaum and Biewick (chap. B, this CD-ROM). A
        region feature, 'cf', was created to consolidate
        polygons that make up each coal field. The
        REGIONDISSOLVE command was used to dissolve on the
        polygon attribute item 'cf' (coal field). This region
        feature efficiently defines the noncontiguous and
        nested areas of coal fields (shapefile = cp_cfr.shp).

        The northern Wasatch Plateau and the Bisti Coal
        Availability and Recoverability study areas were added
        using outlines of the 7.5' quadrangles that make up
        these two study areas. Metadata for the
        7.5'-quadrangles coverages can be found in most of the
        assessment area metadata folders with filenames that
        contain the assessment area prefix and '24qd.met'.
        Topology was recreated using the Arc/Info BUILD or
        CLEAN commands as needed. When it was necessary to
        CLEAN a coverage, the output coverage was always
        compared to the input coverage to assure that an
        appropriate fuzzy tolerance was used and none of the
        arcs were repositioned following CLEAN. LABELERRORS was
        run to detect extraneous and missing labels, and those
        errors were corrected in Arcedit. Occasionally IDEDIT
        was used to change the User-IDs stored in the LAB file
        to equal the label point User-IDs stored in the PAT.
        All data were projected to geographic decimal degrees.
        The coverage and shapefile 'cpcfoutl' was created to
        outline the coal-bearing formations.
      Process_Date: 1997 and 1998

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1572

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Label: CP_CF.PAT
      Entity_Type_Definition: Polygon attribute table for CP_CF
      Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO
  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

      Items in the CP_CF Polygon Attribute Table.

      AREA

      Area of polygon/region in square coverage units Computed Positive
      real number

      PERIMETER

      Perimeter of polygon/region in coverage units Computed Positive
      real number

      CP_CF#

      Internal feature number Computed Sequential unique positive
      integer

      CP_CF-ID

      User-assigned feature number User-defined Integer

      GEOL

      Surface geology as indicated in source information

      CROP

      rock type or apparent coal extent

      comb = (combined outcrop and subsurface) coal-bearing formations
             appear both at the surface and beneath the surface of the Earth

      extrus = extrusive rocks near coal-bearing formations

      intrus = intrusive rocks near coal-bearing formations, heat from
               which often increased the rank of nearby coal beds

      lenticu = discontinuous, lenticular coal beds

      nocoal = stratigraphic unit adjacent to coal-bearing units that
               contains no coal (usually sandstone)

      outcrop = coal-bearing formations appear at the surface of the
                Earth

      subsurf = coal-bearing formations are beneath the surface of the
                Earth

      CF

      Coal Field as summarized in Kirschbaum and Biewick, chap. B, this
      CD-ROM publication.

      STDY

      The type of study for the U.S. Geological Survey National Coal
      Resource Assessment.

      priority = areas defined for the Colorado Plateau where detailed
                 resource assessments have been completed for the U.S.
                 Geological Survey National Coal Resource Assessment.

      summary = important coal fields of the Colorado Plateau that are
                not priority areas but are summarized in Kirschbaum
                and Biewick, chap. B, this CD-ROM publication.

      CARS = those areas where Coal Availability and Recoverability
             studies have been done outside of 'priority' areas.

      in 'cpcfoutl', contains the string 'yes'

      RANK

      Generalized apparent coal rank range is based on summary
      information reported in Kirschbaum and Biewick, chap. B, this
      CD-ROM publication, and/or calculated from data in Affolter,
      chap. G, according to ASTM designation D388-92a using the Parr
      formula.

      bit-anth = bituminous to anthracite 
      bit      = bituminous
      sub-bit  = subbituminous to bituminous 
      sub      = subbituminous
      lig-bit  = lignite to bituminous
      lig-sub  = lignite to subbituminous

      RANK_SOURCE

      chap. B    = based on summary information reported in chap. B.
      chap. G(7) = calculated from data in chap. G using the Parr formula.
                   Number in parentheses indicates the number of samples used.

      CB_FM

      Symbols of apparent coal-bearing formation(s) as indicated in
      source materials (for more information, see Kirschbaum and
      Biewick, chap. B, this CD-ROM publication).

      AVP

      Contains 'project' in those assessment areas with an ArcView
      project, or 'no project' in those areas where no ArcView project
      was created.

      CARS

      Contains 'CARS' in those areas where Coal Availability and
      Recoverability studies have been done.

      ------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Items in the CP_CF Region Attribute Table (shapefile =
      cp_cfr.shp)

      AREA

      Area of polygon/region in square coverage units Computed Positive
      real number

      PERIMETER

      Perimeter of polygon/region in coverage units Computed Positive
      real number

      CP_CF#

      Internal feature number Computed Sequential unique positive
      integer

      CP_CF-ID

      User-assigned feature number User-defined Integer

      CF

      Coal Field

    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
      this document

Distribution_Information:
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization:
          U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources
          Team
        Contact_Person: Laura R.H. Biewick
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: P.O. Box 25046, MS 939
        City: Denver
        State_or_Province: CO
        Postal_Code: 80225
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303)236-7773
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lbiewick@usgs.gov
  Resource_Description: shapefile and ARC/INFO coverage
  Distribution_Liability:
    Any use of trade, product, or company names in this publication
    is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement
    by the U.S. Government. Although these data have been processed
    successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey,
    no warranty expressed or implied is made by the USGS regarding
    the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of
    distribution constitute any such warranty.
  Standard_Order_Process:
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          Recording_Format: ISO 9660
    Fees: none
  Technical_Prerequisites:
    need ARC/INFO 7.0.4 or greater and/or ArcView 2.1 or greater
    and/or ArcExplorer (which can be downloaded free from
    <URL:http://www.esri.com>) and/or other software that can read
    ARC/INFO coverages, ARC/INFO export files, or shapefiles

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          U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources
          Team
        Contact_Person: Laura R.H. Biewick
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: P.O. Box 25046, MS 939
        City: Denver
        State_or_Province: CO
        Postal_Code: 80225
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303)236-7773
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lbiewick@usgs.gov
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