### USGS compilation of geographic information system (GIS) data of coal mines and coal-bearing areas in Mongolia

By: Michael H. Trippi**Harvey E. Belkin**

                            https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151144

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-                                                                                                                             Document:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  **Report**                                                                                                     (4.07 MB pdf)                                                                                                                                     
- Metadata:                               - **Mongolia Coal Areas, Basins, and Provinces Metadata**                            (20.9 KB html)                        
  - **Mongolia Coal Deposits Metadata**                            (35.4 KB html)                        
  - **Mongolia Anaytical Data Metadata**                            (100 KB html) 
- Spatial Data:                               - **All Mongolia Shape Files and Metadata**                            (294 KB zip)                        
  - **Mongolia Coal Areas, Basins, and Provinces Shape Files**                            (203 KB zip)                        
  - **Mongolia Coal Deposit Shape File**                            (24.6 KB zip)                        
  - **Mongolia Analytical Data Shape File**                            (43.6 KB zip) 
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#### Abstract

First posted September 10, 2015

**For additional information, contact:**
Eastern Energy Resources Science Center U.S. Geological Survey 954 National Center 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, Virginia 20192http://energy.usgs.gov/GeneralInfo/ScienceCenters/Eastern.aspx

Geographic information system (GIS) information may facilitate energy studies, which in turn provide input for energy policy decisions. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled GIS data representing coal mines, deposits (including those with and without coal mines), occurrences, areas, basins, and provinces of Mongolia as of 2009. These data are now available for download, and may be used in a GIS for a variety of energy resource and environmental studies of Mongolia. Chemical data for 37 coal samples from a previous USGS study of Mongolia (Tewalt and others, 2010) are included in a downloadable GIS point shapefile and shown on the map of Mongolia. A brief report summarizes the methodology used for creation of the shapefiles and the chemical analyses run on the samples.

#### Suggested Citation

Trippi, M.H., and Belkin, H.E., comps., 2015, USGS compilation of geographic information system (GIS) data representing coal mines and coal-bearing areas of Mongolia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1144, 18 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151144.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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#### Table of Contents

- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- GIS Data and Methodology
- Chemistry of Coal Samples
- References Cited

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