GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 681 

CRIB-The Mineral Resources 

Data Bank of the 

U.S. Geological Survey 

CRIB-The Mineral Resources 

Data Bank of the 

U.S. Geological Survey 

By James A. Calkins, Olaf Kays, and Eleanor K. Keefer 

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 681 

Washington 1973 
United States Department of the Interior 

THOMAS S. KLEPPE, Secretory 

Geological Survey 

V. E. McKelvey, Director 

First printing 1973 

Second printing 1976 

Free on application to Branch of Distribution, U.S. Geological Survey 

1200 South Eads Street, Arlington, Va. 22202 
CONTENTS 

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Abstract --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 

Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------ 1 

Purpose and uses ------------------------------------------------------- 2 

Acknowledgments -------------------------------------------------------- 2 

Implementation methods -------------------- _______ ---------------------- 2 

GIPSY-General information processing system --------------------------- 3 

General description -------------------------------------------------- 3 

Technical comments ------------------------------------------------- 4 

CRIB file -----------~- --------------------------------------------------- 5 

Reporting forms and sources of information ---------------------------- 5 

CRIB dictionary and records file ------------------------------------ 6 

Output arrangements ______________________ -- _________________ ------ 6 

Retrieval procedures ----------------------------------------------------- 6 

Examples --------------------------------------------------------------- 7 

Conclusions ------------------------------------------------------------- 9 

Glossary -----------------~---------------------------------------------- 9 References cited _ __ _ ___ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ ____ _ _ __ _ ____ 10 

ILLUSTRATIONS 

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FIGURE 1. Main reporting form (long form) for the CRIB mineral re- sources computer file __ __ __ __ __ __ _ __ __ ____ ___ _ __ _ ___ _ __ _ 12 

2. Two short forms used for entering data into the CRIB file __ 18 

3. Sample first page of the main CRIB dictionary file ---------- 19 

4. Listing of the metallogenic map dictionary ----------------- 21 

5. Standard output record for the CRIB mineral resources file___ 23 

6. Part of the CRIB file showing relationships among the records 

file, the dictionary file, and the standard output record__ 25 

7-10. Parameter statements and resulting printed output from: 

7. Search for nickel resources in Connecticut --------- 27 

8. Search for garnet quarries in Litchfield County, Conn 29 

9. Area search -------------------------------------- 33 

10. Search for vanadium deposits ----------------------- 35 

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CRIB-The Mineral Resources Data Bank 

of the U.S. Geological Survey 

By James A. Calkins, Olaf Kays, and Eleanor K. Keefer 

ABSTRACT 

The recently established Computerized Resources Information Bank (CRIB) of the U.S. Geological Survey is expected to play an increasingly important role 

in the study of United States' mineral resources. 

CRIB provides a rapid means for organizing and summarizing information on mineral resources and for 

displaying the results. 

CRIB consists of a set of variable-length records 

containing the basic information needed to characterize one or more mineral commodities, a mineral 

deposit, or several related deposits. The information 

consists of text, numeric data, and codes. Some topics 

covered are: name, location, commodity information, 

geology, production, reserves, potential resources, and 

references. 

The data are processed by the GIPSY program, 

which performs all the processing tasks needed to build, 

operate, and maintain the CRIB file. The sophisticated 

retrieval program allows the user to make highly 

selective searches of the file-for words, parts of 

words, phrases, numeric data, word ranges, numeric 

ranges, and others, and to interrelate variables by 

logic statements to any degree of refinement desired. 

Three print options are available, or the retrieved data 

can be passed to another program for further processing. 

INTRODUCTION 

When new computer equipment was installed 

in the Washington headquarters of the U.S. 

Geological Survey in 1967, one of the proposed 

applications was a central data bank containing detailed information on United States' mineral resources. 1 This data bank, called CRIB 

(Computerized Resources Information Bank), 

was implemented in July 1972. The number of 

records in the file is still small (about 10,000 

as of November 1972), but records are steadily 

being added to the file. Because of the increasingly important role CRIB is expected to play 

1 Department of the Interior news release, Feb. 24, 1967. 

relative to the Geological Survey's mineral resources studies, a description of the CRTB system and its purpose and uses is thought to be 

appropriate. 

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The following quotation from McKelvey 

(1972) succinctly states the need for effn.iency 

in organizing and synthesizing mine1·al resources information: "Better methods for estimating the magnitude of potential mine"'al resources are needed to provide the knowledge 

that should guide the design of many key public 

policies." This need becomes more apparent 

when it is shown that some of the methods for 

evaluating mineral deposits in recent years 

have been based upon machine-processible data 

(Griffiths and Drew, 1964; Harris and Euresty, 

1969; Griffiths, 1966; Botbol, 1970). 

CRIB is one activity of a newly organized 

office within the Geological Survey who~e staff 

includes specialists in mineral economics, geostatistics, map-plotting applications, and other 

computer-assisted, resource-oriented studies. In 

addition to the Washington headquarters, 

CRIB operations are also conducted at the Survey centers in Denver and Menlo Park where 

data are also entered into the file. 

The cost of developing sophisticated information storage and retrieval programs is very 

high. However, in recent years, "generalized" 

retrieval programs have been develop~d that 

are adapted to a variety of applicatiors. This 

effectively distributes the cost among tho. users, 

thus reducing the fiscal impact on any one user. 

The U.S. Geological Survey has acqui1·ed and 

implemented several such programs, each with 

somewhat different characteristics. One of 

these, the General Information Processing System (GIPSY), was chosen for use with CRIB. 
A list of selected terms in common use in the 

computer field is contained in the glossary at 

the end of this report. 

PURPOSE AND USES 

CRIB provides the U.S. Geological Survey 

with a means of organizing, analyzing, and 

summarizing mineral resources information 

and for presenting the results in the form of 

reports, tables, and maps. The computerized 

mineral resources file will increase the scope 

and effectiveness of the Survey with respect to 

mineral resources studies and the ready availability of mineral resources information. CRIB 

will provide safe storage for resources data and 

will minimize the dislocations and loss of data 

caused by the shifting of key personnel to other 

assignments and by retirements. 

In addition to its use by the staff of the new 

office, the CRIB file will be available for use by 

commodity geologists, by field geologists working in mining areas or those conducting mineral inventory studies of special areas and by 

other offices within the Survey. The Tennessee 

Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tenn., is placing 

their data into the CRIB file on a test basis. 

Public release of data in the CRIB file will, at 

least for the present, be in the form of summary reports either published or placed in open 

file. 

CRIB will be used to prepare summary reports to Congress as required by the Mining 

and Minerals Policy Act of 1970. It is very 

likely that CRIB will be an important source of 

data for the Department of Interior's Resources 

and Land Inventory (RALI) program. 

CRIB, which basically is an information organizer, offers to relieve the commodity geologist of the chores of manipulating documentary files. Although the documentary file may 

be maintained for local reference and for "spot 

lookup," the computerized version of the geologist's file can be used for involved file manipulations as well as for linkages to other commodity files. The documentary files contain a 

wealth of information, but this information is 

cumbersome and difficult to extract and summarize. The task becomes further complicated 

if the file is a large one or if the information 

sought involves several commodity files, each 

having a different organization. This same information in a computer file, although lacking 

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in some details, can be addressed and processed 

quickly and reliably for the desired information. 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTf 

The implementation of CRIB involved many 

people within the U.S. Geological Survey and 

specialists from other agencies ar1 organizations, including organizations in Canada and 

France. Technical assistance for t:he computerrelated aspects came from the statr of the U.S. 

Geological Survey, the computer staff of the 

Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, and the Computer Center of the University of Oklahoma. 

The content and format of CRIB is based upon 

user response to early test files, individual discussions and group meetings with S1

.trvey geologists, a study of public inquiries rec~ived by the 

U.S. Geological Survey and by certain requirements of the GIPSY program system. Discussions were also held with the Office of Oil and 

Gas and the Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department 

of the Interior, the Geological Survey of Canada, and the :Ecole des Mines, Paris. 

IMPLEMENTATION METHODS 

The development of a computerized data 

base involves three phases, as follmvs: 

Information analysis ___ Identify tl'~ information item~ needed to 

describe the subject 

adequately. 

File design ___________ Detailed breakdown 

into logical elements 

( computf~ fields). 

Software design _______ Provide a computer 

program to do the 

job. 

In the case of the CRIB file, the software design involved choosing the most suitable of 

three programs already in existence and available for use at the Survey. Of these three programs-each of which has certain optimum 

applications- GIPSY (General Information 

Processing System) was best suited for the 

CRIB file. 

Once the program was decided upon, the 

main development work involved identification 

of the basic information needed to describe 

mineral resources and the conversion of this 

information into a logical set of elements 

(called fields) suitable for computer processing. 

Initially, a preliminary set of irformation 
items was used to create a small test file, and 

a display format was produced. The test file 

contained a wide variety of information on 

diverse commodities, deposits of different sizes, 

types, and locations, so that the logic and operation of the file could be thoroughly tested. 

This testing, together with comments and advice from geologists and many organizations, 

formed the basis for revising the input and 

output formats and for designing the final input forms. In this manner, the CRIB file has 

gone through eight revisions. Revision 9, now 

being considered, will maintain the same content and format as revision 8 but will result in 

a simplified input form. The ability to make 

frequent revisions during the design phase of 

file development i8 a principal advantage of the 

GIPSY program. It allows for the repeated 

testing of many file arrangements without reprograming and is useful during these early 

sta~s, even if conversion is made to another 

program later. 

The subject of geology and mineral resources 

is broad in scope, the nomenclature varied and 

ambiguous, and the general subject matter 

loosely organized from the standpoint of a computer operation. The breadth of the subject 

results in a wide range of use patterns and 

approaches among individuals and groups 

working with mineral resources information. 

Individuals have differing needs, requirements, 

and preferences, and consequently have differing views on what information should be included in the description of a mineral deposit 

and how this information should be presented. 

Satisfying one user is relatively easy, but satisfying a broad range of users is difficult. 

The computer is unable to "read between the 

lines" like the human brain, and therefore the 

information supplied to it must be logically 

subdivided into "fields,'' each field containing a 

single attribute relating to the record or sample. This process of reducing information to 

logical components forces a rigorous analysis 

of the data and exposes faulty logic and ambiguous nomenclature. 

GIPSY-GENERAL INFORMATION 

PROCESSING SYSTEM 

GENERAL DESCRIPTION 

The General Information Processing System 

(GIPSY) was developed at the University of 

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Oklahoma under the direction of Dr. James W. 

Sweeney (Addison and others, 1969). GIPSY 

was adopted by the U.S. Geological Survey in 

late 1969 after extensive testing, using a data 

base of 50,000 bibliographic records (Moody 

and Kays, 1972). Several storage and r~trieval 

files in the Washington area now use the 

GIPSY system, including the project-status file 

for water-resources projects, U.S. Ge')logical 

Survey; oil-and-gas-pools file, Office of Oil and 

Gas ; and others. 

The GIPSY system consists of a mr.in program and a set of utility programs which together perform all of the computer-processing 

requirements needed to build, operate, and 

maintain a storage and retrieval file. It operates on high-speed disk storage units and 

accepts variable-field, variable-length records. 

The data in the record can be numberf:, codes, 

or text, and highly selective searches can be 

made on the stored data. Retrieved records or 

parts of records can be printed in different 

arrangements or passed to other progv·ms for 

additional processing. 

GIPSY functions as three separate but interrelated files: the dictionary file, the recc""ds file, 

and the save-records file. These three files are 

usually stored on separate disks for ir~.reased 

processing efficiency. 

The dictionary consists of a list of labels and 

other information which identify the data elements contained in the records file. It 2lso controls the format of the printed record. Associated with each label is an arbitrarily assigned, 

nonsignificant number which the progr,<:'l.m uses 

for internal operations. More than one dictionary can be constructed for a given file. As 

GIPSY imposes no format limitationf (other 

than a maximum record length of 32,000 characters) , changing the file contents becomes a 

simple matter of changing the list of labels. 

The records file contains the records themselves, which are stored in random order on a 

disk. A single record may consist of r.s many 

as 32,000 characters. If the file is large, then 

more than one disk pack can be used for storage. During a retrieval operation the system 

reads each record, starting with the first, and 

tests the contents of each record against the 

search conditions specified for that r~trieval. 

Each time a "hit" occurs, the track adiress of 

the selected record is moved to a save-records 
file ( SRF) . The main purpose of the SRF is to 

save processing time in that subsequent search 

steps of the retrieval can be directed to the 

relatively small SRF rather than to the entire 

records file. In the usual case, the SRF is only 

a transient file, created temporarily for each 

retrieval and then erased. 

The GIPSY system is made up of separate 

programs, called subroutines, and utility programs, which perform the various tasks associated with a storage and retrieval file. The 

principal ones include: 

CREA TE-preallocates disk space for basic 

record, dictionary, and SRF files. 

RBUILD-builds files on disk from original 

input. 

TRBUILD-builds files on tape rather than 

disk. 

DUMP-copies disk files onto backup tapes. 

RESTORE-restores tape backups to disk. 

DICTLOOK-prints out the contents of a die- ... tionary. 

FILELOOK-shows the disk space used for a 

file. 

UPDATE-modifies existing records. 

QUESTRAN-the search and retrieval component. QUESTRAN includes the following major commands : 

FORM-designates the output format. 

SELECT -is followed by the search variables. 

LOGIC-specifies the Boolean relationships between the search variables. 

PRINT-produces preformatted printout. 

LIST -followed by user-selected labels for 

producing nonstandard printout. 

COPY -produces a fixed-field, fixed-recordlength 04tput. Output is either 

printed or used as input to 

other programs. 

DUMP-dumps selected records onto another device. 

DELETE-deletes selected records. 

SORT, SORTD-sorts selected records into ascending or descending sequence. 

ITERATE-limits search to the previous 

subset (SRF). 

BACK-returns the search to any previous subset (SRF). 

SUM-produces a record count and the 

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sum, maximum, minimum, and 

average values for any designated field. 

TECHNICAL COMMENTS 

GIPSY operates in Batch Pro~essing Mode 

on the U.S. Geological Survey computer system. 

Two other processing modes, which are available but not currently implementf.d on the Survey system, are: ( 1) Conversational Mode 

Access from a remote typewriter terminal and 

(2) Secondary Indexing Mode. F~condary Indexing builds an auxiliary search file and 

changes the initial serial search to an indexed 

sequential search of the auxiliary file. 

The variable-field variable-length record format makes efficient use of the r.vailable disk 

storage. Records are compressed because only 

those fields that contain data are actually recorded on the disk. Additional storage efficiency 

is obtained by the spanned-record feature which 

allows part of a record to occupy the end of 

one track and the remainder of the record to 

overflow to the next track. 

The dictionary is a collection of labels and 

supporting information that ident~fies and controls the data elements (fields) in the record. 

A label, which consists of one to seven alphanumeric characters, is assigned to each field, 

and when an item of information is entered 

into the record, the corresponding label is 

entered into the record also. Tll e dictionary 

therefore functions as a central index or crossreference file between the records file and the 

main program. It is used during the creation 

of new records, during retrieval, and during 

the output. 

The primary input to the records file consists of cards punched in GIPfY variablelength format. During the record-build process, 

this external card-image format is converted 

into GIPSY internal disk-storage format with 

its directory, pointers, and data subfields. 

The save-records file (SRF) is part of the 

ITERATE feature of GIPSY and functions as 

a temporary holding area for records selected 

during the previous SELECT step. The SRF 

contains only the track addresses of the selected records, not the actual records. Several 

SRF's can be generated during a r~trieval, one 

for each SELECT step, and in the usual case, 

each SRF will be a smaller subset of the pre-
vious SELECT step. The net effect is to reduce 

each successive search step to smaller and 

smaller subsets, thereby resulting in rapid retrievals. Although the save-records file(s) generated during a retrieval are normally deleted 

at the end of the retrieval run, they can be 

saved for future use if desired. The sophisticated user, who has a knowledge of Job Control Language, can save SRF's and limit future 

searches to preselected parts of the file. He can 

"personalize" the data base and eleminate records extraneous to his interest. 

CRIB FILE 

In general, CRIB consists of a set of records 

on the mineral deposits and mineral commodities of the United States and to a certain 

extent of the world. The file is arranged so as 

to accept the basic information needed to describe a mineral deposit or mineral commodity. A given record may relate to a single commodity, a group of commodities, a mineral 

deposit, or a group of related deposits, such as 

a mining district. The file is flexible so that 

what constitutes a record can be decided largely 

by the user. Entries are in natural-language 

text wherever possible, but certain entries are 

rigidly formatted, or coded, or both. A given 

record may consist of as many as 32,000 characters. The organization of the file together 

with the program used provides for highly 

selective retrievals. Retrieved information can 

be printed in any of three arrangements, or it 

can be passed to a following program for 

further processing. 

REPORTING FORMS AND SOURCES 

OF INFORMATION 

Information for the CRIB file comes from 

one of several reporting forms (source documents), which are filled out by Survey geologists or technicians. The information on these 

forms is keypunched for entry into the records 

file. 

The long form (fig. 1) contains most of the 

data items listed in the CRIB dictionary. Two 

short forms (on 5 by 8 cards) also are available (fig. 2). These short forms are used only 

when information is minimal. 

Two other short forms are being used-one 

in Menlo Park and one in Denver. Any number 

of "subset" forms can be constructed, depending upon user needs and preferences. Two other 

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special forms are being devised in Menlo Park; 

one is designed specifically for coal resources 

and the other for Alaska mineral resources. 

The specialized information items on these 

forms (for example, percentage of fixed carbon 

in coal) are contained in the master dictionary 

so that this information will be an irtegral 

part of the master CRIB file. 

In some cases, existing documentary (noncomputerized) files can be used directly as 

source documents. With some modification this 

is being done in Menlo Park by Maureen Johnson and Gerald Askevold. 

Information collected by other agencies and 

organizations constitutes a large untapped 

source of data. A cooperative agreentent is 

being discussed with the Tennessee Valley 

Authority for the entry into the CRIB file of 

their highly detailed mineral-resources information for seven States, which prese"'ltly is 

organized in noncomputerized files. It if hoped 

that similar arrangements also can be made 

with certain States and universities. 

Another source of data for CRIB records 

comes from existing computerized mineralresource files, although there are few of these. 

One such file has been incorporated into CRIB. 

This is the metallogenic map of North .America 

(Guild, 1968) ; the conversion was mad~ using 

an RPG program written by Bernard McMahan 

of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation (Department of the Interior). 

The content and format of the reporting 

forms represents a compromise among tb~ various requirements and preferences of the reporter, the key punch operator, and the GIPSY 

program. At the same time the forms are arranged so as to produce a clear and concise 

standard printout. Geologists have different 

needs and preferences, depending upon their 

specialties ; some are concerned only with 

single-commodity information, wherem· others 

are working in areas involving several commodities. Most of the needs and preferences 

have been accommodated in the desigr of the 

reporting forms, but at the same tirr.~ some 

standardization is imposed so that the information will be consistent in all records. 

On the reporting forms, each fielcl (data 

item) is preceded by a "label" and ea.ch field 

also has a field name. Thus, the label A10 has 

the field name "Name" and label A40 has the 
field name "Country." In some fields the label 

and field name are the same, as "Major" and 

"Minor" in the section "Commodity Information" (fig. 1). Most fields have a space for 

write-in material, and all such entries are enclosed by delimiters ( < > ) which mark the 

beginning and end of the text. A few labels 

have no associated text, and these labels have 

no delimiters. Examples of these are the labels 

"YES" and "NO" in the section "Production" 

(fig. 1). In some cases, two related kinds of 

information are incorporated within one label. 

In the section "Production," for example, the 

"item" and "accuracy" fields are both associated with the same label. These various arrangements, as well as certain fixed fields, all 

have to do with program restrictions, output 

format, and search efficiency. Certain items on 

the form require data to be entered in rigid 

fixed-length format. These are primarily fields 

that contain numbers and that will be used in 

computations. For example, the field for "State 

X Coordinate" is formatted to 11 digits with 

one decimal place. This can be passed to an 

existing state-to-geodetic-coordinate-conversion program (W. A. Buehrer, unpub. data, 

1969). 

CRIB DICTIONARY AND RECORDS FILE 

The dictionary (short for dictionary file) 

identifies the data items used in the CRIB record, supplies certain information to the program, and controls the arrangement (format) 

of the "standard output record." The first page 

of the main CRIB dictionary is shown in figure 

3. All the fields in the CRIB record and on one 

or more reporting forms are listed in this dictionary. The order in which they appear in the 

dictionary is also the order in which they are 

printed in the standard output record. A second dictionary (fig. 4) was created for use 

with metallogenic map data and another for 

use with the Alaska resources data. Any number of dictionaries can be created-to address 

certain data elements only, to provide different 

printout formats, or to provide special search 

dictionaries. The present CRIB dictionary contains approximately 250 data items, which 

cover a wide range of geological and mineral 

resources parameters. There is no set limit on 

the number of data items carried in the die6 

tionary (and hence in the recm·d), and more 

can be added if needed. 

The records file contains tht1 mineral resources data. The data are oriented toward 

mineral deposits or mineral conmodities but 

there is a great deal of flexibility as to what 

constitutes a specific record. The GIPSY 

variable-length-record structure imposes few 

restrictions on the manner in which the information is recorded. Decimal rumbers, integers, natural-language text, alpha-numeric 

codes, and special characters are all acceptable. 

OUTPUT ARANGEME~TTS 

Three basic output formats are available for 

displaying the retrieved records. These options 

are identified to the system by the commands 

PRINT, LIST, and COPY. 

1. PRINT ___ Prints the entire record in the 

"standard output record," a 

predefined forrr'\t stored in 

the dictionary. 

2. LIST _____ Prints selected pa:rts of the record. The data elements asked 

for are printed one below the 

other in single spacing. Should 

data items overl~p print lines 

the printing is continued on 

the next line. '.,.,he data elements to be listed are identified to the system by their 

labels. 

3. COPY ____ Rearranges part or all of theretrieved records into fixed-field, 

fixed-length records. The rearranged records may be 

printed or passei to a following program for further processing. 

The dictionary file and the records file function together to produce the "standard output 

record" as shown in figure 5. 

The standard output record co:qsists of textual material from the record rlus item descriptions from the dictionary. The relationships among the various components of the 

dictionary file, the records file, and the standard output record are shown in figure 6. 

RETRIEVAL PROCEDURES 

The CRIB file is an informatior bank, like a 

library, and its main use is the r~trieving, re-
organizing, and presenting of information. 

This information may be presented directly, in 

the form of a printed report, or passed to a following program for further processing. 

The retrieval procedure, called QUESTRAN, 

is one of the most versatile aspects of the 

GIPSY package. It is made up of many program subsets, called subroutines, which provide 

for retrieval, intermediate processing, and 

presentation. The subroutines are initiated by 

the user via QUESTRAN commands. In the 

batch-processing mode, 11 commands are available, as follows: FORM, SELECT, ITERATE, 

BACK, DELETE, PRINT, LIST, SUM, SORT, 

COPY, and DUMP. These commands, together 

with the search variables desired and the logic 

(Boolean) operators AND, OR, NOT, constitute a powerful retrieval and presentation system. The interrogation of the file is simple, 

often involving less than 10 cards, including 

job-control cards. 

The general sequence is as follows : 

1. Enter the job-control cards to initiate the 

run. 

2. Identify the file to the system (FORM). 

3. Enter the SELECT command. 

4. Identify the search variables, that is, the 

fields (labels) plus the numeric quantities, text, or coded items desired. As many 

as 26 variables may be used. 

5. Specify the logical relations that must exist 

between the variables (AND, OR, NOT). 

6. Specify any intermediate processing desired 

prior to printing (SORT, SUM, ITERATE, BACK). 

7. Specify the type of output desired (PRINT, 

LIST, COPY). 

The components of the record involved in a 

search are shown below : 

Label Textual entry 

C30 ----------------------MAGNETITE, PYRITE, 

CHALCOPYRITE 

MAJOR ------------------ PYR 

During a retrieval operation the system reads 

each record, searching ( 1) for a specified label 

and (2) for the specified word, phrase, or other 

condition contained in the text associated with 

the label. The user may also search the file for 

a label only. 

The versatility of the GIPSY search and retrieval mechanism lies in its ability to dissect 

text. The program can search a textual entry 

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for words, phrases, sentences, word roots, prefixes, suffixes, numbers, or special characters. 

The search is n9t restricted to ' pr~deq~ed list 

of "key words" ; the user makes up }'is own 

word or phrase as needed for a given rE:trieval. 

The retrieval mechanism can search f<'~ word 

ranges (Alaska through California, for example). In the numeric mode it can search for 

equality, greater than, less than, and numeric 

range. It can locate the first numeric within a 

text string (a continuous set of numbers, letters, or special characters with no intervening 

spaces) , and it can operate on intermixed numeric formats, that is, with or without~floating 

decimals, with or without leading signs, with 

or without leading zeros. A complete description of the system is available in the GIPSY 

Application Description (Addison and others, 

1969). 

EXAMPLES 

The following examples illustrate a few of 

the applications of CRIB and the metho1s used 

for retrieving and displaying the desired information. 

Example 1: 

Question: What information is available 

on nickel resources in Connecticut? 

Search method: Word search-< XX > 

specified by a blank before and after the 

word sought. 

Output option: PRINT-print ent~re record. 

This question involves the labels C10 (commodities present), C30 (ore mineralr), and 

A50 (State). The parameter statement~ and a 

sample of the printed output are showr in figure 7. Ten parameter cards (punched cards) 

are used to define the question to the system 

and to specify intermediate processing (SORT) 

and the type of output (PRINT). The form 

name CRIB is identified to the system followed 

by the SELECT command. The conditions 

parameters are then given (statements A 

through D), and these are followed by the logic 

statement, which defines the logical r~~lations 

that must exist among the conditions parameters. The conditions parameters, togeth~r with 

the logic statement call for the retrieval of 

those records containing the word NI (nickel) 

in the commodity field OR the words PENTLANDITE OR PENTLANDITE, (wit.h com-
rna) in the ore minerals field AND the State 

code 09 (Connecticut) in the State field. The 

SORT card asks for the selected records to be 

sorted by deposit number (B40 8) and the 

PRINT card causes the selected records to be 

printed in the preformatted record display. 

Certain system-generated statements also appear with the parameter statements, including 

the number of records searched, the number 

of records selected, and the item descriptions 

associated with the labels. 

Example 2: 

Question: The user wishes to obtain certain specific information on garnet quarries in Litchfield County, Conn. Specific 

items desired include the district, present or past production, and the source 

of the information. 

Search method : 

Phrase search-<XXXXXX XXXX> 

specified by entering the phrase 

sought, with or without leading and 

trailing blanks. 

Word search-< XX >. 

Output option: LIST -prints only those 

fields specified. 

The most likely places to find information on 

garnet quarries are in A10 (name) and C10 

(commodities present). The parameter statements and the printed output are shown in 

figure 8. The file is searched for those records 

containing the phrase "GARNET QUARRY" 

in the name field and the word "GAR" (garnet) in the commodity field. Entries of "09" in 

the State field and "LITCHFIELD" in the 

county field limit the retrieved records to those 

located in Litchfield County, Conn. In this example, the user is interested only in certain 

parts of the record, and the LIST command is 

used. The fields to be printed are specified by 

their labels, one card per label, and placed 

after the LIST card. The printed output uses 

one line for each field printed. 

Example 3: 

Question : The user wishes to select all 

records within a specified rectangular 

area and to pass these data to a following map-plotting program. 

Search method : 

Existence search-<XXXX> specified by entering the desired character string between the delimiters 

8 

with no leading or trailing blanks. 

Numeric range-specified by entering 

GT (greater than), LT (less than), 

or EQ (equal) in tl'~ conditions 

parameters statements. 

Output option: COPY -copies those fields 

specified in fixed-field fornat. Output 

may be printed, stored on tape or disk, 

or passed directly to a following program for further processir?:. 

A rectangular area search may be based 

upon any one of the following grid systems : 

Public-land surveys (township-range system) ; 

geodetic (latitude-longitude) ; Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) ; State grid coordinates; or any arbitrary X-Y sy~+-em. In this 

example, the UTM system is used in which all 

records within a 10,000-meter square (approx 

36 sq mi) northeast of Tucson, Ariz., are retrieved. The parameter statements and the 

printed output, sorted by record number, are 

shown in figure 9. Statements A through E define the area to be searched. Statement A specifies the UTM zone number. Statements B and 

C restrict the records accepted to those in 

which the northings are greater than (GT) 

3,620,000 and less than (LT) 3,6f(),000 meters 

from the Equator. Similarly, the eastings of 

acceptable records are 'restricted to those 

greater than 550,000 and less than 560,000 

meters east of the zone boundary. Of 217 records in this special file, 26 were accepted. In 

order to make the retrieved infor:"lation available for the follow-up map-plotting program, 

the data are printed in fixed-field format using 

the COPY command. The zone number, northings, and eastings are used by the plotting program for calculating the locations on the map, 

and any one of the other fields c2 n be printed 

as literal information adjacent to each location. 

The northings and eastings are printed with 

implied decimal points (8.0, 7.0). 

Example 4: 

Question : Provide a listing of those vanadium deposits in which the reserves and 

potential resources are greater than 4 

million lbs. V205 vanadium metal equivalent or greater than 40,000 short tons of 

vanadi urn ore. 

Search method : Search of table on reserves 

and potential resources (p'='.ge 5 of reP?rting form). Operations include word 
search, iterate, numeric GT (greater 

than) , existence, sort. 

Output option: COPY. 

Interrogation of the tables in pages 5 and 6 

of the reporting form (long form, fig. 1) is 

somewhat involved because of the repetition of 

lines in the tables and because the commodity 

sought may be reported in different kinds of 

units. The parameter statements and the 

printed output, sorted by record number, are 

shown in figure 10. 

A word search is first made for V ( vanadium) in the "item reported" columns (E1 

through E4). Twenty-one records are selected 

and placed in temporary storage in the saverecords file as subset 1. The system is directed 

back to this subset of 21 records (BACK 1 

ITERATE), and a search is made for those 

records containing greater than (GT) 4,000 in 

the "amount" column (D1A through D4A) and 

LB (pounds) in the "thousand units" column. 

In the same search step, the subset of 21 records is searched for those records containing 

greater than 40 in the "amount" column and 

ST (short tons) in the "thousand units" column. Using the COPY option, the retrieved 

information on potential reserves is printed in 

fixed-field format in table arrangement. The 

numbers printed in the "amounts" column are 

the actual values in whole units. If information 

on other commodities is associated with vanadi urn in the same record, then it is printed also. 

CONCLUSIONS 

CRIB constitutes the basis for an elaborate 

information system. Given a data base from 

which selective retrievals can be made, it becomes possible to use the results of a retrieval 

as input into other programs. From this point 

of view, CRIB is only the jumping-off point for 

extended computerized analyses which rearrange the data in various ways and produce 

secondary or derivative displays, including 

geographic map plots, histograms, scatter diagrams, statistical analysis, and others. These 

extended applications of CRIB data-in addition to the sophisticated retrievals themselvesprovide the user with various approaches with 

which to help solve his particular problem, to 

assist him to draw conclusions, or to make analytical decisions. These various accessory programs already exist and are being linked to 

the CRIB output as rapidly as possible. 

GLOSSARY 

Alpha-numeric information (alpha-numeric, 

alphameric)-Information consisting of 

any combination of digits (0-9), letters 

(A-Z), and special characters (/, $, ?, etc). 

9 

Batch processing-The sequential processing of 

records as a group (batch), one gro•1p at a 

time. This is in contrast to "on-linn. processing," during which each unit of data is 

processed immediately at the time of presentation-as in the airline rese':"vation 

system. 

Conversational mode-The user is communicating with the computer system in a "conversational" manner from a terminal by 

sending commands to the systen. The 

system executes the commands and sends 

the reply back to the terminal. Thir is one 

type of on-line processing. 

Data item (data element, information item)-

The smallest unit of information to which 

reference is made, for example "co~tntry," 

"State." A set of related data itens constitute a record. 

Direct access--The process of finding information in storage, where the time required is 

independent of the location of othe':" information in storage. A disk is a direct-access 

device. This is in contrast to the seauential 

access of tapes. 

Disk (disk pack)-A storage device consisting of a circular metal plate with magnetic material on both sides and n1ounted 

on a rotating shaft. Read-write heads 

service both sides of the disk. Twenty 

stacked disks constitute a disk pack. 

Field (data item, information item)-A specified category of data treated as a whole. 

The basic unit of a record. 

File-A collection of related records treated 

as a unit; for example, the records file and 

dictionary file of CRIB. Also in the general sense, a collection of related files ; for 

example, the CRIB file. 

File maintenance-Modification of file content; 

for example, insertions, deletions, trans-• 

fers, and corrections. 
Fixed-field-length format (fixed-length fields, 

fixed fields)-An arrangement in which 

the fields in a record are set beforehand to 

a certain specified length. 

Fixed-field records-Records of predefined 

length and loosely used to mean that 

both record length and field length are set 

beforehand to certain specified lengths. 

Floating decimal-A decimal point without a 

predetermined fixed position within a numeric field. In a 6-position number field, 

for example·, the decimal may be in any 

of the six positions, depending upon the 

size of the number. 

Format-Computerese for arrangement, the 

latter never being used. A predefined arrangement of characters, fields, print lines, 

and so forth. 

Job Control Language (JCL)-The language 

used to supply the necessary information to the computer system so that it 

can run your job. Includes such items as 

the name and address of the data file to be 

processed, the name of the program to be 

executed, what to do with the results, and 

so forth. 

Label-As used in GIPSY, a set of one to 

seven alpha-numeric characters used to 

identify a data item or field to the GIPSY 

program. 

Parameter statements (search variables)-A 

listing of the data elements the computer 

is to search for during a retrieval. 

Program-A set of instructions that tells the 

computer how to solve a problem. 

Retrieval operation-The actions connected 

with the recovery of information stored 

in a computer storage device. 

RPG (report program generator)-An IBM 

program language that provides a convenient programing method for producing reports, performing calculations, 

and manipulating data. 

Software-Programs that help run the different components of a computer center 

and help the user to communicate with the 

computer. 

Spanned record-A record that overflows from 

the end of one track on a disk to the 

beginning of the next track. 

Subroutine-A program that is linked to a 

larger program and that performs a single 

specific task whenever the rr.q,in program 

calls upon it to do so. 

Track address-A number identifing the location where information is sto"'ed_ on disk. 

Utility programs-Programs used to perform 

certain standard functions, called housekeeping functions, for example, an update, 

data transfer from one devic~ to another, 

sort programs, and so forth. 

Variable fields (variable-length fiolds)-Fields 

having no predefined lengths. 

Variable format (variable-length format)-A 

field or record of no predefinei length. 

REFERENCES CITEI' 

Addison, C. H., Coney, D. M., Jones, M. A., Shields, 

R. W., and Sweeny, J. W., 1969, GIPSY-General 

Information Pr~essing System: Application description: Oklahoma Univ. Mon. 4. 127 p. 

Botbol, J. M., 1970, A model way to analyze the 

mineralogy of base metal mining districts: Mining Eng., v. 22, no. 3, p. 56-59. 

10 

Griffiths, J. C., 1966, Exploration for natut:al resources: 

Operations Research, v. 14, p. 18~-209. 

Griffiths, J. C., and Drew, L. J., 1964. Simulation of 

exploration programs for natural resources by 

models: Colorado School Mines Qnart., v. 59, no. 

4, p. 187-206. 

Guild, P. W., 1968, Metallogenic map of North Ame·rica: 

Comm. Geol. Map World ( Internrt. Geol. Cong.-

Internat. Union Geol. Sci.) Bull. P- p. 77-90. 

Harris, D. P., and Euresty, David, 1969, A preliminary 

model for the economic appraisal of regional resources and exploration based upcn geostatistical 

analysis and computer simulation: Colorado School 

Mines Quart., v. 64, no. 3, p. 71-98. 

McKelvey, V. E., 1972, Mineral reso·1rces estimates 

and public policy: American Scientist, v. 60, no. 

1, p. 32-40. 

Moody, D. W., and Kays, Olaf, 1972, Development of 

the U.S. Geological Survey Biblio-rraphic System 

using GIPSY: Am. Soc. Inf. Sci., Jour., v. 23, no. 

1, p. 39-49. 
FIGURES 1-10 
fmlRflr«i RH1 RlR CRIB MINERAI..I(S(]JRES aMUIER FILE 

lfCOR[) IIENTIEirATIW; 

Record No. 81 0( L-1 ------'---~--&...--..__......___.1) Record Type: L U 

Deposit No. 840( } (circle one letter, 

see list A) 

File Link ID 850( ) 

BEAORTER; (date of submittal and name of reporter) 

Gl ( L......_j L_j) G2( --:---:------- Last name first initial Yr Mo 

M£;_ 

Deposit Name AlO< --------------------..:) 

Synonym Name(s) All( ) 

I.OCATIOO; 

District/Area/Subdist. A30( ___________________ ) 

Country 

County 

A40<L-..J) g (enter code TWICE from list C) 

A50( _________ ) ~ 

~ (enter code twice from list D if in US) 

MO( ) 

State 

Position from nearest 

prominent locality A82( ___________________ _ 

-------------------------------~------) 

UTM Northing 

UTM Easting 

UTM Zone No. 

State X Coord. 

State Y Coord. 

State Zone No. 

Altitude 

GIVE 1 OR MORE OF THE 4 LOCATIONS PRESENTED BELOW: 

Al20(I '---'..____...____.--L----~...___._~ __.._1 -=-· ..._1 __.I) Latitude A70( l...J-L._..._j-l I I) 

Al30(I 

AllO(I 

D D M M 5 S N/S 

I • I I) 

Longitude AOO(I . 1-~-L- LmJ> 

D D D M M """S"St7i'' 

A71(l 

A72(1 I I 

L.-.L__.___.___._...___.__.___.__~· ....__.D. Township(s) A77(IL-...&......L.--I'~J , I I t , , ~) 

.-...._._--&.-.....__,.____._--L-.....__..'""""" ....... ' _.I.) Range(s) A78(! 1 I , I I ~""----') 

A73(1 Section(s) 

A79(~ L.....J L.J L....J LJ LJ> 

Al07( L'----------4J) Meridian(s) A81( ---------------- Quad Seale Aloo< Ll __.____. __ L..--....__........._-L-__.1> L---------------·--

QuadNo. or Name Mo< ______________________ ) 

Drainage Area (list J) M2( LL.._J ) 

Physiographic Province M3< L........J 

(list K) 

Comments A83( -------------------- _____________________________) 

(CRIB form Revision 8, 6-72) 

FIGURE 1.-Main reporting form (long form) for the CRIB mineral resources computer file. (Continued 

on following pages 13-17.) 

12 
(Record No. 

aJtU)IJY INFOitVtiiW: 2 a 4 5 

Commodities .'1 I I Present ClO(I 

Commodity Sp~cialist C20(I In fonnat 1 on .__ ...L......L-.L......I--L-..l..---L-_.__...L-L......I-..L.-..l..~-'--' I> 

6 

S i gn i fi cance MAJOR< ._I ...L.....l..-1--1---L---L-...L.....I-....JL-...L--L----L.__.__._~ I> (code from list E) 

MINOR< ._I -L-L-.L--L.....J.-J.......J..--L-~J.......J.._...__.__.__,.._.. I> 

2. 

7 

I I> 

I> 

I> 

COP~D(I._~~~~...J.-...J.-~~~~~ 

BY PROD ( 1.___._~__.___.___.____.__--L-........_...&.--~....._­

POTEN(I 

OCCUR<! 

~~~~~~~~~~'> 

~~~~~~--~--~'~ Ore minerals, rocks, etc. C30( ________________________________ __ 

Commodity --~------------------------------------) subtypes < ) 

or use categories C

4l -------------------

Mineral Economics Factors C42( ------------------- _______________________________________ ) 

Analytical Data C43( __________________ __ 

__________________________________ ) 

Conwnents C50( ________________________________ ___ 

EXPLORATHW ~~~==------------------------------> lfiD l&LOOfiif; 

Year of Discovery LlO( ___________________ ) 

By Whom L20 ( ) 

Nature of Discovery L30( U) (code from list L) 

Year of First Production L40( ___________________ ) 

Present or Last OWner A12(___ _ _______________ ) 

Present or Last Operator A13( ___________________ ) 

Work Done by USGS (earliest to present) 

Year Type of work (list M) Geologist and Results 

1 ) L41 (._I .............. "---L.._. I L-1 _.__~__,___._......__.I I ) 

2) L42 < .__I ~.__,___.! I 11-..4.~~_.__......__-L......LI I ) 

3) L 4 3( .__I ...L.---I'--'-....1' I I I ) 

and Results) 

Work Done by Other Organizations (earliest to present) 

Year Type of work (list M) Organization 

1) L50( I I I I . I 

2) L60( .__I ~'---L-....... 1 I '----'---L---L_...___._--L-__,1 • ) 

3) L70( I I I 

. '------------------------) 

(CRIB Form, Rev. 8, 6-72) 

FIGURE 1.-Continued. 

13 
EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT {Contd.) {Record No. 3. 

Reports Available UOO<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

-----------------------------------------------------> Conwnents UlO< --------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---

------------~~---------------------------------------> DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT 

Deposit Type{s) {List F) C40<._~----~~~~~~~-~~-~---- > 

Deposit Form/Shape {List N) MlO< > 

{units) 

Max Thickness M6o< _____ ) M61< ____ > Size Ml5( _____ ) 

u ... pth to Top M20< _____ ) M21< ____ > Strike M70<~-----> 

Depth to Botton M30 <. -~-~> M3l<. ____ ) Dip MBO< ______ ) 

Max Length M40( _____ > M41<. ______ ) Plunge M90< _____ ) 

Max Width MSO( _____ ) MSl< _____ ) Plunge dlr.MlOO< ) 

Status of Exploration or Development A2Q( __ ) {List B) 

} 

{Circle 

appropriat~ Property is: {Active) A21 {Inactive) A22 

Workings are: {Surface) Ml20 

For Underground Workings: 

(Underground) Ml30 

Depth Bel~ Surface Ml60<. ______ ) 

Length of Workings M170< ) 

For Open Workings {surface and underground): 

Over a 11 Len:, th of Mined Area Ml90(._~--~-> 

Overall Width of Mined Area M200< _____ > 

Overall Area M210( > 

Conments M220<. 

(Both) Ml40 labels) 

(units) 

M161< ___ ) 

Ml71< ) 

{units) 

Ml91( ) 

M201( __ _ 

M211< ___ _ 

> 

> -~----~~~~~~~----~~~--~~--~~----

_________________________ ) 

GENERAL REFERENCES 

1) Fl<.~------------- ----------

--------·----------------------> 

2) F2(~-------------------------------------------------

-------------~-----------------------------------> 3) F3<~-------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------> 

4) F4< ) 

{CRIB form, Revision 8, l/73) 

FIGURE 1.-Continued. 

14 
lffi.OOf ftiD MINEIW.OOi (Record No. 4. 

Host Rocks and Age Kl ( ------------------------------------------ --------------~------------------------------~> Assoc. Igneous Rocks K2 < 

and age ----------------------~------------------

Age of Mineralization 

Pertinent Mineralogy Other 

than Ore Minerals 

KJ< 

K4< 

-----------------------------------------4 

> 

Important Ore Control K5 < 

or Locus ------------------------·----------------- _________________ ) 

Major Region a 1 Structures N5 <. 

or Trends -----

Tectonic Setting 

Significant Local 

Structures 

Significant Alteration 

Process of Concentration 

or Enrichment 

Nl5< 

N70( 

) 

------------------------------~> 

------------------------- _______ ) 

N75<. ___ _ __________________________ ) 

NBO< ---------------------------- _________ ) 

Formations, Age, and Rock Types 

N30( -----------------------------------------------------) 

N35< > 

N40( ) 

N45< ) 

Igneous Units, Age, and Rock Types 

N~<. _______________________________________________________ ) 

NSS<. ) 

N60<( ) 

N65( ) 

Descriptive Notes NBS( _________________________________________ __ 

______________________ ) 

(!NERPJ_ (1)f1fNfS GEN < ________ _ 

-------------------------------------------------------> 

(CRIB form, revision 8, l/73) 

FIGURE !.-Continued. 

15 
1--' 

Q') 

(Record No. 5. 

Pfi)DUCflOO: (ore and commodities) (if figures not available, indicate amount by placing SML, MED, or WE in accuracy column) 

® YES NO (circle yes or no, if appropriate) 

(item) (accuracy) (amount) 

1) Dl(l 1 I I l..J......L_j) DlA<I I I I I I I 

2) D2<1 I I I W...W> D211(1 I I I I I I I 

3) D3(J 1 I I l.J....J...J> D3A<I I I I I I I I 

4) D4(1 I I I lJ.....LJ> D4Acq I ~ I I I I J 

5) D5(l I I I l..L...L.....J> D5A(! I I I I I I I 

6) D6<l I I I ~> D6A<I I I I I I I I 

7) D7(1 I I I LJ.....J> D7A(I I I I I I I I 

Production 

years DB< 

Comments DlO( 

I> 

I> 

!) 

I> 

I> 

I> 

I> 

> 

(thousand units) 

DlB(I I I I I I I I> 

D2B(I I I I I I I I> 

D3B(I I I I I I I> 

D4B(J 1 I I I I I I I> 

D5B(( 1 1 I I I I I !> 

D6B(I I I I I I> 

D7B(I I 1 I I I I I I> 

Source 

(grade or use) 

DlC( 

·------------------------------~> Di'C( . _______________________________ > 

D3C( . ______________________________ > 

D4C( 

D5C( 

D6C( 

D7C( 

-------------------------------> 

·------------------------------> 

·----------------------------~> 

-------------------------------> 

of Info, D9( __________________________________________> 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------> 

!£SERVES oon 

PQifNTIAL lfS(lJR(B: 

@ (item reported) 

(Items 1-6 are for reporting combined ore 1 mixed COI!Uilodi ty ore 1 and ind1 vidual commodities. 

If figures not available, indicate potential by placing SML1 MED 1 or WE in accuracy column.) 

(accuracy) (amour.t) (thousand units ) (grade or use) 

1) El(l I I I I I I I I ~> ElA(I I I I I I I I I> ElB(I I I I I I I I I> ElC( > 

2) E2(1 I I I I I I I I l.J....L_J) E2A<I I I I I I I I I> E2B(! I I I I I I I I> E2C(. > 

3) E3(1 I I I I I I I I l..J...J..J> E3A(! I I I I I I I I> E3B( I I I I I I I I I> E3C<. > 

4) E4( I I I I I I I I I l.J......L_l) E4A( I I I I I I I I I > E4B( I I I I I I I I I> E4C(. > 

5) E5(1 1 1 1 r 1 1 1 1 lJ.....L.J> E5A<I 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' I> E5B(I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I> E5c< > 

6) E6(1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ~> E6A(\ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I> E6B(I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I> E6c( ______________ _, 

Source of information E7( ) 

Caaments E8 

~--------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------> 

CRIB form Revision 8, 6-72 
-:t """"' 

(Record No. 6. 

!£SERVES OOLY: 

@ (lt• reported) (accuracy) (amount) (thouaand unite) (grade or use) 

l) m<l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I l.J....L.J> HlA<I 1 r 1 1 1 1 1 I> HlB<.I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -I>Kl.C< > 

2) H2<1 I I I I I I I I I LL...!..J> H2A< I 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 I> H2B< I ' 1 r 1 1 1 1 !>H2C > 

3) il3<1 I I I I !~> H3A<I I I I I I I I I> H3B<I I I I I I I I I>H)C<. ') 

4) H4<1 I I I I LJ.....J..j> H4A<I I I I I I I I I> H4B< I I I I I I I I !>H4C<. ') 

S) HS<I ~ I I I I I I I I L..w..J> HSA <I I I I I I I I I > HSB <. I I I I I I I I I> HSc< ') 

6) H6.d • I I 1 I I I I I .Lw....J> H6A(.I I I I I I I I I> Hle< I I I I I I I I I>H6C< _') 

Comment• H7'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> 

Source ot 1nfol'lllltion HB( ) 

POTEiYTIAI,. !£SOURCES: (exclusive of reserves) 

@ (item reported) (accuracy) (amoumo) (thousand units) (grade or uee) 

l) Jl<l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l...J.-L...J> ru<l 1 1 1 1 ' I> JlB<.I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I>Jlc > 

2> J2<1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I L.....LJ> Ju<l 1 1 1 , 1 1 I 1> J2B<.I I 1 1 1 I , , I>J2C<. > 

3) J)<l I I I I ~> J3A<I I I I I I I I> J3B( I I I I I I I I I>J)C( > 

4) J4<1 I I I I I I .l.J .... l...J> J4A<I I I I I I I I I> J4B(.I I I I I I I I I>J4C( > 

5) JS<I I I I I I I I I LJ....l....l > JSA (I I I I I I I I I> JSB <. I I I I I I I I I> JSC ( > 

6) J6<1 I I I I I I I I l...L..J...J> J6A(I I I I I I I I I> J6B<.I I I I I I I I !'>J6C(. ______ ') 

C~ent1 J7~-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> 

Source et intorutlen JB( ) 

CRIB form Revision 8, 6-72 

!'IT: 38Co-73 

FIGURE !.-Continued. 
J.\10<. ________________ ) CRIB FORM (Short Format) G) 

Deposit No. B40< >Record No. (leave blank) BlO<I 1 1 1 1 1.....LJ> 

Country A40<~) Q 1 D ~ File Link ID B50< ) 

(see list C, enter twice) ~ ~ y ) 

State A50< > C!:=::::!}. County A60<. > 

(see List D, enter code twice if in US) 

Reporter G2<. _______ -~--------:--:---> Date Gl<l-L...J L~> 

Last name first init. Submitted yr. mo. 

UTM Zone No. UTM Northing UTM Easting 

AllO<l...L...J_J> Al20<I I I I I I I If! I) Al30<I I I I I I ,., I) 

Township A77<~> 

CoiTITlodities Present ClO(I 

Range A78.C::~> Section(s) A79<~ LW l...J_J) 

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I> 

(see List E) 

Production (past or present): (§E) NO YES LGE MED SML. 

Deposit Type (see List F) C40< _____________________ _ ) 

Host and/or country rock and age Kl<. ____________________ _ 

Ore Materials (Minerals,rocks,etc) C30...._ _________________ _ 

Reference Fl<·-------------------------------

General Co~nts GEN<-------------------------~~ 

> 

> 

> 

> INT" 7~'11-7;;J ~/10/7~ 

Deposit Name AlO( _ _;_ _____________ ) CRIB FORM (Short Format) 0 

Deposit No. B40<---==-----> Record No. (leave blank) BlO<I 1 1 • 1 1 !) 

Country A40(LJ._J> ~ ~ File Link ID B50( _________ . > 

(see List C, enter twice)~ ~ (see P. 4 ) 

State A50( ) r.-1' 

(see List D, enter code tw1ce if in US) ~ County A60( ______ ) 

Reporter G2<--,--~---- Last name 

> Date Gl(LLJ LL....J) -.,..fl,...,r_s_t ____ ~i:-n-:-i-:-t.-- Submitted yr. mo. 

Latitude A70<L..LJ L-.L_j I 1 1 !) Longitude 

D D M M S S N/S 

A80 < '-' __.,____. __ I L....L_j I I I J > 

D D D M M S S E/W 

Township A77(1 I) Range A78(L-I _..~~I> Section(s) A79<~ LLJ w_j) 

Commodities Present ClO<I 1 , 1 I 1 , 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 

(see List E) 

Production (past or present): ~ NO YES LGE MED 

I I I I I I> 

SML 

Ueposit Type (see List F) C40<---------------------~-~> 

llos t and/or country rock and age Kl< ) 

Ore Materials (Minerals,rocks,etc) C30< > 

Reference Fl( ) 

General Conunents GEN<---------------------------

-----------------------------------------~~~> S"j.30/7A. 

FIGmp: 2 .. :-Two short forms used for entering data into the CRIB mineral resources file. T'· ese forms 

are identical except for the geographic coordinates fields: UTM grid coordinates (top) and geodetic 

coordinates (bottom). 

18 
• FORM- CRI8 DICTIONARY LISTING PAGE DOl • 

• tNT'=RNAL EXTERNAl SPACING OPTION USASI CLEAR TEXT • 

• 00010 • TITL'= oot 1 CRIB MINERAl RESOURCES FILE. REVISION 8 

• 0?440 8Hl 040 1 0 R ECORO IOENTIF I CATION • 

• 02450 ~10 042 1 RECORD NOoo•••••••••• • 0?460 IPO 042 1 RF.CORO TYPE•••••••••• 

• 0?4,, A 065 1 + A • 

• 02462 A 065 1 + 8 • 0246, 0 065 1 + I) 

• 0?41'14 u 06'> 1 + u • 

• 0246"1 4i 065 \ + s • 02466 L 061) 

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DEPOSIT NO••••••••••• 

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CJ-031 

NAME: D'AGOSTINO, JOHN P. 

DATE: 12 03 

NA~E••••••••••••••••••••• CHATHAM GREAT HILL COBALT NICKEL ARSENOPYRITE MINE 

STATUS OF ~XPLO~. OR OEV. 4 

PRnPFRTY IS INACTIVE 

~ISTPICT/A~EAo••••••••••• EA~T HA~PTON 

COUNTRY CODE••••••••••••• U~ 

COUNTRY NAME: 

UNITED STATES 

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CONNECTICUT 

COUN~Y••••••••••••••••••• MIDDLESEX 

QUAD SCALE 1: 250000 

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HAPTF'ORD 

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ARSENOPYRITE, SCUROOITE, NICCOLITE, SPHALERITE, GALENA, SMALTITE, CHAT~AMITE, ~KYTHRITE, PYRITE CHALCOPYRITE, COBALTITE, GERSOORFITF, 

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COMMODITY COMMENTS: 

FIVf FAILU~cS TO MINE COBAlT lND NICKEL BETWEEN 1762 AND 1855. FIRST 

PROSPFCTED IN 1661 FOP SILVEP.FROM 1770 TO 1781 SEBASTIAN STEPHANNEY MI~ED 

20 TONS COBALT ORE; FRO~ 1818 TO 1B21 SETH HUNT MINED FOR COBALT 1000 

POUNDS OF ORE ~HICH WAS NEARLY ALL NICKEL ORE. IN 1884 PROFESSOR CHARLES 

SHFPARD MINED WITH NO SUCCES~. FROM 1853 TO 1855 COBALT MINEC BY CHATHAM 

COBALT MININu COMPANY; MEAGFR PRODUCTION BUT MUCH DEVELOPMENT. PROSPECTED 

ABOUT O~E MILE ON STRIKE ABOUT N 70 OEG. EAST, DIP 50 DEG. NW; TWO V~ATICAL SHAFTS, TWO INCLINE~ SHAFTS, TWO ADITS AND ONE CROSS-CUT USED 

FOP MININ~. VtRTICAL DEPTH 120 FEfT, UNDFRGROUND DEVELOPMENT TOTALED 700 

TO 1000 FEET 0~ MORE. WORKINGS ARE WITHIN DISTANCE OF 1000 FT, ALONG ROTH 

Sl OFS :JF ~INE BROOK. TRENCH PRESENT 700 FEET DUE WEST OF CROSS-CUT 

QPFRATION WHICH IS SOUTHERN-MOST WO~KING. ORE FOUND IN BRECCIA ZONE AS 

WIDE ~P~EAD DISSEMINATIONS ANO ~ASSIVE IN VEIN QUAPTZ. ORE ZONF CUT RY PFG~ATITE DIKES, ARSENOPYRITF MOST CO~MON ORE IN VEIN QUARTZ. VEIN QUARTZ 

ABOUT ONE FOuT THICK. 

PAOOUCTION CORE AND COMMODITIFSI 

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PRODUCTION YEARS••••••• 11 1770 TO 1781; 211818 TO 1B21; 3) 1853 TO 1855 

SOURCE QF INFORMATION.. RLAKF, 1882 

CO~MENTS••••••••••••••• COMPLEX SULFIDE ORFS; ASSAYS OF 13 MINEO OUT ADIT 

AND TRENCH CHAN~EL SAMPLES SHOW NO DETECTABLE Nl OR CO EXCEPT FOR TRACE OF 

CO IN TwO SAMPLES; NOTE~ AASENOPYFITE CQMMON IN VEIN QUARTZ. ASSAY 

SAMPLE NO l9l AND 193 SHOW HIGH VALUES OF AG IN PPM,AS 2000 PPM, 8A 700 

PPM, ·CU 50 Pf0;4, PB 150 PPM, V l 00 PPM, ZN ZOO PPM. 

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AVAIL48LE. 

GEOLOGY CSALIENT FEATURES) 

HOST ANn/llR COU:IITRY ROCKS ANI') AGE.. MTOOLF ORDOVICIAN COLLINS HILL FOR~4TION 

ASSrCIATEO IGNEOUS ROCKS AND AG~... ~IDDLF P4LEOZOIC ~AI=IC AND ACiniC DIKFS 

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SILU11fl-OEVJ:'-4IAN BOLTON SCHIS'!' F"•JRMATiriii.STUGARO SHO-'S I"'FI.:RPfD FAULT 

T~F~nt~G ~ dO DEG. FAST J"'TFDSFCTING THF NORTHEPN VE~TICAL SHAFT AMO 0~ 

STPI~F wiTH T~E MAIN AOIT. ALL ROCKS A~~ niKES IN AREA META~ORPHOSEO • 

GF.NFPAL CuMME,T~: 

STUGAIIO ~E~L. MAP AT 1:24000; SH~WS MINF LCCATIO~; INCLUOES ASSAYS fPQM 1~53 TJ 1855 ~aR~INGS AS FntL,WS, U~WAS~EO ORE, N. 9.44 ~. en. 3.82~, FF llo85'r:, 54.78;, AS 7(}.ll'P,; WASHFD ORE, Nl 10.111:, CO 3.85~, FF 12.92'1, 

55.62t, A~ 67.44,.CHATH~M MI~F ASSAY SA'4PLES, "USGS LAR fiLES", SA~Plfc; 

NOS. ~CT 1·U, 193, IN Hlol lH!. 

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ll <;TUGA~O, JR., F., 1958o "PFI";MATITFS MIDDLETOWN AREA, CONN. •" IJSGS 1\ULL. 1~42-0o ~AP, TEXT P. 670-672 

2l BLAKF, IOI.P., 1~82o "MilllflUL RfSNJRCES flf U.S."t USGS, P. 401,402 

11 ~ANCDJFT, H., 19ltlt •nLn COF\ALT 1411\lf"t liSGS COMMOIJITY FILF, UIIIPUPL. ~AP, 

TFlfT, 1 P • 

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REPORTER 

NAME : WINDOLPH, JOHN F. 

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FCRM 

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A. ClO< ~I > COM~ODITitS PRESENT: 

R. C30< PENTLANOITE > ORE MATERIALS (MINERALS,~OCKS,FTC.): 

C. C30< PFNTLANDITE, > ORF MATERIALS IMINERALS,POCKS,ETC.): 

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STATE CODE••••••••••••••• 

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RfC8RD TYPE•••••••••• CCU~TRY/ORGANIZATI~N. 

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~A~c: WINO~LPH, JOHN F. DATF: 72 02 

NA~F AND L~CATIO~ 

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STATU~ nF E~PLOR. UR DEV. 

HAP[W "iiCK~l ~lllf IDE "liNE 

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COMMCDITY CO~ME~TS: 

SULFJ0FS JNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED IIIJ ALL POCK TYPES AS GRAIN$, AGGPFGATFS, 

THIN VfJNLETS AND MASSES UP TO FIVE JNCHFS THICK. TWO SHAFTS, NOW FLOODED. 

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PfoTINF~T MINEKALQGYo•••••••••••••• SPI~Fl, ZIRCON, HORNBLENDE, AIOT!Tf, 

SFRICITE, CrlLJklTE, CAPAnNATF, GAPNFT, 1LIVTNE, HYPERSTHENE, CLINOPYRJ~ENE, PLAGIOCLASE, QUAilTZ, APATTT~ 

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SMALL, Nu•~-SULI'IIlE RFAPING GIIA~ITIC r>IKFS. 

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PRODUCTION CO~E AND COMMODITIES) 

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COMMENTS............... PRODUCTION fiGURES LACKING ----cURRoDlT'1-"SUBTYPE~USE"-CATEOORlE"S1"""-"""R11IDY~OIJSTRY 

NAME: O•AGOSTINO, JOHN Po 

RECORD NOo••••••••••• W000173 

QIDWRANGLE NOUR NAME HARTI'ORD 

STATE CODE............... OT9~~~~-------------------­ COUNtY •••••••••••• ~ •••••• LITCHFIELD 

NAME••••••••••••••••••••• ROXBURY fALLS GARNET QUARRY NO. FJ-015 OTSTIHCT7ARE~ • ~---;-~. • ;---sO\JTRE"AST BERKSHIRE HTGHLAJIIOS 

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SOURCE Of INFORMATION.. GATES, 1959 

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COMMODITY SU~TYPES OR USE CATEGORIES: MINEO fOR ABRASIVE INDUSTRY NAME: 0' AGOSTINO, 3UHI\I-"P .- - --------------------------------------

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