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 Prepared in cooperation with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas*Preliminary Integrated Geologic Map Databases for the United States*U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1108version 1.0Preliminary Geologic Map of the Cook Inlet Region, Alaska—Including parts of the Talkeetna, Talkeetna Mountains, Tyonek, Anchorage, Lake Clark, Kenai, Seward, Iliamna, Seldovia, Mount Katmai, and Afognak 1:250,000-scale QuadranglesGeologic map compiled by Frederic H. Wilson, Chad P. Hults, Henry R. Schmoll, Peter J. Haeussler, Jeanine M. Schmidt, Lynn A. Yehle, and Keith A. Labay;**Digital files prepared by Frederic H. Wilson, Chad P. Hults, Keith A. Labay, and Nora Shew2009NOTE:
**This Open-File Report represents one preliminary part of a larger planned series of integrated geologic databases that will ultimately be available for the entire United States. This interim version is being released now in order to provide ready access to standardized geologic data for use in regional analyses and to meet product distribution goals. The final compilation of these state databases will allow integration of the data that are found on state-scale geologic maps, presented in a uniform database structure. This Open-File Report is similar to but will not be identical to the final version of these data.**
*Introduction*
The growth in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has highlighted the need for digital geologic maps that have been attributed with information about age and lithology.  Such maps can be conveniently used to generate derivative maps for manifold special purposes such as mineral-resource assessment, metallogenic studies, tectonic studies, and environmental research. This report is part of a series of integrated geologic map databases that cover the entire United States.

Three national-scale geologic maps that portray most or all of the United States already exist; for the conterminous U.S., King and Beikman (1974a,b) compiled a map at a scale of 1:2,500,000, Beikman (1980) compiled a map for Alaska at 1:2,500,000 scale, and for the entire U.S., Reed and others (2005a,b) compiled a map at a scale of 1:5,000,000. A digital version of the King and Beikman map was published by Schruben and others (1994).  Reed and Bush (2004) produced a digital version of the Reed and others (2005a) map for the conterminous U.S.  The present series of maps is intended to provide the next step in increased detail.  State geologic maps that range in scale from 1:100,000 to 1:1,000,000 are available for most of the country, and digital versions of these state maps are the basis of this product.

The digital geologic maps presented here are in a standardized format as ARC/INFO export files and as ArcView shape files.  The files named __geol contain geologic polygons and line (contact) attributes; files named __fold contain fold axes; files named __lin contain lineaments; and files named __dike contain dikes as lines.  Data tables that relate the map units to detailed lithologic and age information accompany these GIS files. The map is delivered as a set 1:250,000-scale quadrangle files. To the best of our ability, these quadrangle files are edge-matched with respect to geology.  When the maps are merged, the combined attribute tables can be used directly with the merged maps to make derivative maps.
*Procedures*
The digital datasets that form the basis for this product were compiled and created using existing published and unpublished data. Alaska spatial and text databases in this series are all linked through the use of a field, called *nsaclass*, that is related to the age and lithology of the map units contained on each map. (Note: database field names are in *italics*). Two fields which have been added to the polygon attribute table (PAT) and also in the text databases, *nsaclass* and *qclass,* are used to store information that correlates individual map units between sources. *Nsaclass* is used to make regional unit assignments and generally reflects a known or an inferred correlation of map units. For example, all "Surficial deposits, undivided" are assigned an *nsaclass* code of 100. The schema for *nsaclass* was developed as regional maps throughout Alaska were compiled and reflects an iterative process. As new or additional information became available, the *nsaclass* code for a particular map unit may have changed, either to reflect lumping or finer separation of map units. *Nsaclass* is used to cover the entire geologic time scale, whereas the similar *qclass* is restricted to and provides finer detail for Quaternary map units. A *source* field and a field called *nsamod* are also added. *Nsamod* provides information with respect to hydrothermal alteration or contact metamorphism of a map unit, either for the entire unit or on an individual polygon basis. In this way, the *nsaclass* field needs only to store the primary map unit information. *Source* is a coded reference citation, indicating the manuscript or other source for the information. The format for source is XX###, where XX is the two letter quadrangle code (CAPITAL letters) and ### is a three digit number (using leading zeros) to indicate a specific reference. Finally, a field called *lith2* is in the PAT as a scratch field; no uniform schema has been developed for this field.

The standardized attribute tables were generated by extracting information from the legends of the source maps and also data generated by the compilers of this regional map.  Thus, the age and lithology information in the attribute tables may, in some cases, conflict with the information on the legends of the original source maps that may have been compiled decades ago. The standardized attribute tables record an abstracted map unit description, lithologic and age information, and references.

 The spatial databases are provided in the native UTM projection of the sources as well as geographic coordinates. The UTM projection parameters are described in the metadata (note that the datum is NAD’27). Because of limitations of the UTM projection for regional maps, provided here are the parameters for the Albers Equal Area projection commonly used in Alaska for regional or state-wide products: 

 Projection: Albers equal Area              Horizontal datum: NAD’27              Spheroid: Clarke, 1866              1st Standard parallel: 55 degrees North               2nd Standard parallel: 65 degrees North              Central meridian: 154 degrees West              Latitude of projection origin: 50 degrees North              Units: meters              False easting (meters): 0              False northing (meters): 0
A "read me" file provides additional information about this product. [CI_readme.pdf]
ArcView files can be viewed with the free viewer, ArcExplorer, which can be downloaded from http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/.
*References*
Beikman, H.M., 1980, Geology of Alaska:  U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:2,500,000.

King, P.B., and Beikman, H.M., 1974a, Geologic map of the United States: Reston, Va., U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:2,500,000.

King, P.B., and Beikman, H.M., 1974b, Explanatory text to accompany the geologic map of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 901, 40 p. 

Reed, J.C. and Bush, C.A., 2004, Generalized Geologic Map of the Conterminous United States, U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:7,500,000. (URL https://pubs.usgs.gov/atlas/geologic/)

Reed, J.C., Jr., Wheeler, J.O., and Tucholke, B.E., 2005a, Geologic map of North America: Boulder, Colo., Geological Society of America, Decade of North American Geology, 3 sheets, scale 1:5,000,000. 

Reed, J.C., Jr., Wheeler, J.O., and Tucholke, B.E., 2005b, Geologic map of North America – Perspectives and explanation: Boulder, Colo., Geological    Society of America, Decade of North American Geology, p. 1-28. 

Schruben, P.G., Arndt, R.E., and Bawiec, W.J., 1994, Geology of the Conterminous United States at 1:2,500,000 Scale — A Digital Representation of the 1974 P.B. King and H.M. Beikman Map, U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series 11, release 2. (URL https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds11/)

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Supplemental attribute TABLES FOR Cook Inlet region geologic map 
FileMaker Pro files archive  (FP7.zip)

 file size: 1.1 MB

Comma-separated ASCII files archive (CSV.zip)

 file size: 296 kB

DBF files archive (DBF.zip)

 file size: 232 kB

Filemaker Pro runtime application archive (CIruntime.zip)

 file size: 37 MB

Cook Inlet exploratory oil and gas wells (spreadsheet) archive (CIwell_data.xls.zip) 

 file size: 40 kB
PDF files of the geologic map and text
Cook Inlet region geology (north), sheet 1  (of2009-1108_sheet1.pdf; ~52" x ~41")

 file size: 25.7 MB

Cook Inlet region geology (south), sheet 2  (of2009-1108_sheet2.pdf; ~58" x ~40")

 file size: 23.9 MB

Text for Cook Inlet region map  (of2009-1108_text.pdf; 54 pages)

 file size: 504 kB

Table 1 (age determinations) for Cook Inlet region map  (CIage_data.pdf)

 file size: 592 kB

 
METADATA / TEXT 
Metadata as HTML

 file size: 142 kB
Metadata as FAQ (HTML)

 file size: 85.5 kB
metadata as text

 file size: 125 kB
metadata as XML

 file size: 83.1 kB
ARC/INFO shadeset (wpgcmykg.shd)

 file size: 120 kB

ARCGIS style sheet (wpgcmykg.style)

 file size: 928 kB

*Afognak                Anchorage                Iliamna                  Kenai                Lake Clark                Mount Katmai                Seldovia                Seward                Talkeetna                Talkeetna Mountains                Tyonek                            Select individual quadrangle or scroll down.*Afognak Quadrangle*UTM zone 5FILES SPATIAL DATA                     Arc Export (.e00) files 
UTM projection 

Geographic coordinates 

afgeol.e00

file size: 1.76 MB 

afgeol_dd.e00

file size: 1.76 MB 

affold.e00

file size: 6 kB 

affold_dd.e00

file size: 6 kB 

aflin.e00

file size: 4 kB 

aflin_dd.e00

file size: 4 kB 
ArcView shapefiles (.shp) 
afgeol.zip

file size: 766 kB 

afgeol_dd.zip

file size: 705 kB 

affold.zip

file size: 2 kB 

affold_dd.zip

file size: 2 kB 

aflin.zip

file size: 2 kB 

aflin_dd.zip

file size: 2 kB 

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*Anchorage Quadrangle*UTM zone 6FILES SPATIAL DATA                     Arc Export (.e00) files 
UTM projection 

Geographic coordinates 

angeol.e00

file size: 10.61 MB 

angeol_dd.e00

file size: 10.61 MB 

andike.e00

file size: 107 kB 

andike_dd.e00

file size: 107 kB 

anfold.e00

file size: 29 kB 

anfold_dd.e00

file size: 29 kB 

anlin.e00

file size: 27 kB 

anlin_dd.e00

file size: 27 kB 
ArcView shapefiles (.shp) 
angeol.zip

file size: 3.34 MB 

angeol_dd.zip

file size: 5.72 MB 

andike.zip

file size: 24 kB 

andike_dd.zip

file size: 27 kB 

anfold.zip

file size: 9 kB 

anfold_dd.zip

file size: 9 kB 

anlin.zip

file size: 9 kB 

anlin_dd.zip

file size: 8 kB 

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*Iliamna Quadrangle*UTM zone 5FILES SPATIAL DATA                     Arc Export (.e00) files 
UTM projection 

Geographic coordinates 

ilgeol.e00

file size: 9.46 MB 

ilgeol_dd.e00

file size: 9.46 MB 

ilfold.e00

file size: 24 kB 

ilfold_dd.e00

file size: 25 kB 

illin.e00

file size: 37 kB 

illin_dd.e00

file size: 37 kB 
ArcView shapefiles (.shp) 
ilgeol.zip

file size: 3.94 MB 

ilgeol_dd.zip

file size: 3.50 MB 

ilfold.zip

file size: 7 kB 

ilfold_dd.zip

file size: 7 kB 

illin.zip

file size: 10 kB 

illin_dd.zip

file size: 9 kB 

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*Kenai Quadrangle*UTM zone 5FILES SPATIAL DATA                     Arc Export (.e00) files 
UTM projection 

Geographic coordinates 

kngeol.e00

file size: 11.37 MB 

kngeol_dd.e00

file size: 11.37 MB 

knfold.e00

file size: 18 kB 

knfold_dd.e00

file size: 18 kB 

knlin.e00

file size: 121 kB 

knlin_dd.e00

file size: 121 kB 
ArcView shapefiles (.shp) 
kngeol.zip

file size: 5.07 MB 

kngeol_dd.zip

file size: 4.61 MB 

knfold.zip

file size: 6 kB 

knfold_dd.zip

file size: 6 kB 

knlin.zip

file size: 28 kB 

knlin_dd.zip

file size: 27 kB 

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*Lake Clark Quadrangle*UTM zone 5FILES SPATIAL DATA                     Arc Export (.e00) files 
UTM projection 

Geographic coordinates 

lcgeol.e00

file size: 26.20 MB 

lcgeol_dd.e00

file size: 26.20 MB 

lcdike.e00

file size: 25 kB 

lcdike_dd.e00

file size: 25 kB 

lclin.e00

file size: 69 kB 

lclin_dd.e00

file size: 69 kB 
ArcView shapefiles (.shp) 
lcgeol.zip

file size: 12.0 MB 

lcgeol_dd.zip

file size: 10.68 MB 

lcdike.zip

file size: 7 kB 

lcdike_dd.zip

file size: 7 kB 

lclin.zip

file size: 18 kB 

lclin_dd.zip

file size: 16 kB 

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*Mount Katmai Quadrangle*UTM zone 5FILES SPATIAL DATA                     Arc Export (.e00) files 
UTM projection 

Geographic coordinates 

mkgeol.e00

file size: 9.02 MB 

mkgeol_dd.e00

file size: 9.02 MB 

mkfold.e00

file size: 6 kB 

mkfold_dd.e00

file size: 7 kB 
ArcView shapefiles (.shp) 
mkgeol.zip

file size: 3.92 MB 

mkgeol_dd.zip

file size: 5.74 MB 

mkfold.zip

file size: 3 kB 

mkfold_dd.zip

file size: 2 kB 

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*Seldovia Quadrangle*UTM zone 5FILES SPATIAL DATA                     Arc Export (.e00) files 
UTM projection 

Geographic coordinates 

svgeol.e00

file size: 9.67 MB 

svgeol_dd.e00

file size: 9.67 MB 

svfold.e00

file size: 50 kB 

svfold_dd.e00

file size: 50 kB 

svdike.e00

file size: 83 kB 

svdike_dd.e00

file size: 84 kB 

svlin.e00

file size: 15 kB 

svlin_dd.e00

file size: 16 kB 
ArcView shapefiles (.shp) 
svgeol.zip

file size: 3.20 MB 

svgeol_dd.zip

file size: 7.01 MB 

svfold.zip

file size: 5 kB 

svfold_dd.zip

file size: 5 kB 

svdike.zip

file size: 20 kB 

svdike_dd.zip

file size: 19 kB 

svlin.zip

file size: 4 kB 

svlin_dd.zip

file size: 4 kB 

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*Seward Quadrangle*UTM zone 6FILES SPATIAL DATA                     Arc Export (.e00) files 
UTM projection 

Geographic coordinates 

srgeol.e00

file size: 16.40 MB 

srgeol_dd.e00

file size: 16.40 MB 

srfold.e00

file size: 6 kB 

srfold_dd.e00

file size: 6 kB 

srdike.e00

file size: 20 kB 

srdike_dd.e00

file size: 20 kB 

srlin.e00

file size: 104 kB 

srlin_dd.e00

file size: 104 kB 
ArcView shapefiles (.shp) 
srgeol.zip

file size: 5.51 MB 

srgeol_dd.zip

file size: 12.22 MB 

srfold.zip

file size: 2 kB 

srfold_dd.zip

file size: 2 kB 

srdike.zip

file size: 5 kB 

srdike_dd.zip

file size: 6 kB 

srlin.zip

file size: 25 kB 

srlin_dd.zip

file size: 31 kB 

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*Talkeetna Quadrangle*UTM zone 5FILES SPATIAL DATA                     Arc Export (.e00) files 
UTM projection 

Geographic coordinates 

tlgeol.e00

file size: 4.79 MB 

tlgeol_dd.e00

file size: 4.79 MB 
ArcView shapefiles (.shp) 
tlgeol.zip

file size: 2.01 MB 

tlgeol_dd.zip

file size: 1.84 MB 

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*Talkeetna Mountains Quadrangle*UTM zone 6FILES SPATIAL DATA                     Arc Export (.e00) files 
UTM projection 

Geographic coordinates 

tkgeol.e00

file size: 4.65 MB 

tkgeol_dd.e00

file size: 4.65 MB 

tklin.e00

file size: 106 kB 

tklin_dd.e00

file size: 106 kB 
ArcView shapefiles (.shp) 
tkgeol.zip

file size: 2.01 MB 

tkgeol_dd.zip

file size: 1.80 MB 

tklin.zip

file size: 18 kB 

tklin_dd.zip

file size: 17 kB 

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*Tyonek Quadrangle*UTM zone 5FILES SPATIAL DATA                     Arc Export (.e00) files 
UTM projection 

Geographic coordinates 

tygeol.e00

file size: 10.84 MB 

tygeol_dd.e00

file size: 10.84 MB 

tyfold.e00

file size: 10 kB 

tyfold_dd.e00

file size: 11 kB 

tydike.e00

file size: 89 kB 

tydike_dd.e00

file size: 89 kB 

tylin.e00

file size: 7 kB 

tylin_dd.e00

file size: 7 kB 
ArcView shapefiles (.shp) 
tygeol.zip

file size: 5.42 MB 

tygeol_dd.zip

file size: 6.75 MB 

tyfold.zip

file size: 4 kB 

tyfold_dd.zip

file size: 4 kB 

tydike.zip

file size: 19 kB 

tydike_dd.zip

file size: 20 kB 

tylin.zip

file size: 2 kB 

tylin_dd.zip

file size: 2 kB 

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