cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5066/p9bc902b
title: Data for generating statistical maps of soil cobalt concentrations in the conterminous United States

description: The product data are six statistics that were estimated for the chemical concentration of cobalt in the soil C horizon of the conterminous United States (Smith and others, 2013). The estimates are made at 9998 locations that are uniformly distributed across the conterminous United States. The six statistics are the mean for the isometric log-ratio transform of the concentrations, the equivalent mean for the concentrations, the standard deviation for the isometric log-ratio transform of the concentrations, the probability of exceeding a concentration of 24.4 milligrams per kilogram, the 0.95 quantile for the isometric log-ratio transform of the concentrations, and the equivalent 0.95 quantile for the concentrations. Each statistic may be used to generate a statistical map that shows an attribute of the distribution of cobalt concentration. Smith, D.B., Cannon, W.F., Woodruff, L.G., Solano, Federico, Kilburn, J.E., and Fey, D.L., 2013, Geochemical and mineralogical data for soils of the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 801, 19 p., https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/801/
DOI: 10.5066/p9byv5h4
title: Digital map of iron sulfate minerals, other mineral groups, and vegetation of the western United States derived from automated analysis of Landsat 8 satellite data

description: Multispectral remote sensing data acquired by Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) sensor were analyzed using an automated technique to generate surficial mineralogy and vegetation maps of the conterminous western United States. Six spectral indices (e.g. band-ratios), highlighting distinct spectral absorptions, were developed to aid in the identification of mineral groups in exposed rocks, soils, mine waste rock, and mill tailings across the landscape. The data are centered on the western U.S. and cover portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, the Canada-U.S. border, and the Mexico-U.S. border during the summers of 2013 ? 2014. Methods used to process the images and algorithms used to infer mineralogical composition of surficial materials are detailed in Rockwell and others (2021) and were similar to those developed by Rockwell (2012; 2013). Final maps are provided as ERDAS IMAGINE (.img) thematic raster images and contain pixel values representing mineral and vegetation group classifications. Rockwell, B.W., 2012, Description and validation of an automated methodology for mapping mineralogy, vegetation, and hydrothermal alteration type from ASTER satellite imagery with examples from the San Juan Mountains, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3190, 35 p. pamphlet, 5 map sheets, scale 1:100,000, http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.2769.9365. Rockwell, B.W., 2013, Automated mapping of mineral groups and green vegetation from Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery with an example from the San Juan Mountains, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3252, 25 p. pamphlet, 1 map sheet, scale 1:325,000, http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.2507.7925. Rockwell, B.W., Gnesda, W.R., and Hofstra, A.H., 2021, Improved automated identification and mapping of iron sulfate minerals, other mineral groups, and vegetation from Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager Data: San Juan Mountains, Colorado, and Four Corners Region: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3466, scale 1:325,000, 51 p. pamphlet, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3466.
DOI: 10.5066/p9ciaxc5
title: Audiomagnetotelluric data, Buffalo River watershed, Arkansas, 2017

description: This dataset includes the locations for audio-magnetotelluric (AMT) sounding data collected in August 2017 in the Buffalo River watershed of northern Arkansas by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The sites were mostly alongside Osage Creek and its intermittent tributaries. Along with geologic mapping, the USGS used AMT data at 6 sites along a southwest-northeast profile of about 7 kilometers across the inferred northeastern margin of the Bear Creek uplift within the southern Ozark Dome to better constrain the buried, northeastern margin of the Bear Creek uplift.
DOI: 10.5066/p9cqj0xr
title: Geochemical analyses of surface water, groundwater and springs surrounding Mount Emmons near Crested Butte, Colorado (ver. 2.0, September 2020)

description: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS), and Coal Creek Watershed Coalition (CCWC) working independently, have intermittently collected samples of surface- and groundwater and springs around Mount Emmons, near Crested Butte, Colorado. This data release is a compilation of the comprehensive inorganic chemical analyses conducted as a result of that sampling. The earliest samples were collected in the summer of 1997, and subsequent sampling has continued through 2017. Water samples collected in the Elk Creek basin, sample identifiers starting with EC, have been previously published in three U.S. Geological Survey reports; Verplanck and others, 2007, Manning and others, 2008, and Verplanck and others, 2010. These reports contain figures showing locations of samples including samples from underground in the Standard Mine. The geochemical analyses for this compilation were conducted by several analytical laboratories, so potential users of the data should be aware of uncertainties introduced by direct comparison of data from more than one lab. Nevertheless, these data serve as a record of potential changes and trends in water chemistry over a 20-plus year period that may be useful for evaluation of long-term environmental changes. Mount Emmons is interesting because it is host to a number of mineral deposits of various types, including polymetallic vein systems (primarily Pb-Zn deposits) and porphyry Mo deposit(s). If these deposits are exposed to the oxygenated weathering environment, they may produce acidic waters that are rich in heavy metals such as Zn, Cd, Pb, and other elements. The alteration halos surrounding the mineralized areas also can be weathered to mobilize heavy metals in the environment. Acidic, metal-rich waters typical of these environments are found around Mount Emmons, some of which are natural and some of which are of anthropogenic origin.
DOI: 10.5066/p9dsrldz
title: Field and Laboratory data of pipe scale forming in acid mine drainage pipelines at Iron Mountain and Leviathan Mines, California

description: Pipelines carrying acid mine drainage at Iron Mountain and Leviathan Mines (CA, USA) develop pipe scale, a precipitate that forms inside the pipelines. The U.S. Geological Survey is studying the composition of the pipe scale and the acid mine drainage water flowing through the pipeline through field samples and laboratory experimentation. This data release provides the data from the studies of the pipelines from 2012-2015 as a data compendium to a journal publication, and includes (1) water chemistry of the acid mine drainage; (2) mineralogy of pipe scale (X-ray diffraction and chemical extractions); and (3) laboratory experiment results.
DOI: 10.5066/p9eev8e7
title: In situ U-Pb dating of apatite and rutile from St. Francois Mountains IOA and IOCG deposits, southeast Missouri

description: Apatite (Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)) and rutile (TiO2) samples were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from the iron oxide-apatite-rare earth element (IOA-REE) and iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposits hosted by the Mesoproterozoic, St. Francois Mountains terrane, southeast Missouri. Samples were prepared and analyzed for direct age dating on a laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (LA-ICP-MS) system at the USGS in Denver, Colorado from May 2016 to June 2019.
DOI: 10.5066/p9eexcki
title: Geochemistry of ore, host rock, and mine waste pile samples of iron oxide-apatite (IOA) deposits of the eastern Adirondack Highlands, New York, in relation to potential rare earth elements resources, 2016-2018

description: Thirty-four ore, twenty-nine mine waste, seven host rock, two pegmatite, and one slag sample were collected from iron oxide-apatite (IOA) mines in the eastern Adirondack Highlands near Mineville and Ticonderoga, New York, from March 2016 to August 2018. The waste pile samples included twenty-five samples collected from rubble-sized mine waste piles and four samples from processed tailings piles. The ore from historic iron mines of the eastern Adirondack Highlands, New York, contain abundant quantities of rare earth element (REE)-bearing apatite crystals. These apatite crystals are especially enriched in Y, La, Ce, and Nd. In-ground ore, mine waste piles, and tailings piles could contain apatite and other REE-bearing phases at elevated concentrations indicating potential as REE resources. This is the first geochemical database for a regional subset of IOA ore and mine waste products. Waste pile sampling was accomplished by adapting the sampling strategy outlined by Smith and others (2000, 2006), which included collecting 30 to 50 evenly distributed aliquots (subsamples) from across each waste pile that were composited to form a representative composite sample for the pile. The resulting samples ranged from 12.75 to 32.50 pounds (5.78 to 14.74 kilograms) of material, which were crushed, homogenized, and split prior to geochemical analysis. Major elements were analyzed by wavelength dispersive x-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) and 60-element analyses was completed by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy-mass spectroscopy (ICP-OES-MS). Ore samples were preferably collected in situ from the ore seams, but clasts were collected from waste piles if the ore seam was inaccessible. A wide range in chemical values exists for the ore and waste pile samples. Total REE (lanthanides plus yttrium) varies from 11 to greater than 22,000 parts per million (ppm) for waste piles and 15 to greater than 47,000 ppm for ore samples. All waste pile samples have light REE greater than heavy REE content, with light REE/heavy REE ratio ranging from 1.43 to 35.30, with a median value of 2.14. A positive correlation for all samples exists between REE and Th, indicating the potential for radiometric surveys as a tool for vectoring toward higher grade resources. References: Smith, K.S., Ramsey, C.A., and Hageman, P.L., 2000, Sampling strategy for the rapid screening of mine-waste dumps on abandoned mine lands, in ICARD 2000---Proceedings from the Fifth International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Denver, Colorado, May 21-24, 2000: Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., p. 1453-1461. Smith, K.S., Hageman, P.L., Ramsey, C.A., Wildeman, T.R., and Ranville, J.F., 2006, Reconnaissance sampling and characterization of mine-waste material, in Proceedings of the US Environmental Protection Agency Hard Rock Mining 2006 Conference, Tucson, Arizona, November 14-16, 2006, p. 1-14.
DOI: 10.5066/p9f68aqp
title: Audiomagnetotelluric sounding data in the Silverton Caldera complex, Colorado, 2019

description: This dataset includes audiomagnetotelluric (AMT) sounding data collected in July 2019 in the Silverton Caldera complex, Colorado, in the Southern Rocky Mountain Volcanic Field, by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Along with geologic mapping, airborne magnetics, airborne electromagnetics, and magnetotellurics, the USGS collected AMT data at 26 sites along five profiles ranging from 2 to 5 kilometers in length: across Red Mountain of the Silverton caldera, within the caldera in Eureka Graben, across the south-eastern margin of the caldera along Arrastra Gulch, across the southern margin of the caldera along the western margin of Kendall Mountain, and across the south-western margin of the caldera along South Fork Mineral Creek.
DOI: 10.5066/p9f7hfh7
title: Magnetotelluric data from Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois, and Kentucky, 2016-2019

description: This dataset consists of 127 wideband and 21 long-period magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected from 2016-2019 across parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois, and Kentucky. The U.S. Geological Survey acquired these data as part of regional investigations into the geologic and tectonic framework of the area and to support mineral resource and geologic hazard investigations. These data have been used to generate a 3D regional conductivity model of the area. Files included in this publication include measured electric- and magnetic-field time series as well as estimated impedance and vertical-magnetic field transfer functions.
DOI: 10.5066/p9fa0hi0
title: Argon data for Nepal

description: This dataset accompanies planned publication 'Determining fault geometry through the transport-parallel distribution of thermochronometer cooling ages'. The Ar/Ar data is for samples that record the thermal history of the area. The geochronology provides time constraints for the thermal histories studied in the manuscript. Samples were collected from Nepal, overseen by Nadine McQuarrie (University of Pittsburgh), who sent them to the USGS Denver Argon Geochronology Laboratory for Ar/Ar analysis.
DOI: 10.5066/p9flkjkk
title: Electrical and electromagnetic geophysical surveys at Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam, Chattahoochee, Florida, March 2018

description: Surface electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), electromagnetic induction (EMI), and self-potential (SP) data were acquired March 9 - 20, 2018 by the U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at the Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam near Chattahoochee, Florida. Eleven ERT profiles were acquired along the right (west) abutment, and immediately downstream, of the concrete, fixed-crest spillway located west of the lock to map geologic structure at depths up to 50 meters (m) using the Advanced Geosciences, Inc. SuperSting R8 resistivity meter. Frequency-domain electromagnetic induction data were acquired along approximately 9 line-kilometers with the Geophex GEM-2 system to map variations in structure up to about 10 m in depth. Self-potential data were acquired at 384 unique stations with Borin Stelth 3 copper-copper sulfate porous-pot electrodes and Keysight U1253B high-impedance multimeter to identify variations in subsurface hydrologic flow. This data release includes raw data for all methods as well as processed data and/or inverted resistivity models. Digital data from all methods are provided, and data fields are defined in respective data dictionaries. Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam is located on the Apalachicola River just south of the confluence of the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers along the Florida-Georgia border. Construction was completed in 1954 and impounds Lake Seminole. The dam has a long history of excessive seepage along the right abutment and below the fixed-crest spillway. Several karst features have been mapped over the years including sinkholes, both on land and along the lake bottom, and disappearing and reappearing streams. Such features were excavated and grouted during construction. Despite years of investigation of the dam foundation, there remains uncertainty on the flowpaths of water below the fixed-crest spillway and along the adjacent right abutment.
DOI: 10.5066/p9fn6j0l
title: Argon data for Southern Patagonian Andes

description: This dataset accompanies planned publication 'Detrital record of the Late Oligocene - Early Miocene mafic volcanic arc in the Southern Patagonian Andes (~51S) from single-clast geochronology and trace element geochemistry'. The Ar/Ar data is for samples that record the detrital sedimentary record of the basin. The geochronology provides time constraints for the sedimentation studied in the manuscript. Samples were collected from the Magallanes-Austral Basin, and collection was supervised by Julie Fosdick, who sent them to the USGS for Ar/Ar analysis.
DOI: 10.5066/p9g2b6hf
title: Hg Concentrations of Fish Tissue Samples in the Vicinity of Yellow Pine, Idaho

description: The USGS examined mercury (Hg) concentrations in fish populations inhabiting impacted and reference streams as part of an investigation into the transport of trace metals in a watershed impacted by legacy mercury mining downstream from the Cinnabar mine site, Valley County, ID. Fish were sampled through an electrofishing survey utilizing a two-pass quantitative depletion approach where possible. Five reaches were selected in the Sugar Creek/Cinnabar Creek watershed, including two background reaches (ID020; ID021) with negligible mining impacts, Cinnabar Creek above the confluence with Sugar Creek (ID019), and two sites on Sugar Creek below the confluence with Cinnabar Creek (ID018 and ID010). Juvenile Bull trout (S. confluentus) were present at all five monitoring sites, and specimens of similar size were selected under permitting with the US Fish and Wildlife Service for laboratory analysis. Sculpin (Cottus Sp.) were present in the two background reaches and on one Sugar Creek reach downstream from the Cinnabar mine site. Three Chinook Salmon (O. tshawytscha) samples were obtained through the Nez Perce Fisheries Resources Program from two carcasses found along Sugar Creek downstream of the Cinnabar mine site. Fish muscle tissue was sampled in the laboratory and analyzed for Hg concentrations by thermal decomposition, amalgamation, and atomic absorption spectrophotometry using direct Hg analyzers, DMA-80 and DMA-80 wide range (method detection limit 0.04 nanograms of mercury (ng Hg)). Lower Hg concentrations were observed for fish from reference stream locations compared to sites downstream from the Cinnabar mine site and for salmon.
DOI: 10.5066/p9g2y71h
title: Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019

description: This dataset consists of 176 wideband magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected from 2015-2019 across parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) acquired these data as part of regional investigations into the geologic and tectonic framework of the area and to support mineral resource investigations. These data have been used to generate a 3D regional conductivity model of the area. Files included in this publication include measured electric- and magnetic-field time series as well as estimated impedance and vertical-magnetic field transfer functions.
DOI: 10.5066/p9gdwr0c
title: Crustal Architecture Beneath the Southern Midcontinent (USA) -- Data Grids and 3D Geophysical Models

description: Regional grid files and 3D voxel models were used to study crustal architecture beneath the Southern Midcontinent (USA) by McCafferty and others (2019). The study covered a rectangular, multi-state area of 924 by 924 kilometers centered on Missouri, and a corresponding volume extending from the topographic surface to a depth of 50 kilometers below sea level. The grid files consist of surface grids (magnetic field observation surface, topographic surface, Precambrian basement surface, and Moho interface) used to construct templates and initial physical property models for 3D inversions, observed geophysical data grids (Bouguer gravity anomaly and reduced-to-pole (RTP) aeromagnetic anomaly) used in the inversions, and calculated geophysical data grids produced by the inversions. All grids are sampled at a 2,000 by 2,000-meter grid interval. The 3D voxel models represent the density and magnetic susceptibility of the crust as interpreted using 3D inversion. The individual voxel elements are 2,000 by 2,000 meters by 500 meters thick. McCafferty, A. E., Phillips, J. D., Hofstra, A. H., &amp; Day, W. C., 2019, Crustal Architecture Beneath the Southern Midcontinent (USA) and Controls on Mesoproterozoic Iron-Oxide Mineralization from 3D Geophysical Models: Ore Geology Reviews, 102966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.102966
DOI: 10.5066/p9gwvw67
title: Influence of wildfire and beetle-caused canopy mortality on water temperature regimes in cutthroat trout streams, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO

description: This dataset was collected to build on past and ongoing monitoring and research efforts within Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP). Specifically, the data were collected to test the hypothesis that reductions in canopy cover due to natural disturbances (i.e. wildfire and beetle kill) result in increases in water temperature, or the longitudinal thermal gradient of a stream. Data values include stream temperature paired with light intensity data, and air temperature data to determine the influence of riparian canopy condition and longitudinal warming across a 1 km reach. Two control streams were selected: Ouzel Creek, which has virtually no riparian canopy due to a previous wildfire; and Hunters Creek, which has a dense and healthy riparian canopy. In search of similar size streams with variable riparian conditions, the authors discovered that the beetle caused tree mortality remained mostly upland within RMNP, whereas the riparian canopy appeared healthy and much less impacted along stream corridors. Instruments were deployed in the stream with the most potential for variability, Coney Creek, in 2014. Eventually two additional streams were investigated on the western side of RMNP: Columbine Creek, which has minor beetle caused mortality within the riparian canopy; and Bowen Gulch (outside of RMNP), which displays a breif 1 kilometer (km) reach of beetle impacted canopy located between dense riparian canopy and a wetland grass meadow. The downstream reach terminus is rendered as 0 meters (m) and each monitoring station is located upstream at 250 meter intervals over a 1km reach.
DOI: 10.5066/p9hzcrgv
title: Data to accompany U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1099: Petrographic, geochemical and geochronologic data for Cenozoic volcanic rocks of the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts, Nevada

description: This dataset is the assembled analytical results of geochemical, petrographic, and geochronologic data for samples, principally those of unmineralized Tertiary volcanic rocks, from the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield mining districts of west-central Nevada. Much of the data presented here for the Tonopah and Divide districts are for samples collected by Bonham and Garside (1979) during geologic mapping in and around those districts, whereas much of that for samples from the Goldfield district were obtained by Ashley (1974; 1979; 1990). Additional data were derived from samples collected between 2012-2017, as part of the U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program funded project titled: "Magmatic-tectonic history and component sources of major precious metal deposits in the southern Walker Lane". A small amount of additional geochemical data for samples from each of the districts were compiled from other sources.
DOI: 10.5066/p9iekjjr
title: U-Pb data for the Coles Hill uranium deposit, Virginia

description: Apatite [Ca5(PO4)3F], titanite [CaTiSiO5], and rutile [TiO2] samples were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from the Coles Hill uranium deposit, Virginia. The samples (in the form of polished thin sections) were prepared and analyzed for direct age dating on a laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (LA-ICPMS) system at the USGS in Denver, Colorado from August 2017 to March 2019.