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Data Release - Digital subsurface data from previously published contoured maps of the tops of the Mowry Shale, Morrison Formation, and Minnelusa Formation, Powder River basin, Wyoming and Montana

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2022

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Goldberg, J., and Sweetkind, D.S., 2022, Data Release - Digital subsurface data from previously published contoured maps of the tops of the Mowry Shale, Morrison Formation, and Minnelusa Formation, Powder River basin, Wyoming and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9WG1GQ3.

Summary

This digital data release contains previously published contours on the tops of the Mowry Shale, Morrison Formation, and Minnelusa Formation. The maps are from a series of U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies (MF) showing computer-generated structure contours, isopachs, and cross sections of selected formations in the Powder River basin, Wyoming and Montana (Crysdale 1990, 1991a, 1991b). The maps were constructed from information stored in a U.S. Geological Survey Evolution of Sedimentary Basins data base. This data base contains picks of geologic formation and (or) unit tops and bases determined from electric resistivity and gamma-ray logs of 8,592 wells penetrating Tertiary and older rocks in the Powder River basin. [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Judd Goldberg
Originator :
Judd Goldberg, Donald S Sweetkind
Metadata Contact :
Judd Goldberg
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Core Science Systems

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Powder_Crysdale.gdb.zip
“Geodatabase Repository”
438.43 KB application/zip
EntityAndAttribute_DataDictionary_Powder_Crysdale.csv
“Data Dictionary File”
5.26 KB text/csv
NonSpatialTables.zip
“Non Spatial Tables Repository”
4.7 KB application/zip
Powder_Crysdale_SHP.zip
“Shapefiles Repository”
411.9 KB application/zip

Purpose

This digital dataset was created as part of U.S. Geological Survey efforts to inventory, catalog, and release subsurface geologic data in geospatial form as part of a broad directive to develop 2D and 3D geologic information at detailed, national, and continental scales. The elevation, thickness, and extent of subsurface geologic units are required to define the geologic layering in any digital geologic framework model; these data, derived from previous USGS and other studies, provide a fundamental starting point. The intended uses of this dataset include, but are not limited to, natural resource modeling, mapping, and visualization.

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