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Surficial geologic map database of the Durango 1-degree by 2-degree quadrangle, southern Colorado: Contributions to the National Geologic Map

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2023

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Johnstone, S.A., Berry, M.E., Hudson, A.M., Ruleman, C.A., Alexander, K.A., and Turner, K.J., 2023, Surficial geologic map database of the Durango 1-degree by 2-degree quadrangle, southern Colorado: Contributions to the National Geologic Map: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9IE20T4.

Summary

This data release presents geologic map data for the surficial geology of the Durango 1-degree by 2-degree quadrangle and adjacent areas along the northern boundary of the quadrangle. The map area lies within two physiographic provinces of Fenneman (1928): the Southern Rocky Mountains province, and the Colorado Plateau province, Navajo section. Geologic mapping is mostly compiled from published geologic map data sources ranging from 1:24,000 to 1:250,000 scale, with limited new interpretive contributions. Gaps in map compilation are related to a lack of published geologic mapping, and not necessarily a lack of surficial deposits. Much of the geology incorporated from published geologic maps is adjusted based on digital elevation model [...]

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Durango_SurficialGeologicMap-metadata.xml
“FGDC Metadata”
Original FGDC Metadata

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112.34 KB application/fgdc+xml
Shapefiles_CSVs.zip
“Shapefile and CSV files of geologic map database”
16.31 MB application/zip
Durango_SurficialGeologicMap.gdb.zip
“Geodatabase of geologic map”
9.42 MB application/zip
Symbology.zip
“ArcPro .lyrx files with map symbology”
15.55 KB application/zip
Surficial_thumbnail.png thumbnail 1.35 MB image/png
Durango_SurficialGeologicMap_DataDictionary.csv
“Data dictionary”
24.39 KB text/csv

Purpose

The purpose of the data set is to present geologic map data at a variable scale between approximately 1:50,000 to 1:250,000. This data set represents a synthesis of published sources, with limited new remote interpretation, and is part of a growing compilation of geologic map data stemming from a transect through the Intermountain West at the 37° N parallel. This product directly contributes to the decadal, strategic goal of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping program to “create a variable-scale, national, integrated 2D and 3D geologic-framework model” (Brock and others, 2021).
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Level 1 revision by Margaret E Berry on February 29, 2024. The initial release of this dataset contained several missing attributes in reference fields for some records in the DataSources and GeologicProvinces tables in the file geodatabase (*.gdb) and text (*.csv) files. Symbolization errors for the Provinces feature class (Provinces.lyrx) are corrected.

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