GIS and Information Management - GGGSC
We support the geospatial component of Mineral Resources Program research and provide public access to research results and geospatial information. We facilitate all aspects of the data life cycle, including the publication and archiving of geospatial information and products. We also develop and steward national-scale data layers considered foundational to the Mineral Resources Program as well as implement geospatial technology to streamline or enhance research workflows.
What Our Project Does
The GIS Project provides GIS support to Mineral Resources Program (MRP) and other USGS projects. The project plays a pivotal role in the development, stewardship, and publication of local to national-scale data layers to meet the Federal mandate to provide geoscientific information to State and Federal agencies, private industry, and the public. GIS encompasses acquisition, compilation, processing, analyzing, modeling, visualizing, documenting, reviewing, publishing, and archiving of geospatial information products. The project conducts research using advanced geospatial technology and analyses to streamline workflows and to create innovative, multi-scale map products to support MRP's role in 21st Century science.
Tasks
GIS Support: provide ad hoc GIS and information management support to Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center (GGGSC) projects and to conduct specialized GIS tasks that are not directly related to other program projects.
GIS Operations: provide and maintain shared GIS, mapping, modeling, digitizing, and scanning resources for GGGSC projects and to supply users with operations support for these common-use systems.
Research and Development: develop and maintain geospatial data supporting MRP research and operational activities. In addition, this task will research and develop GIS methodologies for applying GIS, scientific visualization, data integration, modeling and data dissemination technologies as required. Participation on National Science Foundation project, "Collaborative Research: Brittle-plastic deformation, fluid-rock interaction, and extensional reactivation along Laramide thrust faults in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado," includes legacy data compilation and analysis, as well as Sangre de Cristo spatial data for the Deadman fault zone and associated mineralization.
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Below are data releases associated with this project.
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 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
Digital map of iron sulfate minerals, other mineral groups, and vegetation of the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, and Four Corners Region derived from automated analysis of Landsat 8 satellite data Digital map of iron sulfate minerals, other mineral groups, and vegetation of the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, and Four Corners Region derived from automated analysis of Landsat 8 satellite data
SHRIMP U-Pb geochronologic data for zircon and titanite from Mesoproterozoic rocks of the St. Francois Mountains terrane, southeast Missouri, U.S.A. SHRIMP U-Pb geochronologic data for zircon and titanite from Mesoproterozoic rocks of the St. Francois Mountains terrane, southeast Missouri, U.S.A.
Data to accompany U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2020-3017: Pyrrhotite distribution in the conterminous United States Data to accompany U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2020-3017: Pyrrhotite distribution in the conterminous United States
Data to accompany U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5077: Geochemical and mineralogical study of the Red Mountain porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit and vicinity, Santa Cruz County, Arizona Data to accompany U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5077: Geochemical and mineralogical study of the Red Mountain porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit and vicinity, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Bureau of Land Management's Land and Mineral Legacy Rehost System (LR2000) Mineral Use Cases for the Sagebrush Mineral Resource Assessment, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming Bureau of Land Management's Land and Mineral Legacy Rehost System (LR2000) Mineral Use Cases for the Sagebrush Mineral Resource Assessment, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming
Map associated with this project.
Below are publications associated with this project.
Frac sand in the United States: a geological and industry overview Frac sand in the United States: a geological and industry overview
Anticipating environmental and environmental-health implications of extreme storms: ARkStorm scenario Anticipating environmental and environmental-health implications of extreme storms: ARkStorm scenario
Geochemical maps of stream sediments in central Colorado, from New Mexico to Wyoming Geochemical maps of stream sediments in central Colorado, from New Mexico to Wyoming
Basement domain map of the conterminous United States and Alaska Basement domain map of the conterminous United States and Alaska
Database creation, data quality assessment, and geochemical maps (phase V, deliverable 59)—Final report on compilation and validation of geochemical data Database creation, data quality assessment, and geochemical maps (phase V, deliverable 59)—Final report on compilation and validation of geochemical data
Mineral potential for sediment-hosted copper deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverable 75) Mineral potential for sediment-hosted copper deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverable 75)
Below are news stories associated with this project.
We support the geospatial component of Mineral Resources Program research and provide public access to research results and geospatial information. We facilitate all aspects of the data life cycle, including the publication and archiving of geospatial information and products. We also develop and steward national-scale data layers considered foundational to the Mineral Resources Program as well as implement geospatial technology to streamline or enhance research workflows.
What Our Project Does
The GIS Project provides GIS support to Mineral Resources Program (MRP) and other USGS projects. The project plays a pivotal role in the development, stewardship, and publication of local to national-scale data layers to meet the Federal mandate to provide geoscientific information to State and Federal agencies, private industry, and the public. GIS encompasses acquisition, compilation, processing, analyzing, modeling, visualizing, documenting, reviewing, publishing, and archiving of geospatial information products. The project conducts research using advanced geospatial technology and analyses to streamline workflows and to create innovative, multi-scale map products to support MRP's role in 21st Century science.
Tasks
GIS Support: provide ad hoc GIS and information management support to Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center (GGGSC) projects and to conduct specialized GIS tasks that are not directly related to other program projects.
GIS Operations: provide and maintain shared GIS, mapping, modeling, digitizing, and scanning resources for GGGSC projects and to supply users with operations support for these common-use systems.
Research and Development: develop and maintain geospatial data supporting MRP research and operational activities. In addition, this task will research and develop GIS methodologies for applying GIS, scientific visualization, data integration, modeling and data dissemination technologies as required. Participation on National Science Foundation project, "Collaborative Research: Brittle-plastic deformation, fluid-rock interaction, and extensional reactivation along Laramide thrust faults in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado," includes legacy data compilation and analysis, as well as Sangre de Cristo spatial data for the Deadman fault zone and associated mineralization.
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Below are data releases associated with this project.
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 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
Digital map of iron sulfate minerals, other mineral groups, and vegetation of the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, and Four Corners Region derived from automated analysis of Landsat 8 satellite data Digital map of iron sulfate minerals, other mineral groups, and vegetation of the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, and Four Corners Region derived from automated analysis of Landsat 8 satellite data
SHRIMP U-Pb geochronologic data for zircon and titanite from Mesoproterozoic rocks of the St. Francois Mountains terrane, southeast Missouri, U.S.A. SHRIMP U-Pb geochronologic data for zircon and titanite from Mesoproterozoic rocks of the St. Francois Mountains terrane, southeast Missouri, U.S.A.
Data to accompany U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2020-3017: Pyrrhotite distribution in the conterminous United States Data to accompany U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2020-3017: Pyrrhotite distribution in the conterminous United States
Data to accompany U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5077: Geochemical and mineralogical study of the Red Mountain porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit and vicinity, Santa Cruz County, Arizona Data to accompany U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5077: Geochemical and mineralogical study of the Red Mountain porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit and vicinity, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Bureau of Land Management's Land and Mineral Legacy Rehost System (LR2000) Mineral Use Cases for the Sagebrush Mineral Resource Assessment, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming Bureau of Land Management's Land and Mineral Legacy Rehost System (LR2000) Mineral Use Cases for the Sagebrush Mineral Resource Assessment, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming
Map associated with this project.
Below are publications associated with this project.
Frac sand in the United States: a geological and industry overview Frac sand in the United States: a geological and industry overview
Anticipating environmental and environmental-health implications of extreme storms: ARkStorm scenario Anticipating environmental and environmental-health implications of extreme storms: ARkStorm scenario
Geochemical maps of stream sediments in central Colorado, from New Mexico to Wyoming Geochemical maps of stream sediments in central Colorado, from New Mexico to Wyoming
Basement domain map of the conterminous United States and Alaska Basement domain map of the conterminous United States and Alaska
Database creation, data quality assessment, and geochemical maps (phase V, deliverable 59)—Final report on compilation and validation of geochemical data Database creation, data quality assessment, and geochemical maps (phase V, deliverable 59)—Final report on compilation and validation of geochemical data
Mineral potential for sediment-hosted copper deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverable 75) Mineral potential for sediment-hosted copper deposits in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, deliverable 75)
Below are news stories associated with this project.