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.
The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) Geodatabase of the Conterminous United States The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) Geodatabase of the Conterminous United States
Digital maps of hydrothermal alteration type, key mineral groups, and green vegetation of the western United States derived from automated analysis of ASTER satellite data Digital maps of hydrothermal alteration type, key mineral groups, and green vegetation of the western United States derived from automated analysis of ASTER satellite data
USMIN Mineral Resource Data for the U.S. Geological Survey Sagebrush Mineral-Resource Assessment Project USMIN Mineral Resource Data for the U.S. Geological Survey Sagebrush Mineral-Resource Assessment Project
Prospect- and Mine-Related Features from U.S. Geological Survey 7.5- and 15-Minute Topographic Quadrangle Maps for the Western United States Prospect- and Mine-Related Features from U.S. Geological Survey 7.5- and 15-Minute Topographic Quadrangle Maps for the Western United States
Locatable Mineral Assessment Tracts for the U.S. Geological Survey Sagebrush Mineral Resource Assessment Project Locatable Mineral Assessment Tracts for the U.S. Geological Survey Sagebrush Mineral Resource Assessment Project
Data Supporting The Geochemical Atlas of Alaska, 2016 Data Supporting The Geochemical Atlas of Alaska, 2016
Map associated with this project.
Below are publications associated with this project.
Landsat maps (phase V, deliverable 60), ASTER maps (phase V, deliverable 62), ASTER_DEM maps (phase V, deliverable 63), and spectral remote sensing in support of PRISM-II mineral resource assessment project, Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, delive Landsat maps (phase V, deliverable 60), ASTER maps (phase V, deliverable 62), ASTER_DEM maps (phase V, deliverable 63), and spectral remote sensing in support of PRISM-II mineral resource assessment project, Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, delive
GIS-Based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit Groups, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska GIS-Based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit Groups, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska
Porphyry copper assessment of western Central Asia Porphyry copper assessment of western Central Asia
Late Paleozoic fusulinids from Sonora, Mexcio: importance for interpretation of depositional settings, biogeography, and paleotectonics Late Paleozoic fusulinids from Sonora, Mexcio: importance for interpretation of depositional settings, biogeography, and paleotectonics
A geochemical perspective of Red Mountain: an unmined volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit in the Alaska Range A geochemical perspective of Red Mountain: an unmined volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit in the Alaska Range
A GIS and statistical approach to identify variables that control water quality in hydrothermally altered and mineralized watersheds, Silverton, Colorado, USA A GIS and statistical approach to identify variables that control water quality in hydrothermally altered and mineralized watersheds, Silverton, Colorado, USA
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.
The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) Geodatabase of the Conterminous United States The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) Geodatabase of the Conterminous United States
Digital maps of hydrothermal alteration type, key mineral groups, and green vegetation of the western United States derived from automated analysis of ASTER satellite data Digital maps of hydrothermal alteration type, key mineral groups, and green vegetation of the western United States derived from automated analysis of ASTER satellite data
USMIN Mineral Resource Data for the U.S. Geological Survey Sagebrush Mineral-Resource Assessment Project USMIN Mineral Resource Data for the U.S. Geological Survey Sagebrush Mineral-Resource Assessment Project
Prospect- and Mine-Related Features from U.S. Geological Survey 7.5- and 15-Minute Topographic Quadrangle Maps for the Western United States Prospect- and Mine-Related Features from U.S. Geological Survey 7.5- and 15-Minute Topographic Quadrangle Maps for the Western United States
Locatable Mineral Assessment Tracts for the U.S. Geological Survey Sagebrush Mineral Resource Assessment Project Locatable Mineral Assessment Tracts for the U.S. Geological Survey Sagebrush Mineral Resource Assessment Project
Data Supporting The Geochemical Atlas of Alaska, 2016 Data Supporting The Geochemical Atlas of Alaska, 2016
Map associated with this project.
Below are publications associated with this project.
Landsat maps (phase V, deliverable 60), ASTER maps (phase V, deliverable 62), ASTER_DEM maps (phase V, deliverable 63), and spectral remote sensing in support of PRISM-II mineral resource assessment project, Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, delive Landsat maps (phase V, deliverable 60), ASTER maps (phase V, deliverable 62), ASTER_DEM maps (phase V, deliverable 63), and spectral remote sensing in support of PRISM-II mineral resource assessment project, Islamic Republic of Mauritania (phase V, delive
GIS-Based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit Groups, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska GIS-Based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit Groups, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska
Porphyry copper assessment of western Central Asia Porphyry copper assessment of western Central Asia
Late Paleozoic fusulinids from Sonora, Mexcio: importance for interpretation of depositional settings, biogeography, and paleotectonics Late Paleozoic fusulinids from Sonora, Mexcio: importance for interpretation of depositional settings, biogeography, and paleotectonics
A geochemical perspective of Red Mountain: an unmined volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit in the Alaska Range A geochemical perspective of Red Mountain: an unmined volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit in the Alaska Range
A GIS and statistical approach to identify variables that control water quality in hydrothermally altered and mineralized watersheds, Silverton, Colorado, USA A GIS and statistical approach to identify variables that control water quality in hydrothermally altered and mineralized watersheds, Silverton, Colorado, USA
Below are news stories associated with this project.