MGS Miscellaneous Map Series
M-168

Bedrock Geology of the Vermillion Quadrangle,Dakota County, Minnesota

by John H. Mossler 

2006

GIS layers and digital files

projection: All Arc/Info coverages are double precision and are
  in UTM zone 15 projection, NAD83.

coverages
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 bgpg	- polygon coverage of bedrock geology features.
 btln	- line coverage of equal elevation of bedrock surface.
 cjln  -line coverage of structure top of the Jordan fm.
 export(e00)  -folder containing arc export files of the covers.
 foldln - structure line showing folds in bedrock
 ocpg	- polygon coverage of outcrop locations.
 soilb_pts - location point of Giddings soil boring
 stln     - line cover of faults
 wwpts- point coverage pulled from located CWI data.
 xs_papg - net cover of the line where a cross section was created, 
also contains the quad boundary from
            drgindex(MGS) from  MDH constructed grid (NAD27 lat-
            lons projected to NAD83)..
3d_data.zip  -- 3d modeling data

base layers
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verm_basebw.tif - black and white, modified version of drg for quad as tiff
verm_basebw.tfw - world (registration) file for tiff


misc
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area_mag.tif - color image of magentic variation in study area, georeferenced
bgpg.lyr - arcmap layer file to color polygons
bggp_eroded.lyr - arcmap layer file to color area where erosion has removed 
the Jordan SS


Compiled map
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m168.pdf - published map as pdf image.

Metadata
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m168meta.doc   - Microsoft word metadata summary.
3dmetadata --  summary about the 3d modeling data

questions concerning the digital data may be directed
to Tim Wahl ( tewahl@umn.edu ) or Rich Lively ( lively@umn.edu ).
questions concerning the geologic information presented in
the map should be directed to the author, John Mossler
(mossl001@umn.edu).  All may be reached by phone at the MGS at
612-627-4780.