Coal Resources of Illinois: Davis, Murphysboro, and Seelyville, with Assumption, Bell, Houchin Creek (formerly Summum (No. 4)), Litchfield, coals near Makanda, Mt. Rorah, New Burnside, Reynoldsburg, Rock Island (No. 1), "Seahorne", Survant (formerly Shawneetown), Wiley, Willis, and Wise Ridge Coals.

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What does this data set describe?

Title:
Coal Resources of Illinois: Davis, Murphysboro, and Seelyville, with Assumption, Bell, Houchin Creek (formerly Summum (No. 4)), Litchfield, coals near Makanda, Mt. Rorah, New Burnside, Reynoldsburg, Rock Island (No. 1), "Seahorne", Survant (formerly Shawneetown), Wiley, Willis, and Wise Ridge Coals.
Abstract:
This is an Arc/Info REGIONS coverage showing coal resources (thickness depth, and estimated average tonnages) for several coal seams in Illinois. Each coal seam is included as a separate region. The regions are: Davis, Murphysboro, Seelyville, Assumption, Bell, Houchin Creek (formerly Summum (No. 4)), Litchfield, coals near Makanda, Mt. Rorah, Reynoldsburg, Rock Island (No. 1), "Seahorne", Survant (formerly Shawneetown), Wiley, Willis, and Wise Ridge. There is one additional region for areas of no coal. In addition, arcs are attributed to indicate the Pennsylvanian boundary, depth to (top surface) of coal (contours), and 28" and 42" coal isopach lines. This is the automated version of the Coal Resources Map (for the same coal seams) by J.D. Treworgy and M.H. Bargh (1984).

Supplemental_Information: none
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    Illinois State Geological Survey, 1996, Coal Resources of Illinois: Davis, Murphysboro, and Seelyville, with Assumption, Bell, Houchin Creek (formerly Summum (No. 4)), Litchfield, coals near Makanda, Mt. Rorah, New Burnside, Reynoldsburg, Rock Island (No. 1), "Seahorne", Survant (formerly Shawneetown), Wiley, Willis, and Wise Ridge Coals.: ISGS GIS Database coalmix-84, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details:
    This is the automated version of the Coal Resources Map (for the same coal seams) by J.D. Treworgy and M.H. Bargh (1984).

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -91.5826
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.3840
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.4956
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.9535

  3. What does it look like?

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Calendar_Date: 1984
    Currentness_Reference: publication date of sources

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • Point (473)
      • String (1160)
      • GT-polygon composed of chains (474)

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      The map projection used is Lambert Conformal Conic.

      Projection parameters:
      Standard_Parallel: 33 0 0.000
      Standard_Parallel: 45 0 0.000
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -89 30 0.000
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 33 0 0.000
      False_Easting: 914400.00000 meters
      False_Northing: 0.00000

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest unknown
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest unknown
      Planar coordinates are specified in feet

      The horizontal datum used is NAD27.
      The ellipsoid used is CLARKE1866.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378206.4 meters.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/294.98.

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    Attribute items are in typical ARC/INFO feature class format. This coverage has arc, polygon and region feature classes.

     REGIONS
     -----------------------------------------------------------
     Arc/Info             Coal represented
     region
     sub-class name
    
     ASSUMP               Assumption
     DAVIS                Davis
     HOUCHIN              Houchin Creek (formerly Summum (No. 4))
     LITCH                Litchfield
     MAKANDA              coals near Makanda
     MTRORAH              Mt. Rorah
     MURPHY               Murphysboro
     NOCOAL               areas on source map without coal
     REYNOLDS             Reynoldsburg
     ROCKISLE             Rock Island (No. 1)
     SEAHORNE             "Seahorne"
     SEELY                Seelyville
     SURVANT              Survant (formerly Shawneetown)
     WILEY                Wiley
     WILLIS               Willis
     WISERIDG             Wise Ridge
    
    
     Region attributes:
     For the region .PATs (there is a separate one for each region)
     there are four items in addition to the four standard items.
     They are:
    
     THICK - thickness of the coal body
             0 - mined out
             1 - coal is greater than 42 inches thick
             2 - coal is from 28-42 inches thick
             3 - coal is from 18-28 inches thick
             4 - insufficient data for resource estimation or
                 unmapped area
             5 - coal split or thin
             6 - coal missing due to sandstone channels
             7 - coal eroded
             8 - not used
             9 - outside limit of coal seam
             10 - coal deeper than 150 feet and less than 28 inches
                  thick or coal shallower than 150 feet and less
                  than 18 inches thick
             11 - area of potential resources; resources cannot be
                  be categorized at this scale due to irregularity
                  of thickness
             12 - coal less than 42 inches thick; resources not calculated
    
     DEPTH - depth to the coal body
             0 - mined out
             1 - depth to coal less than 150 feet
             2 - depth to coal 150-1000 feet
             3 - depth to coal greater than 1000 feet
             4 - depth to coal less than 1000 feet
             5 - not used
             6 - not used
             7 - not used
             8 - coal not present
             9 - outside limit of coal seam
             10 - coal deeper than 150 feet and less than 28 inches
                  thick or coal shallower than 150 feet and less
                  than 18 inches thick
             11 - area of potential resources; resources cannot
                  be categorized at this scale due to irregularity
                  of thickness
    
     TONS  - estimated average tons of coal in millions of tons of
             coal per square mile (estimates based on an assumed
             coal density of 1800 tons per acre-foot)
             1 - less than 4 tons
             2 - 4 to 5.5 tons
             3 - 5.5 to 7 tons
             4 - greater than 7 tons
             5 - tonnage not calculated or not applicable
    
     PENN  - indicates whether or not polygon is within
             Pennsylvanian boundary
             0 - polygon is outside Pennsylvanian boundary
             1 - polygon is within Pennsylvanian boundary
    
     CBN - coal seam name
    
    
     Arc attributes:
     There are arc attributes for the entire coverage.  There are
     no arc attributes for the individual regions.  There are four
     items in addition to the standard ones.  They are:
    
     THICK - indicates if arc is a coal isopach, and if so,
             the thickness value associated with the isopach
             0 - arc is not an isopach
             1 - 28 inch isopach
             2 - 42 inch isopach
    
     DEPTH - indicates if arc is a depth contour, and if so,
             the depth value (to the surface of the coal body)
             associated with the depth contour
             0 - arc is not a depth contour
             1 - 150 depth contour
             2 - 1000 foot depth contour
    
     PENN  - indicates whether or not arc is a part of the
             Pennsylvanian boundary
             0 - arc is not a part of the Pennsylvanian boundary
             1 - arc is a part of the Pennsylvanian boundary
     QUAL  - indicates if arc is represented in coverage
             differently than it appears on source map
             (qualifier for lines differing from source map)
             0 - no qualifier, line appears as a solid line on source map
             1 - line is dashed on source map
             2 - line does not appear on source map, has been
                 added in order to close a polygon
    
     Note:
     There are 25 dangling arcs in this coverage.  These
     correspond to 25 of the 31 dangling arcs on the original
     mylars and the published map.  Most of them are incomplete
     150 foot depth contour lines.
    
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none


Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

     GIS Processing:  ISGS Staff
     Documentation:   D. Nelson and S. Beaverson
     Quality Control: ISGS Staff
    

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    Illinois State Geological Survey
    Information Office
    615 East Peabody Drive
    Champaign, Illinois 61820
    USA

    217-333-4747 (voice)
    217-244-0802 (FAX)
    isgs@isgs.uiuc.edu

    Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, U.S. Central Time


Why was the data set created?

This data set was created as part of the ISGS GIS database to show distribution, thickness, depth, and tonnages for several regional coal seams. The data are appropriate for regional analysis.


How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

    none (source 1 of 15)
    Treworgy, J.D. and M.H. Bargh, 1984, Coal Resources of Illinois: Davis, Murphysboro, Seelyville, Assumption, Bell, Houchin Creek (formerly Summum (No. 4)), Litchfield, coals near Makanda, Mt. Rorah, New Burnside, Reynoldsburg, Rock Island (No. 1), "Seahorne", Survant (formerly Shawneetown), Wiley, Willis, and Wise Ridge Coals.: ISGS Map same as title, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000
    Source_Contribution: All attribute information

    none (source 2 of 15)
    Hunter, K., n/a, Original mylar separate for coal seam boundary lines on the map: Coal Resources of Illinois: Davis, Murphysboro, Seelyville, Assumption, Bell, Houchin Creek (formerly Summum (No. 4)), Litchfield, coals near Makanda, Mt. Rorah, New Burnside, Reynoldsburg, Rock Island (No. 1), "Seahorne", Survant (formerly Shawneetown), Wiley, Willis, and Wise Ridge Coals..

    Type_of_Source_Media: mylar
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000
    Source_Contribution:
    coal seam boundary lines and 1000 foot depth contours

    none (source 3 of 15)
    Hunter, K., n/a, Original mylar separate for 150 foot depth contours on the map: Coal Resources of Illinois: Davis, Murphysboro, Seelyville, Assumption, Bell, Houchin Creek (formerly Summum (No. 4)), Litchfield, coals near Makanda, Mt. Rorah, New Burnside, Reynoldsburg, Rock Island (No. 1), "Seahorne", Survant (formerly Shawneetown), Wiley, Willis, and Wise Ridge Coals..

    Type_of_Source_Media: mylar
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000
    Source_Contribution: coal seam 150 foot depth contours

    none (source 4 of 15)
    Hunter, K., n/a, Original mylar separate for Pennsylvanian boundary lines on the map: Coal Resources of Illinois: Davis, Murphysboro, Seelyville, Assumption, Bell, Houchin Creek (formerly Summum (No. 4)), Litchfield, coals near Makanda, Mt. Rorah, New Burnside, Reynoldsburg, Rock Island (No. 1), "Seahorne", Survant (formerly Shawneetown), Wiley, Willis, and Wise Ridge Coals..

    Type_of_Source_Media: mylar
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000
    Source_Contribution: Pennsylvanian boundary lines

    none (source 5 of 15)
    Illinois State Geological Survey, 1984, Township Lines of Illinois: ISGS GIS Database townships, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Type_of_Source_Media: digital data set
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000 and 62500
    Source_Contribution: townships lines where used as coal seam boundary

    none (source 6 of 15)
    Illinois State Geological Survey, 1984, Illinois County Boundaries: ISGS GIS Database counties, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Online Links:

    Type_of_Source_Media: digital data set
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000 and 62500
    Source_Contribution: county boundaries where used as coal seam boundary

    none (source 7 of 15)
    Cady, G.H., and others, 1952, Minable Coal Reserves of Illinois as of 1950: ISGS Bulletin 78, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Other_Citation_Details:
    138 pages, 8 plates, 37 figures, 1 table Plate 7 available separately out of print
    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000
    Source_Contribution: not available

    none (source 8 of 15)
    Jacobson, R.J., 1985, Coal Resources of Grundy, La Salle, and Livingston Counties, Illinois: ISGS Circular 536, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Other_Citation_Details:
    58 pages, 6 plates including cross-section, 31 figures, 10 tables
    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 125000
    Source_Contribution: not available

    none (source 9 of 15)
    Jacobson, R.J., 1983, Murphysboro Coal, Jackson, and Perry Counties: Resources with Low to Medium Sulfer Potential: Illinois Mineral Notes 85, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Other_Citation_Details: 19 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables
    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Scale_Denominator: not available
    Source_Contribution: not available

    none (source 10 of 15)
    Searight, T.K. and W.H. Smith, 1969, Strippable Coal Reserves of Illinois. Part 5B: Mercer, Rock Island, Warren , and parts of Henderson and Henry counties: Circular 439, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Other_Citation_Details:
    22 pages, 2 plates, 3 figures, 1 table
    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 1 inch = 2 1/4 miles (approx.)
    Source_Contribution: not available

    none (source 11 of 15)
    Smith, W.H., 1957, Strippable Coal Reserves of Illinois. Part 1: Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Pope, Saline, and Williamson Counties: Circular 228, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Other_Citation_Details:
    39 pages, 2 figures, 2 plates, 5 tables Plate 3 available separately
    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 1 inch = 2 miles (approx.)
    Source_Contribution: not available

    none (source 12 of 15)
    Smith, W.H., 1958, Strippable Coal Reserves of Illinois. Part 2: Jackson, Monroe, Perry, Randolph, and St. Clair Counties: Circular 260, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Other_Citation_Details:
    35 pages, 4 plates, 4 figures, 6 tables Plate 1 available separately out of print
    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 1 inch = 2 miles (approx.)
    Source_Contribution: not available

    none (source 13 of 15)
    Smith, W.H. and D.J. Berggren, 1963, Strippable Coal Reserves of Illinois. Part 5A: Fulton, Henry, Knox, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, and parts of Bureau, Marshall, Mercer, and Warren Counties: Circular 348, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Other_Citation_Details:
    59 pages, 4 plates, 7 figures, 8 tables Plates 1, 2, and 3 available separately
    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 1 inch = 2 miles (approx.)
    Source_Contribution: not available

    none (source 14 of 15)
    Treworgy, C.G., 1981, The Seelyville Coal: a Major Unexploited Seam in Illinois: Illinois Mineral Notes 80, Illinois St. Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Other_Citation_Details: 11 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables
    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Scale_Denominator: not available
    Source_Contribution: not available

    none (source 15 of 15)
    Treworgy, C.G. and M.H. Bargh, 1982, Deep-Minable Coal Resources of Illinois: Circular 527, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Other_Citation_Details: 65 pages, 2 plates, 25 figures, 5 tables
    Type_of_Source_Media: paper
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 1 inch = 24 miles (approx.)
    Source_Contribution: not available

  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    Date: unknown (process 1 of 5)
    Tics Tics from four different sources were used. Six tics that correspond to the registration marks on the mylar separates were taken from the coal coverage BASE, which was automated in 1984 by ESRI. Eight tics that correspond to lat/long intersections were taken from *path_name_suppressed*/DEMTILES. Four tics from *path_name_suppressed*/COUNTIES were also used. Thirty-seven additional tics were added from *path_name_suppressed*/COUNTIES and *path_name_suppressed*/TOWNSHIPS in order to register inset areas.

    Date: 1995 (process 2 of 5)
    Digitizing The coverage was digitized from the mylar separates that were used in the printing of the published hard copy maps. The separates were obtained from Colin Treworgy, ISGS Coal Section. Three separates were used:
     1) black line separate, representing all boundaries of coal bodies,
     2) red line separate, representing the 150 foot depth line, and
     3) Pennsylvanian boundary separate.
    
    Separates were digitized at the 1:500,000 scale on a GTCO Super L II digitizing board. Red and black lines were digitized by D. Nelson during February and March, 1995, with a maximum RMS of 0.008. The Pennsylvanian boundary was digitized into a separate coverage by M. Riggs during June, 1995, with a maximum RMS of 0.005. Inset areas of the map were digitized into a separate coverage by D. Nelson, with a maximum RMS of 0.008.

    Date: 1995 (process 3 of 5)
    Processing
     1. There are township and county boundary arcs on the
        published map which are not on the mylars.  The
        corresponding arcs were copied from the COUNTIES
        and TOWNSHIPS coverages in the ISGS *path_name_suppressed*/ILLIMAP
        directory and incorporated into this coverage.
    
     2. The Pennsylvanian boundary arcs were copied into
        the coverage.
    
     3. Items for the .PAT and the .AAT files were added
        to the coverage.  The .PAT items were:
           thick 2 2 i
           depth 2 2 i
           tons  2 2 i
           penn  2 2 i
           done  2 2 i
    
        The .AAT items were:
           thick 2 2 i
           depth 2 2 i
           penn  2 2 i
           qual  2 2 i
           done  2 2 i
    
        The "done" items were used during the attribute coding
        phase to indicate whether or not coding of a feature was
        complete.  When this phase was complete, the "done" items
        were deleted from the .PAT and .AAT files.
    
     4. Polygon and arc codes for the coverage were attributed
        according to the information depicted on the published
        map.  In several cases, depth assignments were not obvious
        on the published map: in this case the source publications
        listed on the published map were consulted in order to
        make a depth assignment.
    
     5. During the process the coverage was BUILT and
        CLEANED several times.  See LOG file for tolerances used.
    
     6. The coverages at this point were CM4 (main map) and
        CMINSET (inset portion).  The lineage at this point was
        COALMIX-DIG > COALMIX-WRK > CM2 > CM3 > CM4  for the main
        map and COALMIX2-DIG > CMINSET for the inset map.
    
     7. The inset coverage has polygons that overlap polygons
        on the main map coverage, which is why they were
        digitized and processed as two separate coverages.  In
        order to join them into a single coverage, the Regions
        subclass function of Arc/Info was utilized.  First, each
        of the 15 coal seams indicated on the published coal
        resource map was copied out from the CM4 or CMINSET
        coverage to its own coverage.  The remaining areas were
        copied out to a coverage called NOCOAL.  This resulted in
        16 separate coverages, corresponding to the 15 coal bodies
        and the no-coal area.  Each of these was converted to a
        region sub-class with the POLYREGION command.  Next, the
        16 coverages were UNIONed to create a coverage called
        COALREG which contained the 16 regions with region
        topology.  Next, CM4 and CMINSET were APPENDed to create
        the coverage CMARC, which has all the arc topology of both
        coverages.  At this point, COALREG had the region topology
        and CMARC had the arc topology.  Finally, CMARC was copied
        to a new coverage called CMIX.  The 16 regions were created
        in CMIX with the CREATEFEATURE command.  Each of the 16
        regions was PUT from COALREG into CMIX.  The final result
        was the the coverage CMIX with both arc and region topology.
    
     8. The coverage was renamed COALMIX-84.
    
     9. ITEM CBN (coal seam name) was added to .PAT table for
        all regions.  ITEM QUAL was added to .AAT table for the
        coverage.
    

    Date: 1996 (process 4 of 5)
    Revisions: Prior to 10-10-95 no version numbers had been assigned to this coverage. The previous coverage that partially depicted this data will heretofore be assigned as version 1.0, and this coverage is version 2.0.

    Date: 1995 (process 5 of 5)
    Reviews Applied to Data: In late 1995 and early 1996 the coverage underwent extensive Quality Assurance/Quality Control review. Linework was verified by overlaying a plot of the arcs on the original mylars. Digitized arcs within one line-width of the original linework were deemed acceptable. Those outside one line-width were corrected. Attribute values were verified by comparing a set of plots (that depicted the value of the .AAT or .PAT attribute) with the published maps. Reviews of this coverage were done by D. Nelson, M. Riggs and R. Krumm (in a reiterative fashion) until all linework and attribute coding was deemed acceptable. The AML programs used to generate the check plots are called COALPLOT.AML, COALLINE.AML and COALPENN.AML.

  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

    Illinois State Geological Survey, 1996, Coal Resources of Illinois: Colchester (No.2), Dekoven, Jamestown, Belle Rive, Bristol Hill, Calhoun, Friendsville, Loudon, Oconee, Opdyke, Shelbyville, and Trowbridge Coals: ISGS GIS Database coal2-84, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details:
    This is the automated version of the Coal Resources Map (for the same coal seams) by J.D. Treworgy and M.H. Bargh (1984).
    Illinois State Geological Survey, 1996, Coal Resources of Illinois: Springfield (No.5) Coal: ISGS GIS Database coal5-84, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details:
    This is the automated version of the Coal Resources Map (for the same coal seam) by J.D. Treworgy and M.H. Bargh (1984).
    Illinois State Geological Survey, 1996, Coal Resources of Illinois: Herrin (No. 6) Coal: ISGS GIS Database coal6-84, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details:
    This is the automated version of the Coal Resources Map (for the same coal seam) by J.D. Treworgy and M.H. Bargh (1984).
    Illinois State Geological Survey, 1994, Coal Resources of Illinois: Danville (No. 7) Coal: ISGS GIS Database coal7-84, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details:
    This is the automated version of the Coal Resources Map (for the same coal seam) by J.D. Treworgy and M.H. Bargh (1984).
    Coal Section, Illinois State Geological Survey, 19910101, Point Locations of Active and Abandoned Coal Mines in Illinois: ISGS GIS Database clminept, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Online Links:

    Stiff, Barbara J., 1997, Areas Mined for Coal in Illinois - Part 1: ISGS GIS Database coalmines_py, Illinois State Geologic Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Online Links:

    Stiff, Barbara J., 1997, Areas Mined for Coal in Illinois - Part 2: ISGS GIS Database coalmines_py2, Illinois State Geologic Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

    Online Links:

    Illinois Office of Mines and Minerals, 1995, Coal Mine Permits Boundaries in Illinois: IDNR GIS Database coalprmt, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Springfield, Illinois.

    Online Links:


How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

    The attributes of this coverage were reviewed in 1995-96 by comparison with the attributes of the source paper map and the lines of the source mylar separate. Source accuracy was not addressed in that review. A variety of visual techniques (region shading, line shading and line thicknesses tied to attribute values) and GIS processing techniques (checking for logical consistency) were used. Attribute values for arcs were verified by generating plots with arcs color-coded by designation. These were visually checked for errors. Region attribute items values were verified in a similar manner. For example, thickness and tonnage were checked by plotting maps with a unique color/symbol pattern for each possible combination. These check-plots were visually inspected for the proper designations, and all other regions attributes were verified in the same way. In cases of incorrect or ambiguous attribute values, the sources of the source paper map were consulted, and corrections made. These reviews were performed in an iterative fashion by two or three individuals. There are no arc or region attribute values outside the appropriate value domains. There are no user-defined polygon attributes.

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

    This is a generalized depiction of regional ground condition. Horizontal positional accuracy was verified by manual overlay of source and hard-copy plots. Arcs within line-width of source maps are deemed acceptable. For positional accuracy of source maps, contact the ISGS Coal Section. See Completeness Report.

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

    Mine boundaries are current as of 1984 and have not been updated since. Many coal seam boundaries have been generalized using section lines and/or county boundaries because the source data are proprietary. Not all coal seams in Illinois are included.

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

    Polygon and chain-node topology is present. The coverage was checked for complete chain-node topology (no dangling arcs, except where appropriate), polygon labels (one per polygon, except for universal polygon), correct regions topology, boundary values appropriate for map projection and map units, and appropriate "fuzzy" tolerances. There are no known arc, polygon or region attribute values outside the appropriate value domains. There are 25 dangling arcs in this coverage. These correspond to 25 of the 31 dangling arcs on the original mylars and the published map. Most of them are incomplete 150 foot depth contour lines.


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  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

    Illinois State Geological Survey
    Information Office
    615 East Peabody Drive
    Champaign, Illinois 61820
    USA

    217-333-4747 (voice)
    217-244-0802 (FAX)
    isgs@isgs.uiuc.edu

    Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, U.S. Central Time
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    An Arc/Info .e00 (export) file is currently available free of charge at the Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse. Refer to the Citation Information portion of this file for access to downloadable data and metadata, and a visual (GIF image) representation of the data. Shift-click to download the data set and related documentation. (Data and metadata offered separately, please download both files.)

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    The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) provides these geographic data "as is." DNR makes no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy of information contained in the geographic data. DNR further makes no warranties, either expressed or implied as to any other matter whatsoever, including, without limitation, the condition of the product, or its fitness for any particular purpose. The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely with the user. Although these data have been processed successfully on computers of DNR, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by DNR regarding the use of these data on any other system, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty.

    In no event shall the DNR have any liability whatsoever for payment of any consequential, incidental, indirect, special, or tort damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, any loss of profits arising out of use of or reliance on the geographic data or arising out of the delivery, installation, operation, or support by DNR.

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Last modified: 31-Jul-1998
Last Reviewed: 31-Jul-1998
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FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)


Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

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