Detailed geologic mapping geodatabase for the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia with station point photographs
The US Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Park Service, mapped 35 7.5-minute quadrangles, within a 2-mile-wide+ corridor centered on the Parkway, from BLRI (Blue Ridge Parkway) Mile Post (MP) 0 near Afton, Virginia southward to MP 218 at Cumberland Knob, approximately 1.3 km south of the Virginia – North Carolina State Line.
Detailed bedrock geologic mapping for this project was conducted at 1:24,000-scale by systematically traversing roads, trails, creeks, and ridges within and adjacent to the 2-mile-wide+ corridor along the 216.9-mile length of the BLRI in Virginia. Geologic data at more than 23,000 station points were collected during this project (September 2009 – February 2014), with approximately 19,500 included in the accompanying database. Station point geologic data collected included lithology, structural measurements (bedding, foliations, folds, lineations, etc), mineral resource information, and other important geologic observations. Station points at the start of this project (September 2009) were located in the field using topographic reckoning; after May 2012 stations were located using Topo Maps (latest version 1.12.1) for Apple IPad 2, model MC744LL/A. Since the start of the project, station point geologic data and locational metadata were recorded both in analog (field notebook and topographic field sheets) and digitally in Esri ArcGIS (latest version ArcMAP 10.1).
This data release consists of an Esri geodatabase and photographs keyed to station points along the BLRI. Photographs are titled and arranged by 7.5-minute quadrangle, and station points are located in the geodatabase. The first part of the photograph's filename corresponds to the FieldID attribute of the PhotoPoints feature class.
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| description | The US Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Park Service, mapped 35 7.5-minute quadrangles, within a 2-mile-wide+ corridor centered on the Parkway, from BLRI (Blue Ridge Parkway) Mile Post (MP) 0 near Afton, Virginia southward to MP 218 at Cumberland Knob, approximately 1.3 km south of the Virginia – North Carolina State Line. Detailed bedrock geologic mapping for this project was conducted at 1:24,000-scale by systematically traversing roads, trails, creeks, and ridges within and adjacent to the 2-mile-wide+ corridor along the 216.9-mile length of the BLRI in Virginia. Geologic data at more than 23,000 station points were collected during this project (September 2009 – February 2014), with approximately 19,500 included in the accompanying database. Station point geologic data collected included lithology, structural measurements (bedding, foliations, folds, lineations, etc), mineral resource information, and other important geologic observations. Station points at the start of this project (September 2009) were located in the field using topographic reckoning; after May 2012 stations were located using Topo Maps (latest version 1.12.1) for Apple IPad 2, model MC744LL/A. Since the start of the project, station point geologic data and locational metadata were recorded both in analog (field notebook and topographic field sheets) and digitally in Esri ArcGIS (latest version ArcMAP 10.1). This data release consists of an Esri geodatabase and photographs keyed to station points along the BLRI. Photographs are titled and arranged by 7.5-minute quadrangle, and station points are located in the geodatabase. The first part of the photograph's filename corresponds to the FieldID attribute of the PhotoPoints feature class. |
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"Air Bellows Gap",
"Alligator Back Formation",
"Antietam Formation",
"Ashe Formation",
"Ashville",
"Bald Mountain",
"Balsam Gap",
"Beacon Heights",
"Bear Den",
"Bear Mountain Gap",
"Bearwallow Gap",
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"Beech Gap",
"Beetree Gap",
"Benge Gap",
"Big Island",
"Big Witch Gap",
"Biltmore Estate",
"Blackhorse Gap",
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"Blue Ridge Music Center Visitor Center",
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"Bluff Mountain",
"Bottom Creek Metagranitoid Suite",
"Buck Creek Gap",
"Buena Vista",
"Bull Gap",
"Cambrian",
"Carbonate",
"Cherokee",
"Cherokee Indian Reservation",
"Chestoa View",
"Chilhowee Group",
"Cold Mountain",
"Conococheague Formation",
"Crabtree Falls",
"Crabtree Faults",
"Craggy Gardens Visitor Center",
"Craven Gap",
"Crossnore",
"Crossnore Plutonic Suite",
"Cumberland Knob",
"Daniel Boone's Trace",
"Deep Gap",
"Devils Backbone Overlook",
"Devils Courthouse",
"Diabase",
"Doughton Park",
"E.B. Jeffress Park",
"Early Paleozoic",
"Elbrook Formation",
"Elk Pasture Gap",
"Ervin",
"Fallingwater Cascades",
"Fancy Gap",
"Flat Rock",
"Folds",
"Formation",
"Fox Hunters Paradise",
"Geology",
"George Washington National Forest",
"Gillespie Gap",
"Glendale Springs",
"Gneiss",
"Graggy Dome",
"Grandfather Mountain",
"Grandfather Mountain State Park",
"Granite",
"Graveyard Fields",
"Great Valley Overlook",
"Green Knob",
"Greenstone Trail",
"Groundhog Mountain",
"Hampton Formation",
"Harpers Formation",
"Hawksbill Mountain",
"Hominy Creek",
"Humpback Mountain",
"Humpback Rocks Visitor Center",
"Indian Gap",
"Irish Gap",
"James River",
"James River Visitor Center and Canal",
"Jefferson National Forest",
"Julian Price Memorial Park",
"Jumpinoff Rock",
"Jurassic",
"Lake Powhaten",
"Laurel Springs",
"Lineville River",
"Linville",
"Linville Falls",
"Linville Falls Visitor Center",
"Little Switzerland",
"Looking Glass Rock Overlook",
"Lynchburg Group",
"Mabry Hill",
"Martinsburg Formation",
"McKinney Gap",
"Meadows of Dan",
"Mesoproterozoic",
"Mesoproterozoic gneisses of the Fries Thrust Sheet",
"Metabasalt",
"Metagranitoid",
"Moses H. Cone Memorial Park and Visitor Center",
"Mount Jefferson State Park",
"Mount Mitchell",
"Mount Mitchell State Park",
"Mount Pisgah",
"Museum of North Carolina Minerals Visitor Center",
"N&W Railroad Overlook",
"Nantahala National Forest",
"Neoproterozoic",
"Normal Fault",
"North Carolina",
"North Carolina Arboretum",
"Northwest Trading Post",
"Oconalufte Visitor Center",
"Onion Mountain Overlook",
"Orchard Gap",
"Oteen",
"Otter Creek",
"Overmountain Victory Nation Historic Trail",
"Paleozoic",
"Peach Bottom Mountain",
"Peaks of Otter Metagranitoid",
"Peaks of Otter Visitor Center",
"Petites Gap",
"Pilot Gneiss",
"Pineola",
"Pipers Gap",
"Pisgah National Forest",
"Poor Mountain",
"Powell Gap",
"Price Lake",
"Puckett Cabin",
"Purgatory Overlook",
"Rakes Millpond",
"Ravens Roost",
"Reverse Fault",
"Richland Balsam",
"Roanoke Mountain",
"Roanoke River",
"Roanoke River Gorge",
"Roanoke Valley Overlook",
"Rocky Knob",
"Rocky Knob Visitor Center",
"Sandy Creek Gneiss",
"Shady Dolomite",
"Sharp Top",
"Sherando Lake",
"Skyland",
"Southern End",
"Staunton River",
"Stone Mountain State Park",
"Structure",
"Sugarloaf Mountain",
"Swannanoa River",
"Swift Run Formation",
"Table Rock Mountain",
"Terrapin Mountain",
"The Lump",
"The Saddle",
"Thrust Fault",
"Tunnel Gap",
"Twenty Minute Cliff",
"Tye River",
"Tye River Gap",
"USGS:5672fd24e4b01a7f82451e9d",
"Unicoi Formation",
"Virginia",
"Virginia Explore Park and Visitor Center",
"Volunteer Gap",
"Wagon Road Gap",
"Watauga River",
"Waterrock Knob Visitor Center",
"Wayneboro Formation",
"Waynesboro",
"Wayneville",
"Weverton Formation",
"Whites Gap Overlook",
"Wigwarm Falls",
"Woodlaw",
"Wrights Creek",
"Yankee Horse Ridge",
"Z.B. Vance Birthplace"
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| modified | 2020-08-19T00:00:00Z |
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| spatial | -80.944912058, 36.523979729, -78.83821867, 38.067616116 |
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| title | Detailed geologic mapping geodatabase for the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia with station point photographs |
