USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2878

Geologic map and coal stratigraphy of the Blue Gap quadrangle, eastern Washakie Basin, Carbon County, Wyoming

By R.D. Hettinger and J.G. Honey

This geospatial database has been approved for release and publication by the 
Director of the USGS.  Although this database has been subjected to rigorous 
review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the 
data pursuant to further analysis and review.  Furthermore, it is released on 
condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held 
liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use.

The database can be downloaded from http://pubs.usgs.gov/.  ArcInfo export files 
are included in a gzipped tar archive and a Windows zip archive.  Identical 
files are included in both compressed archive files.  In addition, an Adobe 
Portable Document Format (PDF) file may be downloaded, from which a paper copy 
may be printed.

Please refer to the file 2878.met for metadata documentation for this 
geospatial database.

List of files:

2878.pdf (PDF of map)

2878_508.pdf (508-accessible PDF of map text)

2878.met

2878.tar.gz or 2878.zip:

  00README.txt

  2878.met

  database files:

    e00 directory:
      bluegap: polygon and line coverage of geology polygons, contacts, 
        faults, and closure lines.
      coal_beds: line coverage of coal beds and clinker
      meas_sect: line and point coverage of lines of measured sections and 
        isolated coal measurements.
      drill: point coverage of wells
      strike_dip: point coverage of strike and dip of bedding symbols
      usgs_paly: point coverage of USGS palynomorph locality

2878_base.tar.gz or 2878_base.zip

  base-map images:
      bluer.tif
      bluer.tfw