Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 2014 Title: Point Shapefile of NGDC Locations of Ferromanganese Crusts in the World Ocean Compiled by the USGS in Open-File Report 89-020 (ngdc_ofr89-020.shp) Edition: 1.1 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 89-020 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr8920V.1.1 Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1989/0020/downloads/ Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1989/0020/downloads/ofr89-020_ngdc.zip Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: F.T. Manheim Originator: C.M. Lane-Bostwick Publication_Date: 1989 Title: Chemical Composition of Ferromanganese Crusts in the Word Ocean: A Review and Comprehensive Database Edition: 1.1 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 89-020 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1989/0020/ Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr8920V.1.1 Description: Abstract: Ferromanganese crusts in the world's oceans may serve as potential sources of metals, such as cobalt and magnesium, valuable to civilian and military industry; these are metals that the United States would otherwise be dependent on foreign sources. Unlike abyssal ferromanganese nodules, which form in areas of low disturbance and high sediment accumulation, ferromanganese crusts have been found to contain three to five times more cobalt than abyssal ferromanganese nodules and can be found on harder, steeper substrates than abyssal plains, which can be too steep for permanent sediment accumulation. Ferromanganese crusts have also been documented on seamounts and plateaus within the U.S. exclusive economic zone in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and are therefore of strategic importance to the United States Government as well as to civilian mining and metallurgical industries. A database containing ferromanganese crust occurrences throughout the world's oceans was assembled from published and unpublished sources to provide data gathering and analytical information for these samples. These data provide the digital formatted locations of the sample locations of the U.S. Geological Survey and Scripps Institution Nodule Data Bank (SNDB) from appendixes A and B. These locations from 1986 and earlier are also represented on the maps of Lane and others (1986). > Manheim, F.T., Lane-Bostwick, C.M., 1989, Chemical composition of ferromanganese crusts in the world ocean: A review and comprehensive database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-020, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1989/0020/ Purpose: The purpose of this dataset is to release the information contained in Appendix A section A9 from USGS Open-File Report 89-020 in a GIS compatible format. These data contain station location information for NGDC sites to be used with the analysis information in Table 11 of the chemical composition of ferromanganese crusts in the world oceans (Manheim and Lane-Bostwick, 1989). Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2014 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.339000 East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.986000 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 54.767000 South_Bounding_Coordinate: -61.883000 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:f7c44b95-1820-42f3-867a-35f4e3ca4328 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC Theme_Keyword: NGDC Theme_Keyword: National Geophysical Data Center Theme_Keyword: ferromanganese crust Theme_Keyword: station locations Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Alexandria Digital Library Feature Type Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: mineral deposit areas Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Theme_Keyword: sea-floor characteristics Theme_Keyword: mineral resources Theme_Keyword: dredge sampling Theme_Keyword: geochemistry Theme_Keyword: sedimentary rocks Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None. Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean Place_Keyword: Indian Ocean Access_Constraints: None. Use_Constraints: None. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4095 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: C.M. Lane Originator: F.T. Manheim Originator: J.C. Hathaway Originator: T.H. Ling Publication_Date: 1986 Title: Station Maps of the World Ocean-Ferromanganese-Crust Data Base Edition: 1 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Series_Information: Series_Name: Miscellaneous Field Studies Map Issue_Identification: 1869 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/1986/1869/ Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/mf1869 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The data in the digital files were only spot checked against the paper report. The same number of records exist in the digital file as in Appendix A section A9. Logical_Consistency_Report: The original text file did not use consistent column delimiters. The spacing appeared to be more for appearance than the ability to ingest the information into another software package for analysis or display. Completeness_Report: All of the data from the downloaded ngdc.txt file are included. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The overall accuracy of the data varies and is mostly unknown. However, based on known devices and the time frame of data collection, positional accuracy is assumed to be around 1 kilometer or more. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No information is recorded in the data files regarding how the depths were measured. Therefore no accuracy value can be assumed. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Originator: U.S. National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Publication_Date: 1991 Title: U.S. Geological Survey Ferromanganese Crust Data Set Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: NGDC Data Set Issue_Identification: 1019 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Boulder, CO Publisher: National Geophysical Data Center Other_Citation_Details: This citation refers to the location where the digital data were acquired. Online_Linkage: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/usgscrust.html Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1991 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: FeMn Manheim Source_Contribution: The digital file containing the station locations for the NGDC samples whose analysis is listed in Table 11 of OFR 89-020 was downloaded from the site on August 6, 2014. Additional information regarding this file, and the other files downloaded at the same time, is in the README.TXT file that was downloaded with the dataset and included with this reformatted data. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: F.T. Manheim Originator: C.M. Lane-Bostwick Publication_Date: 1989 Title: Chemical Composition of Ferromanganese Crusts in the World Ocean: A Review and Comprehensive Database Edition: 1 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 89-020 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1989/0020/ Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr8920V.1.1 Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1989 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: FeMnOFR Source_Contribution: The Open-File Report provided the details necessary to complete the metadata. Process_Step: Process_Description: The digital ASCII files were downloaded from NGDC. Process_Date: 20140806 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ngdc.txt Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Brian J. Buczkowski Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Core Curator and Data Management Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2361 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbuczkowski@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: The file was processed to make it a comma-delimited text file ready for import into ArcMap 9.3.1. The problem was the original file made no consistent use of delimiters and had both tabs and spaces. Additionally, the header was more than one line, and had to be restricted to values that are compatible with an Esri shapefile. This process used VI (version 7.3. running under Cygwin on a Windows 7 machine) to replace tabs with commas, edit the header line, and do some manual editing to make sure the columns of information were consistent. Additionally, the degrees symbol and hemisphere information was separated from the latitude and longitude values to facilitate import into ArcGIS. Determining appropriate columns of information was further complicated by the fact that some of the columns had blanks. The results were compared with Appendix A, part A9 in OFR 89-020 to verify results. This process step and all remaining process steps were performed by the same person - VeeAnn A. Cross. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ngdc.txt Process_Date: 201408 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ngdc_vac2.csv Process_Step: Process_Description: The VB 2010 program SchemaGen (a simple VS 2010 tool written by VeeAnn Cross at the USGS in Woods Hole) was used to generate the appropriate field definition information for the schema.ini file. This enables the hard coding of an attribute type when the file is brought into ArcGIS. Creating an appropriate schema.ini file to define the attributes aids in the prevention of data being lost because ArcGIS interprets the field as the wrong attribute type. Although not a problem with this file, this tool also enabled the length of the text fields to be set so they would not all be brought in at width 254. The separate schema file was then incorporated into the schema.ini file that would be used by ArcGIS. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ngdc_vac2.csv Process_Date: 201408 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: schema_ngdc.txt Process_Step: Process_Description: The comma-delimited text file was then added to ArcMap 9.3.1 as an event theme and converted to a shapefile. The projection was defined as geographic, NAD 83. This datum was chosen in the absence of detailed datum information provided with the dataset. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ngdc_vac2.csv Process_Date: 201409 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ngdc_ofr89-020.shp Process_Step: Process_Description: The comma-delimited test file had some blanks. Shapefiles don't allow blanks in numeric fields, those blanks are automatically converted to zeros. No zeros occurred in the original text file in numeric fields. The blank fields, which converted to zeros when the shapefile was created, were replaced with a nodata value of -9999. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ngdc_ofr89-020.shp Process_Date: 201409 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ngdc_ofr89-020.shp Process_Step: Process_Description: Using XTools Pro (version 7.1.0) in ArcMap 9.3.1 - export the attribute table to a comma-delimited text file using Table Operations - Export Table to Text. Exclude the attribute FID from the export. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ngdc_ofr89-020.shp Process_Date: 201409 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ngdc_ofr89-020.csv Process_Step: Process_Description: Modified the title to move the dataset name from the beginning of the title. Added USGS Thesaurus keywords. Add the DOI link in the identification section and as a network resource name. Also added a DOI link to the cross-reference and added additional elements to that citation. The metadata date (but not the metadata creator) was edited to reflect the date of these changes (20210412). The metadata available from a harvester may supersede metadata bundled within a download file. Compare the metadata dates to determine which metadata file is most recent. Tweaked a thesaurus name (20211117). Process_Date: 20211117 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross Contact_Position: Marine Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 288 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: ngdc_ofr89-020 Entity_Type_Definition: Point shapefile. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Esri Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: MMBIB Attribute_Definition: Marine Minerals Bibliography number, a unique field that incorporates author and date of publication of reference where data were obtained. Attribute_Definition_Source: Data processor. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: ASCII text. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Latitude Attribute_Definition: Latitude of sample location in decimal degrees. Attribute_Definition_Source: Data processor. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -61.883 Range_Domain_Maximum: 54.767 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees Attribute: Attribute_Label: hemns Attribute_Definition: Indicates the northern or southern hemisphere. Attribute_Definition_Source: Data processor. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: N Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Northern hemisphere. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Data processor Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: S Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Southern hemisphere. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Data processor. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Longitude Attribute_Definition: Longitude of sample location in decimal degrees. Attribute_Definition_Source: Data processor. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -179.339 Range_Domain_Maximum: 179.986 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees Attribute: Attribute_Label: hemew Attribute_Definition: Indicates the eastern or western hemisphere. Attribute_Definition_Source: Data processor. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: E Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Eastern hemisphere. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Data processor. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: W Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Western hemisphere. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Data processor. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Depth_m Attribute_Definition: Depth of sample location in meters. No data value is -9999. Attribute_Definition_Source: Data processor. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 25 Range_Domain_Maximum: 5960 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters Attribute: Attribute_Label: Sample Attribute_Definition: Assumed that this is a combination of cruise and sample number. Not well defined anywhere. Attribute_Definition_Source: Data processor. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: ASCII text. Attribute: Attribute_Label: SampDev Attribute_Definition: Sampling device used to collect the sample. Attribute_Definition_Source: Data processor. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: ASCII text. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Inst Attribute_Definition: Institution affiliated with the sample. Attribute_Definition_Source: Data processor. Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: ASCII text. Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: The definitions for the attributes were not readily available in the information downloaded from the NGDC site, nor from Open-File Report 89-020. However, both of these sources did provide some useful information to help in the attribute definitions. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: README.TXT file that was downloaded with the ASCII files from NGDC. > Manheim, F.T., Lane-Bostwick, C.M., 1989, Chemical composition of ferromanganese crusts in the world ocean: A review and comprehensive database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-020, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1989/0020/. > Unfortunately, some of the attributes or their enumerated domains were not thoroughly described in either place. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Brian J. Buczkowski Contact_Position: Core Curator and Data Management Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2361 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbuczkowski@usgs.gov Resource_Description: ofr89-020_ngdc.zip. This zip file contains the ngdc_ofr89-020 shapefile, the corresponding CSV file, the FGDC CSDGM metadata files (in 4 formats), and the readme.txt file distributed with the files from NGDC. Distribution_Liability: Neither the U.S. government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: Shapefile Format_Version_Number: ArcGIS 9.3.1 Format_Information_Content: WinZip (version 14.0) file contains the shapefile, the comma-delimited text file exported from the shapefile, the FGDC CSDGM metadata, and the readme.txt file distributed with the original ASCII text files at NGDC. File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip 14.0 Transfer_Size: 0.057 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1989/0020/downloads/ofr89-020_ngdc.zip Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr8920V.1.1 Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: CSV Format_Version_Number: XTools Pro v. 7.1 Format_Information_Content: WinZip (version 14.0) file contains the shapefile, the comma-delimited text file exported from the shapefile, the FGDC CSDGM metadata, and the readme.txt file distributed with the original ASCII text files at NGDC. File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip 14.0 Transfer_Size: 0.057 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1989/0020/downloads/ofr89-020_ngdc.zip Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr8920V.1.1 Fees: None. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20240318 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross Contact_Position: Marine Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov Contact_Instructions: The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with USGS. (updated on 20240318) Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile