Quantitative Estimates of the Geology of Large Regions ant Their Application to Mineral-Resource Assessment

Legion files by Region

These files are like the one in Table 2.

Format of Legend Files

Symbol Meaning Size Characteristic Examples
A Country code 3 Number 022=Florida
B Region code 2 Number 02=United States
Seq Sub-Country 2 Number 03=third part of Florida
NAM413 Eight character name 8 Left justified FLORIDA
AGE Geologic Age 4 Left justified CENO,MESO, PALE, PROT, ARCH
TPI Time Petrographic Index 3 Left justified 101to 513
PTS Number of Points 4 Number
NUMBER Symbol Number 6 Number
SYMBOL Symbol 15 Left justified
N Color of Map Legend 12 Left justified
U Uncertain 1 Left justified 1=more than one rock type
PC Percentage 3 Number
STRAT Stratigraphic unit 12 Left justified
LITH Lithology 30 Left justified

Raw Date Input Files

These files are like the one in Table 4.

Expanded Data Files

Format of Data Files

Symbol Meaning Size Characteristic Examples
A Country code 3 Number 022-Florida
B Region code 2 Number 02-United States
SEQ Sub-Country 2 Number 03-third part of Florida
ROW Row number 3 Number
COL Column number 3 Number
PTS Number of Points 4 Number
TPI Time Petrographic Index 3 Left justified 101 to 513
NUMBER Symbol Number 6 Number