Abstract: This GIS dataset is part of a digital compilation of the Precambrian geology of the Alberta portion of the Canadian Shield and Athabasca Basin. It is one of the datasets used to produce Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) Map 537. For the Alberta shield, the compilation integrates detailed mapping by both AGS and the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) at scales ranging between 1:31,680 and 1:250,000. Geochronological data and interpretations also helped prepare this dataset. For the Athabasca Basin, the compilation incorporates the geology of the basin presented in the ExTech IV volume, published in 2007 by the GSC. This dataset tries to present the geological information in a neutral manner, unbiased by the three mutually exclusive, regional tectonic concepts existing at the time of compilation. Users are encouraged to view AGS Map 537, which contains overviews of the geology of the respective areas and a complete reference list. This line feature dataset came from existing, though largely unpublished, digital sources. Areas of the shield are mainly from digitized versions of AGS Maps 180 and 25: the shield north of Lake Athabasca and south of the Athabasca Basin, respectively.
Metadata: 
  File identifier: 
      DIG_2010_0003.xml
  Language: 
      eng; CAN
  Character set: 
    Character set code: 
      utf8
  Hierarchy level: 
    Scope code: 
      dataset
  Metadata author: 
    Responsible party: 
      Organisation name: 
          Alberta Geological Survey
      Position name: 
          AGS Information Manager
      Contact info: 
        Contact: 
          Phone: 
            Telephone: 
              Voice: 
                  (780) 638-4491
              Facsimile: 
                  (780) 422-1918
          Address: 
            Address: 
              Delivery point: 
                  Alberta Energy Regulator
              Delivery point: 
                  4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
              Delivery point: 
                  4999-98 Avenue NW
              City: 
                  Edmonton
              Administrative area: 
                  Alberta
              Postal code: 
                  T6B 2X3
              Country: 
                  Canada
              Electronic mail address: 
                  AGS-Info@aer.ca
          Hours of service: 
              8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
      Role: 
        Role code: 
          pointOfContact
  Date stamp: 

      2016-03-29
  Metadata standard name: 
      North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata (NAP-Metadata)
  Metadata standard version: 
      ISO 19115-1.1
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Spatial representation info:

Vector spatial representation: Geometric objects: Geometric objects: Geometric object type: Geometric object type code: curve Geometric object count: 5684
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Spatial representation info:

Grid spatial representation: Number of dimensions: 2 Axis Dimension Properties: Dimension: Dimension name: Dimension name type code: column Dimension size: unknown Resolution: uom: decimalDegrees 0.000000 Axis Dimension Properties: Dimension: Dimension name: Dimension name type code: row Dimension size: unknown Resolution: uom: decimalDegrees 0.000000 Cell geometry: Cell geometry code: Transformation parameter availability: false
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Reference system info:

Reference system:
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Reference system info:

Reference system: Reference system identifier: RS Identifier: Code: EPSG:4269 Code Space: http://www.epsg-registry.org/ Version: 8.4.1
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Reference system info:

xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/65f8b220-95ed-11e0-aa80-0800200c9a66 title: North American Datum 1983
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Reference system info:

xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/c3895520-95ed-11e0-aa80-0800200c9a66 title: Geodetic Reference System 1980
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Identification info:

Data identification: Citation: Citation: Title: Precambrian Geology of Northeastern Alberta, NTS 74M, 74L and part of 74E, bedrock contacts (GIS data, line features) Date: Date: Date: 2010-03-15 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Energy Resources Conservation Board Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Pana, D.I. Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta, Canada Role: Role code: publisher Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Digital Data Issue identification: DIG 2010-0003 Abstract: This GIS dataset is part of a digital compilation of the Precambrian geology of the Alberta portion of the Canadian Shield and Athabasca Basin. It is one of the datasets used to produce Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) Map 537. For the Alberta shield, the compilation integrates detailed mapping by both AGS and the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) at scales ranging between 1:31,680 and 1:250,000. Geochronological data and interpretations also helped prepare this dataset. For the Athabasca Basin, the compilation incorporates the geology of the basin presented in the ExTech IV volume, published in 2007 by the GSC. This dataset tries to present the geological information in a neutral manner, unbiased by the three mutually exclusive, regional tectonic concepts existing at the time of compilation. Users are encouraged to view AGS Map 537, which contains overviews of the geology of the respective areas and a complete reference list. This line feature dataset came from existing, though largely unpublished, digital sources. Areas of the shield are mainly from digitized versions of AGS Maps 180 and 25: the shield north of Lake Athabasca and south of the Athabasca Basin, respectively. Purpose: To update the Precambrian geology of northeastern Alberta, including the Alberta portions of the Canadian Shield and Athabasca Basin, and to use this information in a geographic information system. Credit: GISmo Solutions Ltd. digitized the shield source maps. The EXTECH IV project supplied the Athabasca basin data. E.J. Waters and K. Mckay compiled and edited the data. Status: Progress code: completed Point of contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Position name: AGS Information Manager Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: (780) 638-4491 Facsimile: (780) 422-1918 Address: Address: Delivery point: Alberta Energy Regulator Delivery point: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building Delivery point: 4999-98 Avenue NW City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Postal code: T6B 2X3 Country: Canada Electronic mail address: AGS-Info@aer.ca Hours of service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Role: Role code: pointOfContact Resource maintenance: Maintenance information: Maintenance and update frequency: Maintenance frequency code: notPlanned Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: athabasca basin Keyword: canadian shield Keyword: geology Keyword: gis data Keyword: gneiss Keyword: granitoid Keyword: metamorphic Keyword: mylonite Keyword: precambrian Type: Keyword type code: theme Thesaurus name: Citation: Title: none Date: unknown Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: 74e Keyword: 74l Keyword: 74m Keyword: alberta shield Keyword: athabasca basin Keyword: canada Keyword: lake athabasca Type: Keyword type code: place Thesaurus name: Citation: Title: none Date: unknown Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Access constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Use constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Other constraints: Access Constraints: Public Use Constraints: Acknowledgement of the Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological Survey as the originator/source of this information is required as described in the Open Government License - Alberta. Distribution Liability: The Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological Survey (AER/AGS) licenses this information under the Open Government License - Alberta. Any references to proprietary software in our documentation, and/or any use of proprietary data formats in our releases, do not constitute endorsement by the AER/AGS of any manufacturer's product. Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Name: Citation: Title: Precambrian Geology of Northeastern Alberta (NTS 74M, 74L and part of 74E) Date: Date: Date: 2010-03-15 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Energy Resources Conservation Board Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Pana, D.I. Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta, Canada Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: http://ags.aer.ca/ Role: Role code: publisher Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Map Issue identification: MAP 537 Other citation details: Scale 1:250000. Association Type: Association type code: crossReference Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Name: Citation: Title: Precambrian Geology of Northeastern Alberta, NTS 74M, 74L and part of 74E (GIS data, polygon features) Date: Date: Date: 2010-03-15 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Energy Resources Conservation Board Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Pana, D.I. Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta, Canada Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: http://ags.aer.ca/ Role: Role code: publisher Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Digital Data Issue identification: DIG 2010-0002 Other citation details: Association Type: Association type code: crossReference Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Name: Citation: Title: Precambrian Geology of Northeastern Alberta: Uranium-Lead Geochronological Data, NTS 74M, 74L and part of 74E (GIS data, point features) Date: Date: Date: 2010-03-15 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Energy Resources Conservation Board Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta, Canada Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: http://ags.aer.ca/ Role: Role code: publisher Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Digital Data Issue identification: DIG 2010-0004 Other citation details: Compiled by D. I. Pana. Association Type: Association type code: crossReference Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Name: Citation: Title: Precambrian Geology of Northeastern Alberta, NTS 74M, 74L and part of 74E, Structures (GIS data, line features) Date: Date: Date: 2010-03-15 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Energy Resources Conservation Board Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Pana, D.I. Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta, Canada Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: http://ags.aer.ca/ Role: Role code: publisher Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Digital Data Issue identification: DIG 2010-0005 Other citation details: Association Type: Association type code: crossReference Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Name: Citation: Title: Precambrian Geology of Northeastern Alberta, NTS 74M, 74L and part of 74E, Mylonitized Zones (GIS data, polygon features) Date: Date: Date: 2010-03-15 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Energy Resources Conservation Board Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Pana, D.I. Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta, Canada Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: http://ags.aer.ca/ Role: Role code: publisher Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Digital Data Issue identification: DIG 2010-0006 Other citation details: Association Type: Association type code: crossReference Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Name: Citation: Title: Precambrian Geology of Northeastern Alberta: 40 Argon/39 Argon Geochronological Data, NTS 74M, 74L and part of 74E(GIS data, point features) Date: Date: Date: 2010-03-15 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Energy Resources Conservation Board Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta, Canada Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: http://ags.aer.ca/ Role: Role code: publisher Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Digital Data Issue identification: DIG 2010-0007 Other citation details: Compiled by D. I. Pana. Association Type: Association type code: crossReference Spatial representation type: Spatial representation type code: vector Language: eng; CAN Topic category: Topic category code: geoscientificInformation Extent: Extent: Geographic element: Geographic bounding box: West bound longitude: -111.861346 East bound longitude: -110.005959 South bound latitude: 57.610029 North bound latitude: 59.999363 Temporal element: Temporal extent: Extent: Time period: Description: ground condition Begin date: 2008-01-01 End date: 2009-01-01 Supplemental Information: These data comprise the map unit polygon contacts of Alberta Geological Survey Map 537, Precambrian Geology of Northeastern Alberta (NTS 74M, 74L and part of 74E). Language: In English.
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Content info:

Feature catalogue description: Included with dataset: false Feature catalogue citation: Citation: Title: Entity and Attribute Information Date: Other citation details: Detailed Entity and Attribute information is provided with the dataset, formatted as Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata.
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DISTRIBUTION INFO:

Distribution: Distributor: Distributor: Distributor contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Position name: AGS Information Manager Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: (780) 638-4491 Facsimile: (780) 422-1918 Address: Address: Delivery point: Alberta Energy Regulator Delivery point: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building Delivery point: 4999-98 Avenue NW City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Postal code: T6B 2X3 Country: Canada Electronic mail address: AGS-Info@aer.ca Hours of service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Role: Role code: distributor Transfer options: Digital transfer options: Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://static.ags.aer.ca/files/document/DIG/DIG_2010_0003.zip Name: SHP
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Data quality info:

Data quality: Scope: Scope: Hierarchy level: Scope code: dataset Report: Completeness commission: Result: unknown Report: Completeness omission: Evaluation method description: This layer shows the nature of the contacts and unconformities within all map units of the study area. Result: unknown Report: Conceptual consistency: Measure description: The data represent topological, linear features that represent the outlines of contiguous map units. The line segments do not overlap. Result: unknown Lineage: Lineage: Statement: This layer shows the nature of the contacts and unconformities within all map units of the study area. Process step: Process step: Description: Contacts were written out from the map-unit polygon coverage (Alberta Geological Survey Digital Dataset 2010-0002.), and attributed with a brief descriptor. See the Process Step for that companion dataset for more detail. Date and time: 2008-01-01T00:00:00 Source: Source: Description: Source Contribution: Structural lineaments of the Alberta Shield north of Lake AthabascaCD-ROM Scale: Representative fraction: Denominator: 250000 Source citation: Citation: Title: Geology of the Precambrian Shield in northeastern Alberta, NTS 74M and NTS 74L Alternate title: AGS Map 180 Date: Date: Date: 1986-01-01 Date type: Date type code: publication Edition: Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Research Council Role: Role code: resourceProvider Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: resourceProvider Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Godfrey, J.D. Role: Role code: resourceProvider Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Map Issue identification: MAP 180 Other citation details: Scale 1:250000. Source extent: Extent: Temporal element: Temporal extent: Extent: Time instant: Description: publication date Time position: 1986-01-01 Source: Source: Description: Source Contribution: Structural lineaments of the Alberta Shield south of Lake AthabascaCD-ROM Scale: Representative fraction: Denominator: 63360 Source citation: Citation: Title: Geology of the Marguerite River district, Alberta, NTS 74E Alternate title: AGS Map 25 Date: Date: Date: 1970-01-01 Date type: Date type code: publication Edition: Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Research Council of Alberta Role: Role code: resourceProvider Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: resourceProvider Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Godfrey, J.D. Role: Role code: resourceProvider Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Map Issue identification: MAP 025 Other citation details: Scale 1:63360. Source extent: Extent: Temporal element: Temporal extent: Extent: Time instant: Description: publication date Time position: 1970-01-01 Source: Source: Description: Source Contribution: Athabasca basin subcropCD-ROM Scale: Representative fraction: Denominator: 0 Source citation: Citation: Title: EXTECH IV: Geology and Uranium EXploration TECHnology of the Proterozoic Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan and Alberta Alternate title: Athabasca basin shapefile Date: Date: Date: 2007-01-01 Date type: Date type code: publication Edition: Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Geological Survey of Canada Role: Role code: resourceProvider Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Issue identification: Other citation details: Part of GSC Bulletin 588. Source extent: Extent: Temporal element: Temporal extent: Extent: Time instant: Description: publication date Time position: 2007-01-01
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Metadata constraints:

Legal constraints: Access constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Use constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Other constraints: Metadata Access Constraints: none Metadata Use Constraints: none
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Metadata maintenance:

Maintenance information: Maintenance and update frequency: unknown Maintenance note: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadatastandard version FGDC-STD-001-1998 using the January 2013 version of the FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19115-2 transform. Metadata author: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Position name: AGS Information Manager Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: (780) 638-4491 Facsimile: (780) 422-1918 Address: Address: Delivery point: Alberta Energy Regulator Delivery point: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building Delivery point: 4999-98 Avenue NW City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Postal code: T6B 2X3 Country: Canada Electronic mail address: AGS-Info@aer.ca Hours of service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Role: Role code: custodian
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