GeMS validation of MS_2025_Florence_1-1.gdb

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Metadata file: \\surfacegeo\SurfaceGeologyCommons\GeMS\Submittals\Statemap2025_Submittals\ValidationScratch\MS_2025_Florence_1-1.gdb_metadata.xml
Check embedded metadata: True
Skip topology check: False
Refresh GeoMaterialDict: True
Delete extra rows in Glossary and DataSources: False
Compact GDB: True

This database is LEVEL 3 COMPLIANT.

The database-level FGDC metadata are formally correct although the metadata record should be reviewed to verify that it is meaningful.

This file should be accompanied by MS_2025_Florence_1-1.gdb-ValidationErrors.html and MS_2025_Florence_1-1.gdb_metadata.xml_errors.txt in the same directory.

If this database will be submitted to the NGMDB, it also needs to be accompanied by a reviewed Geologic Names report that includes identification of any suggested modifications to Geolex. Use the Geologic Names Check tool to generate that report or provide other documentation of a review.

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Contents

Compliance Criteria
Warnings
Content not specified in GeMS schema
Occurrence of MapUnits in DMU, feature datasets, or geopackage tables
Contents of Nonspatial Tables
DataSources
DescriptionOfMapUnits
Glossary
MiscellaneousMapInformation
Database Inventory

Compliance Criteria

LEVEL 1

Criteria for a LEVEL 1 GeMS database are: Databases with a variety of schema may meet these criteria. This script cannot confirm LEVEL 1 compliance.

LEVEL 2--MINIMALLY COMPLIANT

A LEVEL 2 GeMS database is accompanied by a peer-reviewed Geologic Names report, including identification of suggested modifications to Geolex, and meets the following criteria:
2.1 Has required elements: nonspatial tables DataSources, DescriptionOfMapUnits, GeoMaterialDict; feature dataset GeologicMap with feature classes ContactsAndFaults and MapUnitPolys PASS
2.2 Required fields within required elements are present and correctly defined PASS
2.3 All MapUnitPolys and ContactsAndFaults based feature classes obey Level 2 topology rules: no internal gaps or overlaps in MapUnitPolys, boundaries of MapUnitPolys are covered by ContactsAndFaults PASS
2.4 All map units in MapUnitPolys have entries in DescriptionOfMapUnits table PASS
2.5 No duplicate MapUnit values in DescriptionOfMapUnit table PASS
2.6 Certain field values within required elements have entries in Glossary table PASS
2.7 No duplicate Term values in Glossary table PASS
2.8 All xxxSourceID values in required elements have entries in DataSources table PASS
2.9 No duplicate DataSources_ID values in DataSources table PASS

LEVEL 3--FULLY COMPLIANT

A LEVEL 3 GeMS database meets these additional criteria:
3.1 Table and field definitions beyond Level 2 conform to GeMS schema PASS
3.2 All MapUnitPolys and ContactsAndFaults based feature classes obey Level 3 topology rules: No ContactsAndFaults overlaps, self-overlaps, or self-intersections. PASS
3.3 No missing required values PASS
3.4 No missing terms in Glossary PASS
3.5 No unnecessary terms in Glossary PASS
3.6 No missing sources in DataSources PASS
3.7 No unnecessary sources in DataSources PASS
3.8 No map units without entries in DescriptionOfMapUnits PASS
3.9 No unnecessary map units in DescriptionOfMapUnits PASS
3.10 HierarchyKey values in DescriptionOfMapUnits are unique and well formed PASS
3.11 All values of GeoMaterial are defined in GeoMaterialDict. GeoMaterialDict is as specified in the GeMS standard PASS
3.12 No duplicate _ID values PASS
3.13 No zero-length, whitespace-only, or bad null values PASS

Warnings

There are 0 warnings

Content not specified in GeMS schema

Some of the extensions to the GeMS schema identified here may be necessary to capture geologic content and are entirely appropriate. Please document these extensions in metadata for the database, any accompanying README file, and (if applicable) any transmittal letter that accompanies the dataset. Other extensions may be intermediate datasets, fields, or files that should be deleted before distribution of the database.

Fields


Tables


CorrelationOfMapUnits
CrossSectionA
GenericPoints

Occurrence of MapUnit in DMU, feature datasets, or geopackage tables

MapUnit DescriptionOfMapUnits GeologicMap CrossSectionA CorrelationOfMapUnits
Tk X -- X X
Tfh X X X X
Tcm X -- X X
Tbu X -- X --
Qal X X X X
Ty X X X X
Qtl X X -- X
Tco X -- X X
Tv X X X X
Tmb X -- X X
Tmt X X X X
Tca X X X X

Contents of Nonspatial Tables

DataSources

OBJECTIDSourceNotesURLDataSources_ID
3Borehole Locations from Mississippi Office of Geology - Environmental Geology DivisionBorehole Locationshttps://geology.deq.ms.gov/environmental/boreholes/DAS1
4Modified from United States Geological Survey, 2020, GeMS (Geologic Map Schema)-A Standard Format for the Digital Publication of Geologic Maps. USGS techniques and Methods 11-B10. Reston, Virginia.GeMS Schemahttps://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Info/standards/GeMS/DAS2
5Modified from Illinois State Geological Survey, 2022, Geology Resources: Glossary. Webpage accessed 2022.Definitions of Conformable and Unconformablehttps://isgs.illinois.edu/outreach/geology-resources/unconformableDAS3
1Federal Geographic Data Committee [prepared for the Federal Geographic Data Committee by the U.S. Geological Survey], 2006, FGDC Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization: Reston, Va., Federal Geographic Data Committee Document Number FGDC-STD-013-2006, 290 p., 2 plates.Nonehttps://ngmdb.usgs.gov/fgdc_gds/geolsymstd.phpFGDC-STD-013-2006
2Modified from Leard, J.R.; Usachenko, N.S.; Starnes, J.E.; Palmer, T.J., 2026, Geologic Map of the New Byram Hinds and Rankin Counties, Mississippi. Mississippi Office of Geology Open-File Report 360. Jackson, Mississippi. Scale 1:24000, 1 sheet.Data migrated to GeMS format by Jonathan R. Leardhttps://www.mdeq.ms.gov/geology/work-areas/publications-and-map-sales/categories/open-file-reports/of-361-geologic-map-of-the-florence-quadrangle-rankin-and-hinds-counties-mississippi-105374/OF0361

DescriptionOfMapUnits

OBJECTIDMapUnitNameFullNameAgeDescriptionHierarchyKeyParagraphStyleLabelSymbolAreaFillRGBAreaFillPatternDescriptionDescriptionSourceIDGeoMaterialGeoMaterialConfidenceDescriptionOfMapUnits_ID
1NoneQuaternaryNoneNoneNone1DMU-Heading1NoneNoneNoneNoneOF0361NoneNoneDMU01
2NoneHoloceneNoneNoneNone1-1DMU-Heading2NoneNoneNoneNoneOF0361NoneNoneDMU02
3QalAlluviumAlluviumHoloceneSand, yellow- to brownish-white in color, fine- to coarse-grained, subrounded to rounded, predominately quartzose, silty, clayey; humus lenses common. Streams on clay subcrop will exhibit shallow, wide alluvial plains while streams on sand subcrop tend to incise creating steep valleys with narrow alluvial plains, silicified wood common. Thickness approximately 50 feet along larger streams, thinning up tributaries.1-1-1DMU Unit 1QalQal255,255,179NoneOF0361Alluvial sediment, mostly fine-grainedMediumDMU03
4NonePleistoceneNoneNoneNone1-2DMU-Heading2NoneNoneNoneNoneOF0361NoneNoneDMU04
5QtlStream TerraceStream TerracePleistoceneFluvial deposits associated with base elevation change with the incision of the Pearl River during the Pleistocene epoch just west of French's Store; Sand, yellow- to brownish-white in color, fine- to coarse-grained, subrounded to rounded, predominately quartzose, locally graveliferous, silty to clayey; humus lenses common. Silicified wood may be common.1-2-1DMU Unit 1QtlQtlNoneNoneOF0361Alluvial sediment, mostly fine-grainedMediumDMU05
7NoneTertiaryNoneNoneNone2DMU-Heading1NoneNoneNoneNoneOF0361NoneNoneDMU06
8NonePlioceneNoneNoneNone2-1DMU-Heading2NoneNoneNoneNoneOF0361NoneNoneDMU07
9TmtMagee TerraceMagee TerracePlioceneGenerally fining-upward sequence of fluvial siliciclastic deposits attributed to courses of the Plio-Pleistocene ancestral Tennessee–Ohio River system. Sand is yellow, orange, purple, red, and pink; fine to coarse grained; predominantly quartzose; cross bedded to massive. Graveliferous, containing pea to cobble size clasts typically not exceeding lengths of 3 in; clasts composed chiefly of chert with lesser amounts of quartz. Clay is kaolinitic, pink to white and occurs as discontinuous lenses and as basal rip up clasts. Relic floodplain silts and clays are preserved above approximately 550 ft MSL. The base of the unit is unconformable at roughly 400 ft MSL. Conglomeritic ironstone is commonly developed at the contact with the underlying Catahoula Formation.2-1-1DMU Unit 1TmtTmt255,255,0NoneOF0361Sand and gravel of unspecified originMediumDMU08
10NoneOligoceneNoneNoneNone2-2DMU-Heading2NoneNoneNoneNoneOF0361NoneNoneDMU09
11NoneGrand Gulf GroupNoneNoneNone2-2-1DMU-Heading3NoneNoneNoneNoneOF0361NoneNoneDMU10
12TcaCatahoula FormationCatahoula FormationOligoceneDeltaic to marine sands, silts, clays, sandstone, and sparse gravel. Sand is gray, pale yellow to white; fine to coarse grained; cross bedded to massive. Contains rare thinly bedded pea gravel layers. Gravels consist of highly polished black chert and milky quartz, ranging from subangular to well rounded. Sand is commonly indurated near the surface to sandstone. Predominantly quartzose with lesser amounts of chert, metaquartzite, mica, and heavy minerals; slightly glauconitic in places. Silicified wood and fossil palm fragments are common. Clay is green, gray, and brown; weathers white to brown in color; silty to sandy. Lignite is common in basal clay intervals. Unit is fossiliferous in part, particularly bioturbated in the lower beds and commonly containing leaf fossils in the upper beds. The Catahoula Formation unconformably overlies and locally incises into the underlying Bucatunna Formation. Total thickness of the formation not achieved on this map.2-2-1-1DMU Unit 1TcaTca252,89,102NoneOF0361Sandstone and mudstoneMediumDMU11
13NoneOligoceneNoneNoneNone2-3DMU-Heading2NoneNoneNoneNoneOF0361NoneNoneDMU12
14NoneVicksburg GroupNoneNoneNone2-3-1DMU-Heading3NoneNoneNoneNoneOF0361NoneNoneDMU13
15TbuBucatunna FormationBucatunna FormationOligoceneOnly divided out in cross section2-3-1-1DMU Unit 1TbuTbu178,178,178NoneOF0361MudstoneHighDMU14
16TvVicksburg LimestoneVicksburg LimestoneOligoceneIncludes the undifferentiated successive marine units, listed in descending stratigraphic order: Bucatunna Formation, Byram Formation, Glendon Formation, Marianna Formation; and Mint Spring Formation. The Bucatunna Formation consists of carbonaceous clays dark brown to gray in color, silty to fine sandy, averaging about 45 ft in thickness. The Byram Formation is composed of sandy to clayey marl, glauconitic and fossiliferous, with a thickness of up to approximately 12 ft. The Glendon Formation consists of semi crystalline limestone interbedded with softer clayey marls and represents the marine highstand of the early Oligocene Vicksburg sequence. The underlying Marianna consists of soft clay marls. Collectively the Glendon-Marianna section reaches a maximum thickness of about 30 ft in the mapping area; The Mint Spring Formation consists of gray to green colored glauconitic and fossiliferous marly quartz sand. The Vicksburg Group is biostratigraphically characterized by the presence of the mollusk Pecten byramensis and the large benthic foraminifera Lepidocyclina sp. The Vicksburg Group unconformably overlies the Forest Hill Formation.2-3-1-2DMU Unit 1TvTv168,0,0NoneOF0361Mostly carbonate rockHighDMU15
17TfhForest Hill FormationForest Hill FormationOligoceneDeltaic sands, silts, and clays. Sand is fine-grained, silty, and quartzose; clay is carbonaceous and laminated, with lignite seams and silicified wood common. Carbonized plant fossils occur along fissile partings in clay intervals. The Forest Hill Formation unconformably overlies and commonly incises into the underlying Yazoo Formation and represents the lowermost member of the Vicksburg Group, distinguished from overlying units by its terrestrial to deltaic depositional setting. Approximate thickness is 80 ft in the mapping area.2-3-1-3DMU Unit 1TfhTfh191,99,0NoneOF0361Sandstone and mudstoneMediumDMU16
18NoneEoceneNoneNoneNone2-4DMU-Heading2NoneNoneNoneNoneOF0361NoneNoneDMU17
19NoneJackson GroupNoneNoneNone2-4-1DMU-Heading3NoneNoneNoneNoneOF0361NoneNoneDMU18
20TyYazoo FormationYazoo FormationEoceneOuter neritic to bathyal marine clay. Clay is calcareous and montmorillonitic, blue-green when unweathered. Sparingly fossiliferous, with marine mollusk shell hash common along partings. Bentonite seams present. Limestone ledges occur in places. The Yazoo Formation is marked by the planktonic foraminifera Hantkenina alabamensis. The Yazoo Formation conformably overlies the Moodys Branch Formation. Total thickness is approximately 400 ft in mapping area.2-4-1-1DMU Unit 1TyTy255,204,0NoneOF0361Marine sediment, mostly fine-grainedHighDMU19
21TmbMoodys Branch FormationMoodys Branch FormationEoceneThe Moodys Branch Formation is the basal member of a marine transgression towards the close of the Eocene epoch in the northern Gulf, situated unconformably above the deltaic to estuarine Cockfield Formation and conformably below the outer neritic to bathyal clays of the Yazoo Formation. It consists of sandy, fossiliferous marl containing abundant marine mollusk shells of the genera Glycymeris and Venericardia. The unit unconformably overlies the Cockfield Formation, reflecting the delta destructional phase and subsequent marine transgression, and it conformably grades upward into the Yazoo Formation. Total thickness is approximately 15 ft.2-4-1-2DMU Unit 1TmbTmb171,107,79NoneOF0361Marine sediment, mostly fine-grainedHighDMU20
22NoneClaiborne GroupNoneNoneNone2-4-2DMU-Heading3NoneNoneNoneNoneOF0361NoneNoneDMU21
23TcoCockfield FormationCockfield FormationEoceneDeltaic to estuarine deposits dominated by clays in the upper portions of the formation and sands in the lower portion. Clays are gray to brown in color, silty to fine sandy, plastic, highly carbonaceous with thin beds of lignite common, slightly micaceous, and locally pyritic. Sands are quartzose, cross bedded to massive, locally lignitic, and can be silty to clayey. The unit conformably overlies the Cook Mountain Formation. Thickness is approximately 250 ft in mapping area.2-4-2-1DMU Unit 1TcoTco237,222,130NoneOF0361Sandstone and mudstoneMediumDMU22
24TcmCook Mountain FormationCook Mountain FormationEoceneMarine clays, silts, and sands. Clay, chocolate brown in color. Silt, dark yellowish-brown, carbonaceous, clayey, glauconitic, micaceous, sandy. Sand, light-gray to grayish-brown, fine- to coarse-grained, quartzose, fossiliferous, silty, clayey, micaceous, carbonaceous; shaley in upper portions, cross bedded in lower portions. Unconformably overlies the Kosciusko Formation. Thickness is approximately 60 ft.2-4-2-2DMU Unit 1TcmTcmNoneNoneOF0361Marine sediment, mostly fine-grainedMediumDMU23
25TkKosciusko FormationKosciusko FormationEoceneSand, gray to light olive gray, massive to cross bedded, very fine- to very coarse-grained, quartzose, micaceous, locally exhibits scattered weak ledges of limonitic sandstone; interbedded to interlaminated with silt and clay, light olive gray to brownish gray, locally carbonaceous. Locally unconformable at base. Total thickness not represented in cross section. Constitutes the Sparta Aquifer.2-4-2-3DMU Unit 1TkTkNoneNoneOF0361Mostly sandstoneMediumDMU24

Glossary

OBJECTIDTermDefinitionDefinitionSourceIDGlossary_ID
12boreholeA point representing the electrical log from a hole drilled in the earth. Log locations are sourced and modified from https://geology.deq.ms.gov/environmental/boreholes/OF0361GLO01
9boundaryMap outline generated through GeMS toolset in NAD83Z15N covering an area measuring 7.5 minutes of latitude by 7.5 longitude and commonly called a 7.5 minute quadrangle map.DAS2GLO02
1certainIdentity of a feature can be determined using relevant observations and scientific judgment; therefore, one can be reasonably confident in the credibility of this interpretation.FGDC-STD-013-2006GLO03
10contactStrata that do or do not supersede underlying units in immediate stratigraphic order. A general term applied to strata deposited upon older units after a hiatus in sedimentation, with or without any erosion of the older subjacent unit.DAS3GLO04
3DMU-Heading1Paragraph style for formatted description of first-rank heading.Times New Roman, bold, 14 pt, 0 pt leading, left justified, 0 pt left indent.DAS2GLO05
4DMU-Heading2Paragraph style for formatted description of second-rank map heading.Times New Roman, 14 pt, 0 pt leading, left justified, 0 pt left indent.DAS2GLO06
5DMU-Heading3Paragraph style for formatted description of third-rank map heading.Times New Roman, 12 pt, 0 pt leading, left justified, 0 pt left indent.DAS2GLO07
6DMU Unit 1Paragraph style for formatted description of first-rank map unit. Times New Roman, 12 pt, 0 pt leading, left justified, 0 pt left indent.DAS2GLO08
13elogElectrical Log digitized from the Mississippi Office of Geology; Environmental Geology Division for the cross-sectionOF0361GLO09
14groundThe Vertical Profile for the cross sectionOF0361GLO10
7HighIn terms of geomaterial confidence, geologist is confident in the characterization of the geologic materialsFGDC-STD-013-2006GLO11
11Line_of_SectionA 2-dimensional line representing the surface of a three dimensional cross-sectionOF0361GLO12
8MediumIn terms of geomaterial confidence, geologist isonly somewhat confident in the characterization of the geologic materialsFGDC-STD-013-2006GLO13
15neatlineThe boundary of the map or cross-sectionOF0361GLO14
16scaleThe vertical scale of the cross sectionOF0361GLO15
17sea levelSea level is the global mean height of the ocean's surfaceOF0361GLO16

MiscellaneousMapInformation

OBJECTIDMapPropertyMapPropertyValueMiscellaneousMapInformation_ID
1Author(s)Leard, J.R.; Usachenko, N.S.; Starnes, J.E.; Palmer, T.J.MMI1
2Map Scale24000MMI2
3Publication CodeOFR-0361MMI3
4Publication Date06302026MMI4
5Publication URLhttps://www.mdeq.ms.gov/geology/work-areas/publications-and-map-sales/categories/open-file-reports/of-361-geologic-map-of-the-florence-quadrangle-rankin-and-hinds-counties-mississippi-105374/MMI5
6Publishing AgencyMississippi Office of GeologyMMI6

Database Inventory

This summary of database content is provided as a convenience to GIS analysts, reviewers, and others. It is not part of the GeMS compliance criteria.

DataSources, nonspatial table, 5 rows
DescriptionOfMapUnits, nonspatial table, 24 rows
GeoMaterialDict, nonspatial table, 101 rows
Glossary, nonspatial table, 16 rows
MiscellaneousMapInformation, nonspatial table, 6 rows
GeologicMap, feature dataset
MapUnitPolys, simple polygon feature class, 52 rows
ContactsAndFaults, simple polyline feature class, 99 rows
GeologicLines, simple polyline feature class, 1 rows
GenericPoints, simple point feature class, 6 rows
CorrelationOfMapUnits, feature dataset
CMUMapUnitPolys, simple polygon feature class, 11 rows
CMULines, simple polyline feature class, 71 rows
CMUPoints, simple point feature class, 7 rows
CrossSectionA, feature dataset
CSAMapUnitPolys, simple polygon feature class, 19 rows
CSAContactsAndFaults, simple polyline feature class, 29 rows
CSACartographicLines, simple polyline feature class, 56 rows