## GeMS validation of MS_2025_Whitfield_1-1.gdb

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Database path: S:\GeMS\Submittals\Statemap2025_Submittals\MS_2025_Whitfield_1-1\MS_2025_Whitfield_1-1\MS_2025_Whitfield_1-1-database\MS_2025_Whitfield_1-1.gdb
Output directory: S:\GeMS\Submittals\Statemap2025_Submittals\ValidationScratch
Metadata file: S:\GeMS\Submittals\Statemap2025_Submittals\ValidationScratch\MS_2025_Whitfield_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_Whitfield_1-1.gdb-ValidationErrors.html and MS_2025_Whitfield_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:

- No overlaps or internal gaps in map-unit polygon layer
- Contacts and faults in single feature class
- Map-unit polygon boundaries are covered by contacts and faults lines

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

### Contents of Nonspatial Tables

#### DataSources

OBJECTID | Source | Notes | URL | DataSources_ID
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
3 | Borehole Locations from Mississippi Office of Geology - Environmental Geology Division | Borehole Locations | https://geology.deq.ms.gov/environmental/boreholes/ | DAS1
4 | Modified 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 Schema | https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Info/standards/GeMS/ | DAS2
5 | Modified from Illinois State Geological Survey, 2022, Geology Resources: Glossary. Webpage accessed 2022. | Definitions of Conformable and Unconformable | https://isgs.illinois.edu/outreach/geology-resources/unconformable | DAS3
1 | Federal 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. | None | https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/fgdc_gds/geolsymstd.php | FGDC-STD-013-2006
2 | Modified 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. Leard | https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/geology/work-areas/publications-and-map-sales/categories/open-file-reports/of-362-geologic-map-of-the-whitfield-quadrangle-rankin-county-mississippi-105375/ | OF0362

#### DescriptionOfMapUnits

OBJECTID | MapUnit | Name | FullName | Age | Description | HierarchyKey | ParagraphStyle | Label | Symbol | AreaFillRGB | AreaFillPatternDescription | DescriptionSourceID | GeoMaterial | GeoMaterialConfidence | DescriptionOfMapUnits_ID
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | None | Quaternary | None | None | None | 1 | DMU-Heading1 | None | None | None | None | OF0362 | None | None | DMU01
2 | None | Holocene | None | None | None | 1-1 | DMU-Heading2 | None | None | None | None | OF0362 | None | None | DMU02
3 | Qal | Alluvium | Alluvium | Holocene | None | 1-1-1 | DMU Unit 1 | Qal | Qal | 255,255,179 | None | OF0362 | Alluvial sediment, mostly fine-grained | Medium | DMU03
4 | None | Pleistocene | None | None | None | 1-2 | DMU-Heading2 | None | None | None | None | OF0362 | None | None | DMU04
5 | Qtl | Stream Terrace | Stream Terrace | Pleistocene | None | 1-2-1 | DMU Unit 1 | Qtl | Qtl | None | None | OF0362 | Alluvial sediment, mostly fine-grained | Medium | DMU05
6 | None | Tertiary | None | None | None | 2 | DMU-Heading1 | None | None | None | None | OF0362 | None | None | DMU06
7 | None | Pliocene | None | None | None | 2-1 | DMU-Heading2 | None | None | None | None | OF0362 | None | None | DMU07
8 | Tmt | Magee Terrace | Magee Terrace | Pliocene | None | 2-1-1 | DMU Unit 1 | Tmt | Tmt | 255,255,0 | None | OF0362 | Sand and gravel of unspecified origin | Medium | DMU08
9 | None | Oligocene | None | None | None | 2-2 | DMU-Heading2 | None | None | None | None | OF0362 | None | None | DMU09
10 | None | Grand Gulf Group | None | None | None | 2-2-1 | DMU-Heading3 | None | None | None | None | OF0362 | None | None | DMU10
11 | Tca | Catahoula Formation | Catahoula Formation | Oligocene | None | 2-2-1-1 | DMU Unit 1 | Tca | Tca | 252,89,102 | None | OF0362 | Sandstone and mudstone | Medium | DMU11
12 | None | Oligocene | None | None | None | 2-3 | DMU-Heading2 | None | None | None | None | OF0362 | None | None | DMU12
13 | None | Vicksburg Group | None | None | None | 2-3-1 | DMU-Heading3 | None | None | None | None | OF0362 | None | None | DMU13
14 | Tbu | Bucatunna Formation | Bucatunna Formation | Oligocene | None | 2-3-1-1 | DMU Unit 1 | Tbu | Tbu | 178,178,178 | None | OF0362 | Mudstone | High | DMU14
15 | Tv | Vicksburg Limestone | Vicksburg Limestone | Oligocene | None | 2-3-1-2 | DMU Unit 1 | Tv | Tv | 168,0,0 | None | OF0362 | Mostly carbonate rock | High | DMU15
16 | Tfh | Forest Hill Formation | Forest Hill Formation | Oligocene | None | 2-3-1-3 | DMU Unit 1 | Tfh | Tfh | 191,99,0 | None | OF0362 | Sandstone and mudstone | Medium | DMU16
17 | None | Eocene | None | None | None | 2-4 | DMU-Heading2 | None | None | None | None | OF0362 | None | None | DMU17
18 | None | Jackson Group | None | None | None | 2-4-1 | DMU-Heading3 | None | None | None | None | OF0362 | None | None | DMU18
19 | Ty | Yazoo Formation | Yazoo Formation | Eocene | None | 2-4-1-1 | DMU Unit 1 | Ty | Ty | 255,204,0 | None | OF0362 | Marine sediment, mostly fine-grained | High | DMU19
20 | Tmb | Moodys Branch Formation | Moodys Branch Formation | Eocene | None | 2-4-1-2 | DMU Unit 1 | Tmb | Tmb | 171,107,79 | None | OF0362 | Marine sediment, mostly fine-grained | High | DMU20
21 | None | Claiborne Group | None | None | None | 2-4-2 | DMU-Heading3 | None | None | None | None | OF0362 | None | None | DMU21
22 | Tco | Cockfield Formation | Cockfield Formation | Eocene | None | 2-4-2-1 | DMU Unit 1 | Tco | Tco | 237,222,130 | None | OF0362 | Sandstone and mudstone | Medium | DMU22
23 | Tcm | Cook Mountain Formation | Cook Mountain Formation | Eocene | None | 2-4-2-2 | DMU Unit 1 | Tcm | Tcm | None | None | OF0362 | Marine sediment, mostly fine-grained | Medium | DMU23
24 | Tk | Kosciusko Formation | Kosciusko Formation | Eocene | None | 2-4-2-3 | DMU Unit 1 | Tk | Tk | None | None | OF0362 | Mostly sandstone | Medium | DMU24

#### Glossary

OBJECTID | Term | Definition | DefinitionSourceID | Glossary_ID
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
12 | borehole | A 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/ | OF0362 | GLO01
9 | boundary | Map 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. | DAS2 | GLO02
1 | certain | Identity 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-013-2006 | GLO03
10 | contact | Strata 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. | DAS3 | GLO04
3 | DMU-Heading1 | Paragraph style for formatted description of first-rank heading.Times New Roman, bold, 14 pt, 0 pt leading, left justified, 0 pt left indent. | DAS2 | GLO05
4 | DMU-Heading2 | Paragraph style for formatted description of second-rank map heading.Times New Roman, 14 pt, 0 pt leading, left justified, 0 pt left indent. | DAS2 | GLO06
5 | DMU-Heading3 | Paragraph style for formatted description of third-rank map heading.Times New Roman, 12 pt, 0 pt leading, left justified, 0 pt left indent. | DAS2 | GLO07
6 | DMU Unit 1 | Paragraph style for formatted description of first-rank map unit. Times New Roman, 12 pt, 0 pt leading, left justified, 0 pt left indent. | DAS2 | GLO08
13 | elog | Electrical Log digitized from the Mississippi Office of Geology; Environmental Geology Division for the cross-section | OF0362 | GLO09
14 | ground | The Vertical Profile for the cross section | OF0362 | GLO10
7 | High | In terms of geomaterial confidence, geologist is confident in the characterization of the geologic materials | FGDC-STD-013-2006 | GLO11
11 | Line_of_Section | A 2-dimensional line representing the surface of a three dimensional cross-section | OF0362 | GLO12
8 | Medium | In terms of geomaterial confidence, geologist isonly somewhat confident in the characterization of the geologic materials | FGDC-STD-013-2006 | GLO13
15 | neatline | The boundary of the map or cross-section | OF0362 | GLO14
16 | scale | The vertical scale of the cross section | OF0362 | GLO15
17 | sea level | Sea level is the global mean height of the ocean's surface | OF0362 | GLO16

#### MiscellaneousMapInformation

OBJECTID | MapProperty | MapPropertyValue | MiscellaneousMapInformation_ID
--- | --- | --- | ---
1 | Author(s) | Leard, J.R.; Usachenko, N.S.; Starnes, J.E.; Palmer, T.J. | MMI1
2 | Map Scale | 2400 | MMI2
3 | Publication Code | OFR-0362 | MMI3
4 | Publication Date | 06302026 | MMI4
5 | Publication URL | https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/geology/work-areas/publications-and-map-sales/categories/open-file-reports/of-362-geologic-map-of-the-whitfield-quadrangle-rankin-county-mississippi-105375/ | MMI5
6 | Publishing Agency | Mississippi Office of Geology | MMI6
7 | Title | Geologic Map of the Magee Nroth Quadrangle Simpson and Smith Counties, Mississippi | MMI7

### 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, 7 rows
GeologicMap, feature dataset
MapUnitPolys, simple polygon feature class, 44 rows
ContactsAndFaults, simple polyline feature class, 64 rows
GeologicLines, simple polyline feature class, 1 rows
GenericPoints, simple point feature class, 8 rows
CorrelationOfMapUnits, feature dataset
CMUMapUnitPolys, simple polygon feature class, 12 rows
CMULines, simple polyline feature class, 71 rows
CMUPoints, simple point feature class, 7 rows
CrossSectionA, feature dataset
CSAMapUnitPolys, simple polygon feature class, 20 rows
CSAContactsAndFaults, simple polyline feature class, 23 rows
CSACartographicLines, simple polyline feature class, 69 rows