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	<idinfo>
		<citation>
			<citeinfo>
				<origin>Leard, J.R.</origin>
				<pubdate>20260630</pubdate>
				<title>GemS style database for the Geologic Map of the Bentonia Quadrangle Madison and Yazoo Counties, Mississippi</title>
				<geoform>Vector Digital Data Set</geoform>
				<pubinfo>
					<pubplace>Jackson, MS</pubplace>
					<publish>Mississippi Office of Geology</publish>
				</pubinfo>
			</citeinfo>
		</citation>
		<descript>
			<abstract>The point, line, and polygon layers within this geodatabase represent locations of geologic information in the Bentonia quadrangle. The data was compiled by Jonathan R. Leard of the Mississippi Office of Geology, Surface Mapping Division for public use. This mapping was conducted for and was funded through a 1:1 match grant between the taxpayers of the State of Mississippi and the STATEMAP Grant #G25AC00474. The Geologic observations were compiled as GIS layers including: 1)boreholes from the Mississippi Office of Geology, Environmental Geology Division and 2) line and polygon symbols indicating geologic contacts as mapped by Jonathan R. Leard.</abstract>
			<purpose>These data were developed to support the Mississippi Office of Geology, Surface Mapping Division. The point and polygon vector data in the geodatabase are suitable for use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or other database and geospatial software. The data provide information on the geologic interpretation of the geology of the Bentonia Quadrangle. The data may be used to develop maps, perform geospatial analyses, or to evaluate geologic resource potential in the area covered by the data. The information is intended to meet the needs of a wide community of users that includes the geoscience and mineral exploration communities as well as State and Federal agencies, private industry, and the general public.</purpose>
			<supplinf>MS_2025_Bentonia_2-2.gdb is a composite geodataset that conforms to &quot;GeMS (Geologic Map Schema)--a standard format for the digital publication of geologic maps&quot;, available at http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Info/standards/GeMS/. Metadata records associated with each element within the geodataset contain more detailed descriptions of their purposes, constituent entities, and attributes. Some programming will likely be necessary to assemble these components into usable formats. These metadata were prepared with the aid of script GeMS_FGDC1_Arc10.py, version of 8 May 2023 and the aid of script GeMS_FGDCMetadata.py, version of 2/27/24.</supplinf>
		</descript>
		<timeperd>
			<timeinfo>
				<rngdates>
					<begdate>20250701</begdate>
					<enddate>20260630</enddate>
				</rngdates>
			</timeinfo>
			<current>Period of data creation and compilation.</current>
		</timeperd>
		<status>
			<progress>Complete</progress>
			<update>None planned</update>
		</status>
		<spdom>
			<bounding>
				<westbc>-97.375</westbc>
				<eastbc>-90.25</eastbc>
				<northbc>32.75</northbc>
				<southbc>32.625</southbc>
			</bounding>
		</spdom>
		<keywords>
			<theme>
				<themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Category</themekt>
				<themekey>geoscientificInformation</themekey>
			</theme>
			<place>
				<placekt>Geographic Names Information System</placekt>
				<placekey>Mississippi</placekey>
			</place>
		</keywords>
		<accconst>None</accconst>
		<useconst>These data are intended for use at approximately 1:24,000 scale or smaller. Data have been checked to ensure the accuracy. Geologic maps are only a guide to current understanding and do not eliminate the need for detailed investigations of specific sites for specific purposes. The views and conclusions contained in this Open-File Report are those of the geologists and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the State of Mississippi or of the United States Government.If any errors are detected, please notify the originating office. The U.S. Geological Survey strongly recommends that careful attention be paid to the metadata file associated with these data.</useconst>
		<ptcontac>
			<cntinfo>
				<cntorgp>
					<cntorg>Mississippi Office of Geology</cntorg>
					<cntper>Jonathan R. Leard</cntper>
				</cntorgp>
				<cntpos>Research Geologist</cntpos>
				<cntaddr>
					<addrtype>mailing</addrtype>
					<address>P.O. Box 2279</address>
					<city>Jackson</city>
					<state>MS</state>
					<postal>39225-2279</postal>
				</cntaddr>
				<cntvoice>6019615171</cntvoice>
				<cntfax>6019615521</cntfax>
				<cntemail>jleard@mdeq.ms.gov</cntemail>
			</cntinfo>
		</ptcontac>
		<datacred>The datasets were developed by Jonathan Leard with the Mississippi Office of Geology.</datacred>
		<native>Environment as of Metadata Creation: Microsoft Windows 11 pro Verison 25H2 Build 26200.8246; Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.6</native>
	</idinfo>
	<dataqual>
		<attracc>
			<attraccr>Confidence that a feature exists and confidence that a feature is correctly identified are described in per-feature attributes ExistenceConfidence and IdentityConfidence.</attraccr>
		</attracc>
		<logic>This data satisifies Gems Topology standards.</logic>
		<complete>The data is accurate for the 1:24000-scale.</complete>
		<posacc>
			<horizpa>
				<horizpar>Estimated accuracy of horizontal location is given on a per-feature basis by attribute LocationConfidenceMeters. Values are expected to be correct within a factor of 2. A LocationConfidenceMeters value of -9 or -999 indicates that no value has been assigned.</horizpar>
			</horizpa>
		</posacc>
		<lineage>
			<srcinfo>
				<srccite>
					<citeinfo>
						<origin>U.S. Geological Survey</origin>
						<pubdate>20060101</pubdate>
						<title>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.</title>
						<onlink>https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/fgdc_gds/geolsymstd.php</onlink>
					</citeinfo>
				</srccite>
				<typesrc>hardcopy</typesrc>
				<srctime>
					<timeinfo>
						<sngdate>
							<caldate>20200101</caldate>
						</sngdate>
					</timeinfo>
					<srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
				</srctime>
				<srccitea>FGDC-STD-013-2006</srccitea>
				<srccontr>FGDC Standard.</srccontr>
			</srcinfo>
			<srcinfo>
				<srccite>
					<citeinfo>
						<origin>Timothy J. Palmer</origin>
						<origin>Jonathan R. Leard</origin>
						<origin>James E. Starnes</origin>
						<origin>Natalya S. Usachenko</origin>
						<pubdate>20260630</pubdate>
						<title>Modified from Leard, J.R.; Starnes, J.E.; Palmer, T.J.; Usachenko, N.S. 2026, Geologic Map of the Bentonia Quadrangle Madison and Yazoo Counties, Mississippi. Mississippi Office of Geology Open-File Report 365. Jackson, Mississippi. Scale 1:24000, 1 sheet.</title>
						<onlink>https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/geology/work-areas/publications-and-map-sales/categories/open-file-reports/of-365-geologic-map-of-the-bentonia-quadrangle-yazoo-and-madison-counties-mississippi-105378/</onlink>
					</citeinfo>
				</srccite>
				<typesrc>hardcopy</typesrc>
				<srctime>
					<timeinfo>
						<sngdate>
							<caldate>20260630</caldate>
						</sngdate>
					</timeinfo>
					<srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
				</srctime>
				<srccitea>OF0365</srccitea>
				<srccontr>Original Publication</srccontr>
			</srcinfo>
			<srcinfo>
				<srccite>
					<citeinfo>
						<origin>Mississippi Office of Geology - Environmental Geology Division</origin>
						<pubdate>unknown</pubdate>
						<title>Borehole Locations from Mississippi Office of Geology - Environmental Geology Division Borehole Locations</title>
						<onlink>https://geology.deq.ms.gov/environmental/boreholes/</onlink>
					</citeinfo>
				</srccite>
				<typesrc>None</typesrc>
				<srctime>
					<timeinfo>
						<sngdate>
							<caldate>2000</caldate>
						</sngdate>
					</timeinfo>
					<srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
				</srctime>
				<srccitea>DAS1</srccitea>
				<srccontr>Definition</srccontr>
			</srcinfo>
			<srcinfo>
				<srccite>
					<citeinfo>
						<origin>United States Geological Survey</origin>
						<pubdate>2020</pubdate>
						<title>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. Definition of Paragraph Styles for DMU</title>
						<onlink>https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Info/standards/GeMS/</onlink>
					</citeinfo>
				</srccite>
				<typesrc>None</typesrc>
				<srctime>
					<timeinfo>
						<sngdate>
							<caldate>2020</caldate>
						</sngdate>
					</timeinfo>
					<srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
				</srctime>
				<srccitea>DAS2</srccitea>
				<srccontr>Definition</srccontr>
			</srcinfo>
			<srcinfo>
				<srccite>
					<citeinfo>
						<origin>Illinois State Geological Survey</origin>
						<pubdate>2022</pubdate>
						<title>Modified from Illinois State Geological Survey, 2022, Geology Resources: Glossary. Webpage accessed 2022. Definition of Unconformable modified from the Illinois State Geological Survey.</title>
						<onlink>https://isgs.illinois.edu/outreach/geology-resources/unconformable</onlink>
					</citeinfo>
				</srccite>
				<typesrc>None</typesrc>
				<srctime>
					<timeinfo>
						<sngdate>
							<caldate>2022</caldate>
						</sngdate>
					</timeinfo>
					<srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
				</srctime>
				<srccitea>DAS3</srccitea>
				<srccontr>Definition</srccontr>
			</srcinfo>
			<procstep>
				<procdesc>Data was migrated into a GeMS Style geodatabase.</procdesc>
				<procdate>20260630</procdate>
			</procstep>
		</lineage>
	</dataqual>
	<spdoinfo>
		<direct>Vector</direct>
		<ptvctinf>
			<sdtsterm>
				<sdtstype>G-polygon</sdtstype>
				<ptvctcnt>80</ptvctcnt>
			</sdtsterm>
			<sdtsterm>
				<sdtstype>G-polygon</sdtstype>
				<ptvctcnt>1</ptvctcnt>
			</sdtsterm>
			<sdtsterm>
				<sdtstype>String</sdtstype>
				<ptvctcnt>186</ptvctcnt>
			</sdtsterm>
			<sdtsterm>
				<sdtstype>String</sdtstype>
				<ptvctcnt>1</ptvctcnt>
			</sdtsterm>
			<sdtsterm>
				<sdtstype>Entity point</sdtstype>
				<ptvctcnt>3</ptvctcnt>
			</sdtsterm>
			<sdtsterm>
				<sdtstype>G-polygon</sdtstype>
				<ptvctcnt>8</ptvctcnt>
			</sdtsterm>
			<sdtsterm>
				<sdtstype>String</sdtstype>
				<ptvctcnt>52</ptvctcnt>
			</sdtsterm>
			<sdtsterm>
				<sdtstype>Entity point</sdtstype>
				<ptvctcnt>4</ptvctcnt>
			</sdtsterm>
			<sdtsterm>
				<sdtstype>String</sdtstype>
				<ptvctcnt>47</ptvctcnt>
			</sdtsterm>
			<sdtsterm>
				<sdtstype>G-polygon</sdtstype>
				<ptvctcnt>16</ptvctcnt>
			</sdtsterm>
			<sdtsterm>
				<sdtstype>String</sdtstype>
				<ptvctcnt>21</ptvctcnt>
			</sdtsterm>
		</ptvctinf>
	</spdoinfo>
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		<horizsys>
			<planar>
				<gridsys>
					<gridsysn>Universal Transverse Mercator</gridsysn>
					<utm>
						<utmzone>15</utmzone>
						<transmer>
							<sfctrmer>0.9996</sfctrmer>
							<longcm>-93.0</longcm>
							<latprjo>0.0</latprjo>
							<feast>500000.0</feast>
							<fnorth>0.0</fnorth>
						</transmer>
					</utm>
				</gridsys>
				<planci>
					<plance>coordinate pair</plance>
					<coordrep>
						<absres>0.6096</absres>
						<ordres>0.6096</ordres>
					</coordrep>
					<plandu>metre</plandu>
				</planci>
			</planar>
			<geodetic>
				<horizdn>North_American_Datum_1983</horizdn>
				<ellips>GRS 1980</ellips>
				<semiaxis>6378137.0</semiaxis>
				<denflat>298.257222101</denflat>
			</geodetic>
		</horizsys>
	</spref>
	<eainfo>
		<overview>
			<eaover>Database MS_2025_Bentonia_1-1.gdb contains the following elements: non-spatial table DescriptionOfMapUnits (15 rows); non-spatial table DataSources (5 rows); non-spatial table Glossary (16 rows); non-spatial table MiscellaneousMapInformation (7 rows); non-spatial table GeoMaterialDict (101 rows); feature dataset GeologicMap which contains feature class MapUnitPolys (80 features), feature class MapUnitOverlayPolys (1 features), feature class ContactsAndFaults (186 features), feature class GeologicLines (1 features), and feature class GenericPoints (3 features); feature dataset CorrelationOfMapUnits which contains feature class CMUMapUnitPolys (8 features), feature class CMULines (52 features), and feature class CMUPoints (4 features); feature dataset CrossSectionA which contains feature class CSACartographicLines (47 features), feature class CSAMapUnitPolys (16 features), and feature class CSAContactsAndFaults (21 features). </eaover>
			<eadetcit>Detailed descriptions of entities, attributes, and attribute values are given in metadata for constituent elements of the database. See also &quot;GeMS (Geologic Map Schema)--a standard format for the digital publication of geologic maps&quot;, available at http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Info/standards/GeMS/.</eadetcit>
		</overview>
	</eainfo>
	<distinfo>
		<distrib>
			<cntinfo>
			<cntorgp>
                <cntorg>Mississippi Office of Geology</cntorg>
                <cntper>Jonathan R. Leard</cntper>
            </cntorgp>
            <cntpos>Research Geologist</cntpos>
            <cntaddr>
                <addrtype>mailing</addrtype>
                <address>P.O. Box 2279</address>
                <city>Jackson</city>
                <state>MS</state>
                <postal>39225-2279</postal>
            </cntaddr>
            <cntvoice>6019615171</cntvoice>
            <cntfax>6019615521</cntfax>
            <cntemail>jleard@mdeq.ms.gov</cntemail>
			</cntinfo>
		</distrib>
		<distliab>Geologic maps are only a guide to current understanding and do not eliminate the need for detailed investigations of specific sites for specific purposes. The views and conclusion contained in this Open-File Report are those of the geologists and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the State of Mississippi or of the United States Government.</distliab>
	</distinfo>
	<metainfo>
		<metd>20260630</metd>
		<metc>
			<cntinfo>
				<cntorgp>
					<cntorg>Mississippi Office of Geology</cntorg>
					<cntper>Jonathan R. Leard</cntper>
				</cntorgp>
				<cntpos>Research Geologist</cntpos>
				<cntaddr>
					<addrtype>mailing</addrtype>
					<address>P.O. Box 2279</address>
					<city>Jackson</city>
					<state>MS</state>
					<postal>39225-2279</postal>
				</cntaddr>
				<cntvoice>6019615171</cntvoice>
				<cntfax>6019615521</cntfax>
				<cntemail>jleard@mdeq.ms.gov</cntemail>
			</cntinfo>
		</metc>
		<metstdn>FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
		<metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
		<mettc>local time</mettc>
	</metainfo>
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