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USGS compilation of geographic information system (GIS) data of coal mines and coal-bearing areas in Mongolia

2015; United States Department of the Interior; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3133/ofr20151144

2332-4899

Michael H. Trippi, Harvey E. Belkin,

Coal and Coke Industries Research

First posted September 10, 2015 For additional information, contact: Eastern Energy Resources Science Center U.S. Geological Survey 954 National Center 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, Virginia 20192 http://energy.usgs.gov/GeneralInfo/ScienceCenters/Eastern.aspx Geographic information system (GIS) information may facilitate energy studies, which in turn provide input for energy policy decisions. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled GIS data representing coal mines, deposits (including those with and without coal mines), occurrences, areas, basins, and provinces of Mongolia as of 2009. These data are now available for download, and may be used in a GIS for a variety of energy resource and environmental studies of Mongolia. Chemical data for 37 coal samples from a previous USGS study of Mongolia (Tewalt and others, 2010) are included in a downloadable GIS point shapefile and shown on the map of Mongolia. A brief report summarizes the methodology used for creation of the shapefiles and the chemical analyses run on the samples.