2012 Geothermal BLM leases in Nevada

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: BLM

Originator: NBMG

Publication_Date: June 1, 2012

Title: 2012 Geothermal BLM leases in Nevada

Edition: 1

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: University of Nevada, Reno

Publisher: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Online_Linkage: <ftp://ftp.nbmg.unr.edu/pub/geothermal/01_Location_Data/>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Description:

Abstract:

This shapefile shows active BLM geothermal leases from competitive and non-competitive sales issued by the BLM in Nevada for 2012.

Purpose: To show BLM geothermal leases issued for Nevada in 2012.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 2007

Ending_Date: 2012

Currentness_Reference: Current as of 5/10/12

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annually if funding permits

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.709325

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.649972

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.104742

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.658375

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:

REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.

Theme_Keyword: Great Basin

Theme_Keyword: BLM leases

Theme_Keyword: Geothermal

Theme_Keyword: Nevada

Theme_Keyword: BLM

Theme_Keyword: geothermal leases

Place:

Place_Keyword: USA

Place_Keyword: Great Basin

Place_Keyword: Nevada

Access_Constraints:

Although these data have been processed successfully on the computer system at the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data be directly acquired from the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with the data. The Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology shall not be held liable for improper use of the data described and/or contained herein. By using this data you hereby agree to these conditions.

Use_Constraints:

This data is for general informational purposes only and neither the University of Nevada, Reno, the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, nor its affiliated organizations take any responsibility for its contents. Furthermore, it is emphasized that these are regional scale maps only, and local conditions may vary considerably over that indicated by this information.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Contact_Person: web/GIS/database person

Contact_Position: web/GIS/database person

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: University of Nevada, Reno MS178

City: Reno

State_or_Province: NV

Postal_Code: 89557-0178

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-6691

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nbmg@unr.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (PST)

Contact_Instructions: web/GIS/database person

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Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Logical_Consistency_Report: Unknown

Completeness_Report:

This shapefile, and all the other BLM geothermal lease shapefiles per year, were retrieved from BLM-Nevada website. There are some minor discrepancies between the BLM supplied shapefiles and BLM's online list of competitive sales published as pdf files, many of which have been resolved in this dataset.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: unknown

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: unknown

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: BLM

Originator: NBMG

Publication_Date: 20120510

Title: 2012 Geothermal BLM leases in Nevada

Edition: 1

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: University of Nevada, Reno

Publisher: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Online_Linkage: <ftp://ftp.nbmg.unr.edu/pub/geothermal/01_Location_Data/>

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

1. Downloaded shapefiles from BLM's website. 2. Dissolved shapefiles so each lease has only one entry. 3. Brought them into ArcMap to see if they work. 4. Made a list of all geothermal companies that leased in NV from BLM including addresses and included this data as attributes. 5. Added a lot of attribute data from BLM's website and other sources, including bid prices, acres, customer names and addresses, years, MTRS (if it existed), etc. 6. Cleaned up each shapefile then joined them all into one shapefile and edited so all shapefiles per year essentially had the same attribute columns. 7. Double checked acreage by making my own area and checking it with theirs. 8. Brought into ArcMap the shapefile of geothermal areas and filled in the location attribute for all leases 9. Used BLM's LR2000 to find the status of as many leases as possible and compared them to the other data from the leases I retrieved from BLM. 10. Wrote metadata for this one big shapefile so that when it is split up per year, the metadata will be correct. 11. Split up the shapefile by year and made separate shapefiles for each year. 12. Had to redo some metadata. 13. Over the course of this project I made many calls to BLM to figure out why shapefiles and lease lists on their website do not agree, and other questions about the reliability of this data. 14. Some shapefiles did not fit properly so they were reprojected

Process_Date: 20120604

Process_Time: 14153500

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Spatial_Reference_Information:

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Entity_Type_Label: 2012 Geothermal BLM leases in Nevada

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Overview_Description:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Contact_Person: web/GIS/database person

Contact_Position: web/GIS/database person

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

City: Reno

State_or_Province: NV

Postal_Code: 89557-0178

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-6691

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nbmg@unr.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (PST)

Contact_Instructions: web/GIS/database person

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

Requestor hereby releases the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, the University of Nevada, Reno, and their agents, consultants, contractors or employees from any and all claims, action, or causes of action for damages including, but not limited to any costs of recovering, reprogramming or reproducing any programs or data stored in or used with the GIS data, damage to property, damages for personal injury or for any lost profits, lost savings, or other special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use the GIS data, even if said parties have been advised of the possibility of such damage. Requestor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, the University of Nevada, Reno, and their agents, consultants, contractors and employees from any and all liability claims or damages to any person arising from or connected with the use of this GIS data.

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Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 2007

Ending_Date: 2012

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20120813

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Contact_Person: web/GIS/database person

Contact_Position: web/GIS/database person

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: University of Nevada, Reno, MS 178

City: Reno

State_or_Province: NV

Postal_Code: 89557-0178

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-6691

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nbmg@unr.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (PST)

Contact_Instructions: web/GIS/database person

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