# chempt

This page last updated: 07/25/2018
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1. Overview
2. Data Quality
3. Data Organization
4. Coordinate System
5. Attributes
6. Distribution - Get Data
7. Metadata Reference

## Section 1: Overview

Originator:Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Title: chempt
Abstract: Data includes wells, lakes, and a river sampled in Sibley County, Minnesota for natural chemistry of groundwater by DNR staff for major cations and anions, trace elements, tritium, and carbon-14. Includes additional cation, anion, tritium, and carbon-14 data collected by others in Sibley County.
Purpose: Sibley County Geologic Atlas, Part B, County Geologic Atlas Series C-24
Time Period of Content Date:
Currentness Reference: data were acquired or accessed between 2012 and 2016
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: None Planned
Spatial Extent of Data: Sibley County, Minnesota
Bounding Coordinates: -94.64
-93.76
44.72
94.45
Place Keywords: Sibley County, Minnesota
Theme Keywords: groundwater, surface water, lake, river, water chemistry, residence time, stable isotopes, wells
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None
Access Constraints: None
Use Constraints: Users may wish to verify critical information; sources include both the references here and information on file in the offices of the Minnesota Geological Survey and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Every effort has been made to ensure the interpretation shown conforms to sound geologic and cartographic principles. This map should not be used to establish legal title, boundaries, or locations of improvements.
Contact Person Information: Holly Johnson, GIS Specialist
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
500 Lafayette Rd
St. Paul, MN 55155-4025
Phone: 651-259-5693
Email: holly.je.johnson@state.mn.us
Browse Graphic: None available
Associated Data Sets: Sibley County Geologic Atlas, Part A, County Geologic Atlas Series C-24, published by the Minnesota Geological Survey (MGS), 2011. More information and downloadable data for Part A are available on the MGS data site: http://www.mngs.umn.edu/county_atlas/countyatlas.htm

## Section 2: Data Quality

Attribute Accuracy: 1:100,000
Logical Consistency: Data are topologically correct using ArcGIS 10.4.1
Completeness: Complete
Horizontal Positional Accuracy: File was snapped to statewide 30 meter LiDAR data.
Vertical Positional Accuracy: NA
Lineage: This file primarily contains well locations and associated inorganic and isotope chemistry sample analyses for wells sampled for the Sibley County Geologic Atlas, Part B. Data also include lake and river samples. Some data are available in table format only (chempt_other).
Chemistry data are managed in a MS Access database. Excel tables of chemistry data are available online for download at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/groundwater_section/mapping/chemdataaccess.html.

## Section 3: Spatial Data Organization (not used in this metadata)

## Section 4: Coordinate System

Horizontal Coordinate Scheme: Universal Transverse Mercator
UTM Zone Number: 15
Horizontal Datum: NAD83
Horizontal Units: meters
Vertical Datum:
Vertical Units:
Depth Datum:
Depth Units:

## Section 5: Attributes

Overview: The water chemistry data dictionary, an online table displaying names and descriptions of fields that appear in chempt, is found at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/groundwater_section/mapping/chemdatadict.html
The water chemistry data dictionary lists all possible chemistry parameters in the County Geologic Atlas and Regional Hydrogeologic Assessment master database; some fields are not in this coverage
Detailed Citation:
Table Detail:

CHEMPT
Field Name | Valid Values | Definition | Definition Source
--- | --- | --- | ---
RELATEID | - | Four 0's followed by 6-digit unique number for wells, or the Lake ID from DNR Lakes Database + 2 digits for a site at a lake (01,02, etc.). |
AQUIFER | - | County Well Index aquifer code. |
AQUIFER_Q | - | Quaternary aquifer name, usually mapped at county scale. Quaternary aquifers are named after surficial and buried sand units shown on Plate 5, Part A. Bedrock aquifers are represented by "bdrk". Surfiicial sand deposits are designated "ss". |
XSEC | - | Cross section number associated with well, letter indicates published hydrogeologic cross section shown on Part B, Plate 8. |
TRITIUM | - | Tritium in Tritium Units (TU). |
TRIT_AGE | - | Residence time estimated from tritium value. "cold war era" - greater than 15 TU, "recent" - 8 to 15 TU, "mixed" - greater than 1 TU and less than 8 TU, "vintage" - less than or equal to 1 TU |
C14_YEAR | - | Groundwater residence time in years, estimated by carbon-14 isotope analysis (model estimated age in years rounded to 1 significant digit) |
CHLORIDE | - | Chloride concentration in milligrams per liter |
BROMIDE | - | Bromide concentration in milligrams per liter |
CL_BR | - | Chloride Bromide Ratio |
NITRATE_N | - | Nitrate concentration in milligrams per liter reported as Nitrogen |
DEUTERIUM | - | Deuterium (permil) |
OXYGEN_18 | - | Oxygen-18 (permil) |
STABLE | - | "Y" indicates that there is an evaporative signature to the stable isotope data. |
ARSENIC | - | Arsenic in micrograms per liter |
MANGANESE | - | Manganese in micrograms per liter |
SULFATE | - | Sulfate concentration in milligrams per liter |
DATASOURCE | - | Source of data |
PROJECT | - | Project that the data was collected for. |
SITETYPE | - | Type of site where water sample was collected. |

## Section 6: Distribution

Publisher: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Ecological and Water Resources Division
Publication Date: 01/17/2017
Contact Person Information: Holly Johnson, GIS Specialist
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
500 Lafayette Rd
St. Paul, MN 55155-4025
Phone: 651-259-5693
Email: holly.je.johnson@state.mn.us
Distributor's Data Set Identifier: chempt
Distribution Liability: These data were prepared from publicly available information only. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the factual data on which these files are based. However, the Department of Natural Resources does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or any implied uses of these data. Users may wish to verify critical information; sources include both the references here and information on file in the offices of the Department of Natural Resources.
Ordering Instructions: Download zip file of metadata and feature classes by clicking "I AGREE" below.
PDFs of the Sibley County Geologic Atlas plates can be downloaded at: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/programs/gw_section/mapping/platesum/siblcga.html
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## Section 7: Metadata Reference

Metadata Date: 07/25/2018
Contact Person Information: Holly Johnson, GIS Specialist
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
500 Lafayette Rd
St. Paul, MN 55155-4025
Phone: 651-259-5693
Email: holly.je.johnson@state.mn.us
Metadata Standard Name: Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version: 1.2
Metadata Standard Online Linkage: http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/committee/standards/mgmg/metadata.htm

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