MN/DOT PIT SHEET - SUMMARY OF TEXTURAL DATA

 

Field

Description

Main ID Information

Metadata Updated 2007

Title

Benton County Aggregate Evaluation - MN/DOT Textural Characteristics

Filename

Dotsieve.dbf (DataBase File)

Abstract

This dataset consists of information about the textural quality of Minnesota Department of Transportation Gravel Pits and aggregate sources.  Six sieves were used to determine the textural characteristics of the deposit.   Includes the weighted averages of all textural data within a pit or drilling area.  This information was summarized off the MN/DOT pit sheets.

Place Keywords

Benton County, Minnesota

Theme Keywords

MN/DOT, Gravel Pits, Texture, Sieve

Time Period of Content

1937-1995 (compiled in 2000)

Parent Theme

NA

Spatial Extent of the Data

Benton County, Minnesota

Contact Person

Aggregate Resources Mapping Program

Contact Person Organization/Division

Department of Natural Resources, Division of Lands and Minerals

Contact Person Position

Geologist or GIS Specialist

Contact Address

500 Lafayette Road, Box 45

Contact City

St. Paul

Contact Zip Code

55155-4045

Contact Voice Phone

651-259-5959

Contact Fax Phone

651-296-5939

Additional ID Information

 

Originator

Department of Natural Resources, Division of Lands and Minerals, Mineral Potential Section

Purpose

This table summarizes the textural characteristics for the MN/DOT pit sheets.   Six sieves were used to determine the textural characteristics of the deposit.   Includes the weighted averages of all textural data within a pit or drilling area.  This information was summarized from the MN/DOT pit sheets.  This table is a very gross indication of the textural characteristics and should only be used as a large scale guide.

Progress

Complete

Currentness Reference

2000

Maintenance Frequency

None planned

Access Constraints

NA

Use Constraints

NA

Associated Data Sets

Gvl_pits.shp (Gravel Pit Locations) and dotqual.dbf

Data Quality

 

Attribute Accuracy

The ranges of values were taken directly from MN/DOT pit sheets.  These numbers were also averaged to represent the entire pit.  However, a pit may vary in textural composition very much from one end to the other, or the top 10 feet may be very different from the lower 10 feet.  Thus, great care must be taken when interpreting this information.  For further detail, please see the pit sheets from MN/DOT.

Logical Consistency

NA

Completeness

All available data were summarized and are incorporated within this table.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy

NA

Vertical Positional Accuracy

NA

Lineage

The ranges of values were taken directly from MN/DOT pit sheets.  These numbers were also averaged to represent the entire pit.  However, a pit may vary in textural composition very much from one end to the other, or the top 10 feet may be very different from the lower 10 feet.  Thus, great care must be taken when interpreting this information.  For further detail, please see the pit sheets from MN/DOT.

Source Scale Denominator

NA

Spatial Reference

 

Horizontal Coordinate Scheme

NA

Ellipsoid

NA

Horizontal Datum

NA

Horizontal Units

NA

Distance Resolution

NA

Altitude Datum

NA

Altitude Units

NA

Depth Datum

NA

Depth Units

NA

UTM Zone Number

NA

Raster only

 

Cell Width

NA

Cell Height

NA

Spatial Data Organization

 

Geographic Reference for Tabular Data

NA

Native Dataset Environment

ArcView 3.1 / ArcInfo 8.0.2

Vendor Specific Object Type

NA

Tiling Scheme

NA

Spatial Object Type

NA

Transfer Size

 

Entities -- Attributes

 

Entity-Attribute Overview

The ranges of values were taken directly from MN/DOT pit sheets.  These numbers were also averaged to represent the entire pit.  However, a pit may vary in textural composition very much from one end to the other, or the top 10 feet may be very different from the lower 10 feet.  Thus, great care must be taken when interpreting this information.  For further detail please see the pit sheets from MN/DOT.  These data can be related to their locations, stored in the gvl_pits shapefile, by relating on the sourcexx field in dot_qual.dbf and the asis_number field in gvl_pits. 

Entity-Attribute Detailed Citation

See table below:

 

 

Table Name

Field Name

Begin Column

Definition

Valid Values

Descriptions

Dotsieve.dbf

Asis_numbr

 

Number,5,0

Ex: 4217A

Unique identifier used by MN/DOT to identify a pit - new numbering scheme

 

Pitno

 

Number,5,0

Ex: 4217

Unique identifier used by MN/DOT to identify a pit - without letter (A or B)    - old numbering system

 

Pitnoltr

 

Text, 2

Ex: A

Unique identifier used by MN/DOT to identify a pit

- if more than one pit (A, B, or C).

 

S_1_1_4

 

Number,4,0

Ex: 84, 75, 92, etc…

Average of the % of material that passed through a 1.25 inch sieve calculated by weight.

 

S_5_8

 

Number,4,0

Ex: 78, 68, 62, etc…

Average of the % of material that passed through a 5/8 inch sieve calculated by weight.

 

S_3_8

 

Number,4,0

Ex: 58, 61, 59, etc…

Average of the % of material that passed through a 3/8 inch sieve calculated by weight.

 

Num_10

 

Number,4,0

Ex: 44, 40, 58, etc…

Average of the % of material that passed through a Number 10 (4.76mm) sieve calculated by weight.

 

Num_40

 

Number,4,0

Ex: 21, 16, 23, etc…

Average of the % of material that passed through a Number 40 sieve calculated by weight.

 

Num_100

 

Number,5,2

Ex: 3.31, 5.24, etc…

Average of the % of material that passed through a Number 100  sieve calculated by weight.