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This database is LEVEL 3 COMPLIANT, pending completion of a peer-reviewed Geologic Names report that includes identification of any suggested modifications to Geolex. The database-level FGDC metadata are formally correct. The metadata record should be examined by a human to verify that it is meaningful.

Compliance Criteria
Content not specified in GeMS schema
MapUnits in DescriptionOfMapUnits table, GeologicMap feature dataset, and other feature datasets
Contents of Nonspatial Tables
    DataSources
    DescriptionOfMapUnits
    Glossary
    MiscellaneousMapInformation
Database Inventory

LEVEL 1

Criteria for a LEVEL 1 GeMS database are:

• No overlaps or internal gaps in map-unit polygon layer
• Contacts and faults in single feature class
• Map-unit polygon boundaries are covered by contacts and faults lines

Databases with a variety of schema may meet these criteria. This script cannot confirm LEVEL 1 compliance.

LEVEL 2--MINIMALLY COMPLIANT

A LEVEL 2 GeMS database is accompanied by a peer-reviewed Geologic Names report, including identification of suggested modifications to Geolex, and meets the following criteria:

2.1 Has required elements: nonspatial tables DataSources, DescriptionOfMapUnits, GeoMaterialDict; feature dataset GeologicMap with feature classes ContactsAndFaults and MapUnitPolys	PASS
2.2 Required fields within required elements are present and correctly defined	PASS
2.3 GeologicMap topology: no internal gaps or overlaps in MapUnitPolys, boundaries of MapUnitPolys are covered by ContactsAndFaults	PASS
2.4 All map units in MapUnitPolys have entries in DescriptionOfMapUnits table	PASS
2.5 No duplicate MapUnit values in DescriptionOfMapUnit table	PASS
2.6 Certain field values within required elements have entries in Glossary table	PASS
2.7 No duplicate Term values in Glossary table	PASS
2.8 All xxxSourceID values in required elements have entries in DataSources table	PASS
2.9 No duplicate DataSources_ID values in DataSources table	PASS

LEVEL 3--FULLY COMPLIANT

A LEVEL 3 GeMS database meets these additional criteria:

3.1 Table and field definitions conform to GeMS schema	PASS
3.2 All map-like feature datasets obey topology rules. No MapUnitPolys gaps or overlaps. No ContactsAndFaults overlaps, self-overlaps, or self-intersections. MapUnitPoly boundaries covered by ContactsAndFaults	PASS
3.3 No missing required values	PASS
3.4 No missing terms in Glossary	PASS
3.5 No unnecessary terms in Glossary	PASS
3.6 No missing sources in DataSources	PASS
3.7 No unnecessary sources in DataSources	PASS
3.8 No map units without entries in DescriptionOfMapUnits	PASS
3.9 No unnecessary map units in DescriptionOfMapUnits	PASS
3.10 HierarchyKey values in DescriptionOfMapUnits are unique and well formed	PASS
3.11 All values of GeoMaterial are defined in GeoMaterialDict. GeoMaterialDict is as specified in the GeMS standard	PASS
3.12 No duplicate _ID values	PASS
3.13 No zero-length or whitespace-only strings	PASS

There are 0 warnings

Some of the extensions to the GeMS schema identified here may be necessary to capture geologic content and are entirely appropriate. Please document these extensions in metadata for the database, any accompanying README file, and (if applicable) any transmittal letter that accompanies the dataset. Other extensions may be intermediate datasets, fields, or files that should be deleted before distribution of the database.

    TextFile 00log.txt

MapUnit	DMU	CorrelationOfMapUnits	CrossSectionA	GeologicMap
Qal	X	X	X	X
Qtl	X	X	X	X
Ql	X	X	---	---
Qtpl	X	X	X	X
Tca	X	X	X	X
Tv	X	X	X	X
Tfh	X	X	X	X
Ty	X	X	X	X
Tmb	X	X	X	---
Tco	X	X	X	---

DataSources

OBJECTID	Source	Notes	URL	_ID
1	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.	---	https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/fgdc_gds/geolsymstd.php	DAS1
3	Borehole Locations from Mississippi Office of Geology - Environmental Geology Division	Borehole Locations	https://geology.deq.ms.gov/environmental/boreholes/	DAS2
4	Modified from Illinois State Geological Survey, 2022, Geology Resources: Glossary. Webpage accessed 2022.	Definition of Unconformable modified from the Illinois State Geological Survey.	https://isgs.illinois.edu/outreach/geology-resources/unconformable	DAS3
5	Modified from United States Geological Survey, 2002, Map Scales. USGS Fact Sheet 015-02. Reston, Virginia.	Definition of Quadrangle Boundary modified from USGS factsheet 015-02	https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/0015/report.pdf	DAS4
6	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.	GeMS Schema definitions	https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Info/standards/GeMS/	DAS5
2	Leard, J.R., Starnes, J.E., and Palmer, T.J., Geologic Map of the Coxs Ferry Quadrangle Yazoo, Madison, and Hinds Counties, Mississippi. Mississippi Office of Geology Open-File Report 330. Jackson, Mississippi. Scale 1:24000, 1 sheet.	Original Publication	https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/geology/work-areas/publications-and-map-sales/categories/open-file-reports/of-330-geologic-map-of-the-coxs-ferry-quadrangle-yazoo-madison-and-hinds-counties-mississippi-95505/	OF0330

DescriptionOfMapUnits

OBJECTID	MapUnit	Name	FullName	Age	Description	HierarchyKey	ParagraphStyle	Label	Symbol	AreaFillRGB	AreaFillPatternDescription	DescriptionSourceID	GeoMaterial	GeoMaterialConfidence	_ID
1	---	Quaternary	---	---	---	1	DMUHeading1	---	---	---	---	OF0330	---	---	DMU01
2	---	Holocene	---	---	---	1-1	DMUHeading2	---	---	---	---	OF0330	---	---	DMU02
3	Qal	Alluvium	Alluvium	Quaternary	Sand, yellow- to brownish-white in color, fine- to coarse-grained, subrounded to rounded, predominately quartzose, locally graveliferous containing aggregate derived from the Pre-loess Terrace deposits, silty to clayey; humus lenses common; floodplain deposits are heavily loess-derived. Silicified wood common. Tributaries have narrow alluvial valleys and are deeply incised through the loess terrain. Thickness is interpreted to be approximately 10 feet with the exception of the Big Black River.	1-1-1	DMUUnit1	Qal	Qal	255,255,179	---	OF0330	Alluvial sediment, mostly fine-grained	High	DMU03
5	Qtl	Stream Terrace	Stream Terrace	Quaternary	Flood Plain deposits dominatly associated with the Big Black River; Sand, yellow- to brownish-white in color, fine- to coarse-grained, subrounded to rounded, predominately quartzose, locally graveliferous containing aggregate derived from the Pre-loess Terrace deposits, silty to clayey; humus lenses common; floodplain deposits are heavily loess-derived. Silicified wood common. These terraces are likley locations of pre-historic archeological sites.	1-1-3	DMUUnit1	Qtl	Qtl	255,255,179	Orange Speckled	OF0330	Alluvial sediment, mostly fine-grained	High	DMU04
6	---	Pleistocene	---	---	---	1-2	DMUHeading2	---	---	---	---	OF0330	---	---	DMU05
7	Ql	Loess	Loess	Pleistocene	Silt, buff to tan, pale yellow, red, gray to gray-green where in anoxic conditions, quartzose to feldspathic. Loess is considered an eolian deposit derived from glacial outwash. Loess is typically calcareous with dolomite and calcite; however, the upper portion of the loess can be deeply weathered, leached / noncalcareous, and has been commonly referred to as "brown loam." Loess deposits unconformably blanket the pre-loess topography with substantial local variations in thickness but generally thickening towards the west. In places, weathered loess contains secondary deposits of small calcareous concretions (caliche, loess dolls). Loess can be locally and sparingly fossiliferous, commonly containing tests or steinkerns of pulmonate gastropods and less commonly containing fossils of Pleistocene vertebrates.	1-2-1	DMUUnit1	Ql	Ql	---	Hollow Green (38,115,0) Circles overlay all older units	OF0330	Loess	High	DMU06
8	Qtpl	Pre-loess Terrace Deposits	Pre-loess Terrace Deposits	Pleistocene	Pleistocene ancestral Mississippi River terraces deposited prior to Pleistocene loessification. Sand, yellow, orange, purple, red, pink, fine- to coarse-grained, predominantly quartzose, cross-bedded to massive; graveliferous, pea to large cobble size clasts, boulder size ice-rafted clasts of sandstone and chert. Economically significant gravels are predominantly chert with lesser amounts of vein quartz, metaquartzite, agate, sandstone, and rare rhyolite clasts; clay, pink to white, generally occurring as discontinuous lenses and as rip-up clasts up to boulder-size. Conglomeratic ironstone ledges are common in the graveliferous sands at the base of the deposits. Two distinct terrace levels occur. The first base of this terrace occurs at approximately 220 ft MSL and the second at approximately 270 ft MSL. "Head-of-hollow”, terrace-derived valley-fill deposits are common at lower elevations and are isolated to valley walls adjacent to the erosional remnants of the higher of the two terrace deposits. These deposits are of such limited extent as not to warrant representation on this map.	1-2-2	DMUUnit1	Qtpl	Qtpl	255,214,230	---	OF0330	Alluvial sediment, mostly coarse-grained	Low	DMU07
9	---	Tertiary	---	---	---	2	DMUHeading1	---	---	---	---	OF0330	---	---	DMU08
10	---	Oligocene	---	---	---	2-1	DMUHeading2	---	---	---	---	OF0330	---	---	DMU09
17	Tca	Catahoula Formation	Catahoula Formation	Oligocene	Deltaic sands, silts, and clays; Sand, gray, pale yellow to white, fine- to coarse-grained, cross-bedded to massive, predominantly quartzose with lesser amounts of chert, metaquartzite, mica, and heavy minerals, slightly glauconitic in places with rare thinly-bedded pea gravels, Gravels, black chert and milky quartz, highly polished, immature, subangular to well rounded; Clay, green, gray, brown, kaolinitic, weathers white to brown exhibiting a "popcorn" appearance, silty to sandy, lignite common in basal clays. Often indurates to opaline-cemented sandstones and rarer orthoquartzites where exposed, silicified wood and fossil palm common. Ironstone common where sands overlie clays. The Catahoula Formation typically unconformably overlies the Bucatunna Formation. However, in the southeast portion of the quadrangle, a basal Catahoula Channel has incised through and eroded much of the underlying Vicksburg Group. Total thickness is approximately 560 feet but full thickness does not occur in this quadrangle.	2-1-1	DMUUnit1	Tca	Tca	252,89,102	---	OF0330	Sandstone and mudstone	Low	DMU10
11	Tv	Vicksburg Group	Vicksburg Group	Oligocene	Includes the Bucatunna Formation, Byram Formation, Glendon Limestone, Marianna Limestone, and Mint Spring Formation. The Glendon Limestone is white to gray, commonly indurated to semi-crystalline bioclastic limestone, either massive or with alternating ledges separated by thinly-bedded glauconitic marl. The Glendon Limestone commonly contains solution cavities at or near outcrop. Larger cavities usually form at the contact with the underlying Marianna Limestone. The Marianna Limestone is white to pale-yellow, soft to indurated, glauconitic marl, containing an admixture of fine-grained sands and clays in places. There is an abundance of the large Foraminifera Lepidocyclina mantelli in the Marianna Limestone and Lepidocyclina supera in the Glendon Limestone and the echinoid Clypeaster rogersi. The Vicksburg Limestone unconformably overlies the Forest Hill Formation. Thickness is approximately 100 feet.	2-1-2	DMUUnit1	Tv	Tv	168,0,0	---	OF0330	Limestone	Low	DMU11
12	Tfh	Forest Hill Formation	Forest Hill Formation	Oligocene	Deltaic sands, silts, and clays. Sand, fine-grained, silty, quartzose; Clay, carbonaceous, laminated, lignite and silicified wood common. Lignitic plant fossils common along fissile partings in clays. The Forest Hill Formation unconformably overlies the Yazoo Formation. Total thickness is approximately 100 feet.	2-1-3	DMUUnit1	Tfh	Tfh	191,99,0	---	OF0330	Sandstone and mudstone	Low	DMU12
13	---	Eocene	---	---	---	2-2	DMUHeading2	---	---	---	---	OF0330	---	---	DMU13
14	Ty	Yazoo Formation	Yazoo Formation	Eocene	Locally referred to as the Yazoo Clay. Clay, bluish-green to bluish gray, weathers yellowish brown to tan, montmorillonitic, calcareous, silty, locally fossiliferous, locally contains, framboidal pyrite. The Yazoo Formation conformably overlies the Moodys Branch Formation. Total thickness is approximately 500 feet.	2-2-1	DMUUnit1	Ty	Ty	255,204,0	---	OF0330	Mostly mudstone	Low	DMU14
15	Tmb	Moodys Branch Formation	Moodys Branch Formation	Eocene	Sandy fossiliferous marl containing an abundance of marine invertebrates typically, Glycymeris and Venericardia shells. Conformably grades into the overlying Yazoo Formation. Total thickness is approximately 15 feet.	2-2-2	DMUUnit1	Tmb	Tmb	171,107,79	---	OF0330	Mostly mudstone	Low	DMU15
16	Tco	Cockfield Formation	Cockfield Formation	Eocene	Clay, brown, reddish-brown to grey in color; silty to fine sandy; strongly carbonaceous to lignitic, slightly micaceous, pyritic. Carbonized and silicified plant fossils common.Underlies the Moodys Branch Formation unconformably.	2-2-3	DMUUnit1	Tco	Tco	237,222,130	---	OF0330	Mostly mudstone	Low	DMU16

Glossary

OBJECTID	Term	Definition	DefinitionSourceID	_ID
15	borehole	A point representing the electrical log from a hole drilled in the earth. Log locations are sourced and modified from https://geology.deq.ms.gov/environmental/boreholes/	DAS2	GLO01
4	boundary	Map outline generated through GeMS toolset in NAD83Z15N covering an area measuring 7.5 minutes of latitude by 7.5 longitude and commonly called a 7.5 minute quadrangle map.	DAS5	GLO02
1	certain	Identity of a feature can be determined using relevant observations and scientific judgment; therefore, one can be reasonably confident in the credibility of this interpretation.	DAS1	GLO03
5	DMUHeading1	Paragraph style for formatted description of first-rank map unit. Times New Roman, Bold, 11 pt, 0 pt leading, left justified, 0 pt left indent.	OF0330	GLO04
6	DMUHeading2	Paragraph style for formatted description of first-rank map unit. Times New Roman, Bold, 11 pt, 0 pt leading, left justified, 0 pt left indent.	OF0330	GLO05
7	DMUUnit1	Paragraph style for formatted description of first-rank map unit. Times New Roman, 11 pt, 0 pt leading, left justified, 0 pt left indent.	OF0330	GLO06
10	elog	Electrical Log digitized from the Mississippi Office of Geology; Environmental Geology Division for the cross-section	DAS2	GLO07
11	ground	The Vertical Profile for the cross-section	OF0330	GLO08
8	High	In terms of geomaterial confidence, geologist is confident in the characterization of the geologic materials	DAS5	GLO09
14	line of section	A 2-dimensional line representing the surface of a three dimensional cross-section	OF0330	GLO10
9	Low	In terms of geomaterial confidence, geologist is not confident in the characterization of the geologic materials	DAS5	GLO11
12	neatline	The boundary of the cross-section	OF0330	GLO12
19	scale	The vertical scale for the Cross Section	OF0330	GLO13
13	sea level	Sea level is the global mean height of the ocean's surface	OF0330	GLO14
3	unconformable contact	Strata that do not supersede underlying units in immediate stratigraphic order. A general term applied to strata deposited upon older units after a hiatus in sedimentation, with or without any erosion of the older subjacent unit.	DAS3	GLO15
16	unconformity	see unconformable contact	DAS3	GLO16

MiscellaneousMapInformation

OBJECTID	MapProperty	MapPropertyValue	_ID
1	Author(s)	Leard, J.R., RPG, Starnes, J.E., RPG, Palmer, T.J., RPG	MMI1
2	Map Scale	24000	MMI2
3	Publication Code	OFR-330	MMI3
4	Publication Date	20230630	MMI4
5	Publication URL	https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/geology/work-areas/publications-and-map-sales/categories/open-file-reports/of-330-geologic-map-of-the-coxs-ferry-quadrangle-yazoo-madison-and-hinds-counties-mississippi-95505/	MMI5
6	Publishing Agency	Mississippi Office of Geology	MMI6
7	Title	OF-330 Geologic Map of the Coxs Ferry Quadrangle Yazoo, Madison, and Hinds Counties, Mississippi	MMI7

This summary of database content is provided as a convenience to GIS analysts, reviewers, and others. It is not part of the GeMS compliance criteria.

DataSources, nonspatial table, 6 rows
DescriptionOfMapUnits, nonspatial table, 16 rows
GeoMaterialDict, nonspatial table, 101 rows
Glossary, nonspatial table, 16 rows
MiscellaneousMapInformation, nonspatial table, 7 rows
CorrelationOfMapUnits, feature dataset, NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_15N
    CMULines, polyline feature class, 67 rows
    CMUMapUnitPolys, polygon feature class, 10 rows
    CMUPoints, point feature class, 7 rows
CrossSectionA, feature dataset, NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_15N
    CSACartographicLines, polyline feature class, 47 rows
    CSAContactsAndFaults, polyline feature class, 27 rows
    CSAMapUnitPolys, polygon feature class, 20 rows
GeologicMap, feature dataset, NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_15N
    CartographicLines, polyline feature class, 0 rows
    ContactsAndFaults, polyline feature class, 270 rows
    GenericPoints, point feature class, 4 rows
    GeologicLines, polyline feature class, 1 rows
    MapUnitOverlayPolys, polygon feature class, 0 rows
    MapUnitPolys, polygon feature class, 134 rows