ProducingAreas

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What does this data set describe?
    Title: ProducingAreas
    Abstract:
    Polygons outlining areas of coalbed methane plays in the Raton Basin as of 11/2003.
    Supplemental_Information:
    Polygons were constructed by applying a buffer of 0.5 mi from each producing well in the two areas developed by El Paso. The well locations are in the ColfaxCBM database. From the buffer layer, the polygons were drawn to encompass the buffer areas.

  1. How should this data set be cited?

    Gretchen Hoffman, NM Bureau of Geology, 2004, ProducingAreas.

    Online Links:

    • \\GRETCHEN\I$\NFS2004\ElPaso\ProducingAreas.shp

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -105.164107
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -104.711870
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.002268
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.750992

  3. What does it look like?

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Calendar_Date: 2003
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • G-polygon (2)

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
      Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
      UTM_Zone_Number: 13
      Transverse_Mercator:
      Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -105.000000
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
      False_Easting: 500000.000000
      False_Northing: 0.000000

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000064
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000064
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1927.
      The ellipsoid used is Clarke 1866.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378206.400000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/294.978698.

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    ProducingAreas

    FID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

    Coordinates defining the features.

    Id

    BufferDist

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

    The locations for the dataset were acquired from NM Oil and Gas Commission, Roy Johnson.

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    Gretchen Hoffman
    NM Bureau of Geology
    Senior coal geologist

    505-835-5640 (voice)
    gretchen@gis.nmt.edu

Why was the data set created?
Polygons were developed to encompass all producing wells in the two areas developed by El Paso for coalbed methane production. The production data encompasses data in the database as of 4/2004. The last month of production in the database is for 12/03.

How was the data set created?
  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    (process 1 of 1)

    Data sources used in this process:

    • C:\DOCUME~1\gretchen\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml1EDA.tmp

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?
  1. How well have the observations been checked?

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

How can someone get a copy of the data set?
Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: All data is available in the database
Use_Constraints:
This layer should be used in conjunction with the well dataset - PRODUCIN.dbf. This data set represents the producing wells as of the end of 2003.

  1. Who distributes the data set?[Distributor contact information not provided.]

  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    Downloadable Data

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

  4. How can I download or order the data?

Who wrote the metadata?
Dates:
Last modified: 01-Dec-2005

Metadata author:
New Mexico Bureau of Geology
c/o Gretchen Hoffman
Senior Coal Geologist
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505-835-5640 (voice)

Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)

Metadata extensions used:

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