Project Grant G13AP00081

The Maryland Geological Survey (MD DNR) received a $235,561.19 Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) to preserve select collections of physical geologic samples and paper geophysical data and increase accessibility of these and other geoscience collections for future use. Key activities include: Preserving rock chips and sediments from subsurface drilling (drill cuttings) by replacing...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $358,337 Cooperative Agreement under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD DNR) to produce new detailed geologic maps and digital geologic data for the state of Maryland. The key deliverables include: PDF open-file geologic maps for the Grantsville, Sandy Spring, and Winfield 1:24,000 quadrangles GIS maps and GEMS 3 databases for 1:24,000 quadrangle maps in Bittinger,...

The State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD DNR) received a $329,216.52 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) program. The award, effective December 15, 2023 through December 14, 2026, will fund the production of six new 1:24,000 scale digital geologic quadrangle maps for the central Maryland Piedmont region, focused on the Potomac Terrane area. The project aims to improve the spatial...

The University of Delaware was awarded a $162,436 Project Grant from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) to preserve and provide public access to core photographs and lithology logs from the Delaware Geological Survey's project files. Key deliverables include: Cataloging and archiving approximately 8,000 core photos in TIFF and JPG formats from over 325 onshore and offshore sites, with metadata stored in the survey's data...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) provides $243,056.00 to the Maryland Geological Survey to conduct new geologic mapping in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions of Maryland. The 2-year project period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The key activities under this award include detailed field mapping, data collection, and the construction and preservation of geologic maps in GIS...

The Colorado School of Mines, through a $114,951.98 project grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814), will digitize and make publicly accessible a series of the Colorado Geological Survey's archived maps, slides, geologic hazard reports, and exploration data from the San Juan Sag region. The key deliverables include: Scanning and georeferencing 125 historic CGS maps and 1,500 slides to be made available on the...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA# 15.814), supports the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MODNR) in several key activities. The $222,137 award will fund: 1) photography of 3,000 boxes of core samples in the Missouri Geological Survey core repository, with the images and associated metadata to be archived and made publicly available; 2) the purchase of flat file...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817) provides $410,000.00 to the New York State Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) to collect high-quality Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data covering Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York. The project will update the existing elevation dataset, which is from 2014 and has a point spacing of 0.7 meters, to meet at minimum Quality Level 2...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) provides $136,221.84 to the University of Texas at Austin to preserve geological data and materials. The key activities to be performed include: Updating metadata in ReSciColl for the Bureau of Economic Geology's collections using the LibreSciCollTX software library. Converting recently donated physical paper historical documents and maps from...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MoDNR) has been awarded a $313,910 National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) grant from the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior. Under this 3-year project grant, MoDNR will: 1) Create digital scans and metadata for 800 unpublished geological data files, update the National Digital Catalog metadata to national standards, and improve access and usage of the data; 2) Purchase a petrographic slide...