Geological Mapping in the Mount Uniacke Area

DP ME 147, Version 1, 2009. Digital Geological Data Generated from the Central Meguma Mapping Project, 1995-1999 and 2002-2004, in the Mount Uniacke Area, Halifax and Hants Counties, Nova Scotia, NTS Sheet 11D/13

Abstract

This digital product is a digital version of four Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources(NSNR&R) Open File Maps (2009-2, 2009-3, 2009-4 and 2009-5) compiled by R. J. Horne, R. J. Ryan, M. C. Corey and D. L. Fox in 2009. The original data collection was done as part of the Central Meguma Mapping Project from 1995-1999, minor follow up work was done in 2002-2004. The four 1:25 000 maps were produced in 2009 from the data contained in the digital product. The digital product was created by the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Mineral Resources Branch (MRB) staff. The digital product contains layers for geological features such as: anticlines and synclines, drillholes, faults, bedrock units, geological units, mineral occurrences, outcrops, structural data, veins and gold districts.

Disclaimer

The DATA is provided to the USER on an "as is" basis, without warranties of any kind, express or implied. The entire risk as to the quality and accuracy of the DATA is with the USER and the USER shall use his/her own judgment in making use of the DATA or drawing conclusions based upon it. NR&R shall not be liable to the USER, his/her clients, servants, agents, contractors, assigns, or to any other person for any loss or damage of any kind including personal injury or death arising from the use of the DATA or accompanying written materials, or from errors, deficiencies or faults therein, whether such damage is caused by negligence or otherwise. If errors or omissions are found in the DATA, the USER will notify NR&R. The terms and conditions of the license accompany the downloaded digital product.

Location Map

Location Map

Sample

Sample Image

Format and Projection

Format

ArcInfo Interchange Format (E00), DXF/DBF, ArcView 3.2a shape files (SHP) and TXT files compressed in self-extracting EXE/ZIP files (more information on data formats)

Size

E00 - 1.2 MB (compressed), 14 MB (uncompressed)
DXF/DBF - 1.2 MB (compressed), 20 MB (uncompressed)
SHP - 2.0 MB (compressed), 31 MB (uncompressed)

Projection

The data is in six-degree Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection, Zone 20, Central Meridian 63° 00' West using the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83).

Downloading Instructions

The data files have been compressed using PKZIP into a single, self-extracting EXE file.

  1. Read the Licence before accepting the data.
  2. Download the self-extracting EXE file to the desired location on your hard drive.
  3. Double click or "RUN" the EXE file and the data files will be unzipped automatically.

The EXE file can also be opened in WinZip to view and extract the compressed files in the data set.

On UNIX platforms, the unzip command will extract the compressed files in the EXE.

All data sets are in six-degree Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 20 projection using the NAD83 datum.

A readme file and a copy of the licence agreement are also included with each data set.


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