Geoscience Data Repositories in PENNSYLVANIA

Pennsylvania Geological Survey

400 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745

Contact: John A. Harper, Chief, Subsurface Geology Section
412/442-4235
412/442-4298 (FAX)
harper.john@a1.dcnr.state.pa.us

Data Center Staff Size: 8
Type of Repository: Public - State/Local
Data Access Fee: per search
Catalog and Index Type: digital
Data Delivery Media: paper

Quantity of Holdings:

well logs: 11,000
feet of core: 7,500
scout tickets/completion cards: 133,000 drill cuttings for 1,200 wells

Center Services Provided: core/sample services, data sales

Geographic Areas of Holdings, by type and media:

Well Logs

(paper) - Eastern Onshore

Lithology Logs

(paper) - Eastern Onshore

Cores

Eastern Onshore

Cuttings

(paper) - Eastern Onshore

Drilling/Completion Data

(paper, digital) - Eastern Onshore

Scout Data/Strat Tops

(paper, digital) - Eastern Onshore

Field Studies

(paper, digital) - Eastern Onshore

Reserve Studies

(paper, digital) - Eastern Onshore

Base Maps

(paper, digital) - Eastern Onshore

Digital Well Spots

(paper, digital) - Eastern Onshore

Topographic Maps

(paper, digital) - Eastern Onshore

Geologic Maps (Surface)

(paper) - Eastern Onshore

Aerial/Satellite Imagery

(paper) - Eastern Onshore

Geochemical Data

(paper, digital) - Eastern Onshore

Thin Sections

Eastern Onshore

Comments: This office can deliver data in hard copy (paper printout) or floppy-disk format. Other holdings include drill cuttings for about 1,200 wells. The survey has no seismic or other geophysical data other than logs. Topographic maps include USGS digital raster maps on CD-ROM, and geologic maps (surface). Aerial imagery includes selected areas of western Pennsylvania for the years 1938-1940, 1955, 1973, 1969, 1988.

Mine Map Repository

Office of Surface Mining
U.S. Department of Interior
3 Parkway Center
Pittsburgh, PA 15220

Contact: Greig J. Robertson, Program Specialist
412/937-2868
412/937-2888 (FAX)
grobert@osmre.gov

Data Center Staff Size: 1
Type of Repository: Public - Federal

Quantity of holdings:

mine maps: 250,000

Center Services Provided: staff research

Geographic Areas of Holdings, by type and media:

Topographic Maps

(paper) - Eastern Onshore

Subsurface Maps

(film) - Eastern Onshore, Mid-Continent, Pacific Onshore

Comments: The Mine Map Repository maintains a file of abandoned-mine maps, which total approximately 250,000. These represent coal and non-coal maps nationwide. Information available from maps in the repository is used by a wide variety of customers, including mining companies, developers, real estate companies, federal and state agencies, utilities, consultants and engineering firms, energy interests, law-enforcement officials, public-safety agencies, and private citizens.