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Database path: C:\Users\peter.strand\OneDrive - State of Vermont\Documents\ArcGIS\SuttonQuad_Surficial\VT_2023_Sutton_1-submittal\VT_2023_Sutton_1\VT_2023_Sutton_1-database\SuttonQuad_GeMS.gdb
Output directory: C:\Users\peter.strand\OneDrive - State of Vermont\Documents\ArcGIS\SuttonQuad_Surficial\VT_2023_Sutton_1-submittal\VT_2023_Sutton_1\VT_2023_Sutton_1-database\validate
Metadata file: C:\Users\peter.strand\OneDrive - State of Vermont\Documents\ArcGIS\SuttonQuad_Surficial\VT_2023_Sutton_1-submittal\VT_2023_Sutton_1\SuttonQuad_GeMS.gdb_metadata.xml
Check embedded metadata: False
Skip topology check: False
Refresh GeoMaterialDict: False
Delete extra rows in Glossary and DataSources: False
Compact GDB: False

This database is LEVEL 3 COMPLIANT.

The database-level FGDC metadata are formally correct although the metadata record should be reviewed to verify that it is meaningful.

This file should be accompanied by SuttonQuad_GeMS.gdb-ValidationErrors.html and SuttonQuad_GeMS.gdb_metadata.xml_errors.txt in the same directory.

If this database will be submitted to the NGMDB, it also needs to be accompanied by a reviewed Geologic Names report that includes identification of any suggested modifications to Geolex. Use the Geologic Names Check tool to generate that report or provide other documentation of a review.

Compliance Criteria
Warnings
Content not specified in GeMS schema
Occurrence of MapUnits in DMU, feature datasets, or geopackage tables
Contents of Nonspatial Tables
DataSources
DescriptionOfMapUnits
Glossary
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 All MapUnitPolys and ContactsAndFaults based feature classes obey Level 2 topology rules: 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 beyond Level 2 conform to GeMS schema	PASS
3.2 All MapUnitPolys and ContactsAndFaults based feature classes obey Level 3 topology rules: No ContactsAndFaults overlaps, self-overlaps, or self-intersections.	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, whitespace-only, or bad null values	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.

Fields

Tables

GenericPoints

DataSources

OBJECTID	Source	Notes	URL	DataSources_ID
5	Wright, S.F., 2025	Wright, S.F., 2025, Surficial Geologic Map and Cross-Sections of the Sutton 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Open File Report VG2025-1, 1:24,000-Scale	https://dec.vermont.gov/geological-survey/publications-gis/open-file-reports	DAS01
4	FGDC Standards	U.S. Geological Survey, 2006, FGDC Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization (PostScript Implementation): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 11-A2 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/2006/11A02/].	https://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/2006/11A02/	FGDC-STD-013-2006
2	Geologic Map Schema	U.S. Geological Survey National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, 2020, GeMS (Geologic Map Schema)—A standard format for the digital publication of geologic maps: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 11, chap. B10, 74 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/tm11B10.	https://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/11b10/tm11b10.pdf	GEMS_2020
6	GSC, 2020	Geological Survey of Canada, 2020, Cartographic symbol standard for geological map production, Open File 8572, 104 pages (2 sheets)	https://doi.org/10.4095/327025	GSC_2020
3	USGS Surficial Materials	Soller, D.R., and Reheis, M.C., compilers, 2004, Surficial materials in the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 03-275, scale 1:5,000,000.	https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-275/	USGS-OFR-03-275

DescriptionOfMapUnits

OBJECTID	MapUnit	Name	FullName	Age	Description	HierarchyKey	ParagraphStyle	Label	Symbol	AreaFillRGB	AreaFillPatternDescription	DescriptionSourceID	GeoMaterial	GeoMaterialConfidence	DescriptionOfMapUnits_ID
1	None	ARTIFICIAL FILL				01	DMU-Heading2								DMU01
2	af	Artificial Fill	Artificial Fill	Holocene	Artificially emplaced material along road beds, embankments and in developed areas. Material varies from natural sand, gravel, or till to various artificial waste materials. Thickness varies.	01-01	DMUUnit1	af	GSC_3.01.14.715	255,190,232	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	"Made" or human-engineered land	High	DMU02
3	None	ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS				02	DMU-Heading2								DMU03
4	Ha	Alluvium	Alluvium	Holocene	Silt, sand, and gravel deposited by modern streams. Includes stream channel, bar, and floodplain deposits. Wetland deposits are common within these areas and are not differntiated. Thickness in tributary valleys is typically less than 3 meters, although the depth may be much greater in the valleys of the larger streams.	02-01	DMUUnit1	Ha	GSC_3.01.04.263	255,250,194	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Alluvial sediment	High	DMU04
5	Haf	Alluvial Fan Deposits	Alluvial Fan Deposits	Holocene	Silt, sand, and gravel deposited on terraces above the modern floodplains of streams. They are composed of a variety of channel, bar, and floodplain deposits. May include late Pleistocene alluvial sediment deposited onto freshly-drained glacial lake bottoms before the main stream and its tributaries incised down into the lacustrine deposits. Commonly less than 5 meters thick.	02-02-01	DMUUnit1	Haf	GSC_3.01.04.257	245,122,122	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Alluvial sediment	High	DMU05
8	Hat	Alluvial Terrace Deposits	Alluvial Terrace Deposits	Holocene	Silt, sand, and gravel deposited on terraces above the modern floodplains of streams. They are composed of a variety of channel, bar, and floodplain deposits. May include late Pleistocene alluvial sediment deposited onto freshly-drained glacial lake bottoms before the main stream and its tributaries incised down into the lacustrine deposits. Commonly less than 5 meters thick.	02-03	DMUUnit1	Hat	GSC_3.01.04.269	245,245,122	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Alluvial sediment	High	DMU06
9	None	MODERN LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS				03	DMU-Heading2								DMU07
11	Hld	Lacustrine Deposits, Delta	Lacustrine Deposits, Delta	Holocene	Well-sorted sand and gravel deposited in a present-day lake at the mouth of a tributary stream. Includes topset and foreset beds. May also include proximal bottomset beds if exposures permit.	03-02	DMUUnit1	Hld	GSC_3.01.05.585	168,112,000	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Lacustrine sediment	High	DMU08
12	None	WETLAND DEPOSITS				04	DMU-Heading2								DMU09
13	Hw	Wetland Deposits	Wetland Deposits	Holocene	Accumulations of organic matter and/or clastic sediment in low-lying areas. Includes a wide variety of wetland types. Commonly overlaying other deposits such as alluvium, lacustrine sediment, and/or till.	04-01	DMUUnit1	Hw	GSC_3.01.02.012, GSC_1.01.01.024	056,190,000	Patterned dots (GSC_1.02.01.013) over solid fill	GSC_2020	Peat and muck	High	DMU10
16	None	MASS MOVEMENT DEPOSITS				06	DMU-Heading2								DMU11
18	Hc	Colluvium	Colluvium	Holocene	Fans or aprons of slope-wash sediment that have accumulated at the base of steep slope segments. Thickness is highly variable, although usually less than 3 meters.	06-02	DMUUnit1	Hc	GSC_3.01.01.107	240,207,192	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Mass movement sediment	High	DMU12
28	None	GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSITS				09	DMU-Heading2								DMU13
31	Plf	Lacustrine Deposits, Fine-grained	Lacustrine Deposits, Fine-grained	Pleistocene	Clay, silt, and very fine to fine sand deposited in deeper waters or in distal lake bottom environment of a glacial lake. Oftentimes laminated.	09-03	DMUUnit1	Plf	GSC_3.01.08.637	068,101,137	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Lacustrine sediment, mostly fine-grained	High	DMU14
33	Pld	Lacustrine Deposits, Delta	Lacustrine Deposits, Delta	Pleistocene	Well-sorted sand and gravel deposited in a glacial lake at the mouth of a tributary stream. Includes topset and foreset beds. May also include proximal bottomset beds if exposures permit. Although foresets are commonly steep, delta foresets in shoaling lakes may have considerably lower dips.	09-05	DMUUnit1	Pld	GSC_3.01.08.613	150,134,135	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Lacustrine sediment	High	DMU15
35	Plo	Lacustrine Deposits, Suaqueous Outwash	Lacustrine Deposits, Suaqueous Outwash	Pleistocene	Well-sorted sand and gravel deposited as subaqueous fans within glacial lakes at and near esker tunnel mouths. Sediment deposited close to tunnel mouth is coarse-grained, distal sediments finer-grained. As the glacial margin retreats the subaqueous outwash is blanketed with finer-grained lacustrine material.	09-07	DMUUnit1	Plo	GSC_3.01.08.615	214,157,188	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Lacustrine sediment	High	DMU16
36	None	GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSITS				10	DMU-Heading2								DMU17
38	Po	Outwash Deposits	Outwash Deposits	Pleistocene	Glacial meltwater deposits composed of stratified sand and gravel deposited beyond the glacial margin. Includes relatively narrow valley train deposits in confined mountain valleys and broad sheets of outwash deposited in the broad lowlands. Kettle holes may be common in proximal outwash deposits.	10-02	DMUUnit1	Po	GSC_3.01.07.249	254,200,048	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Ice-contact and ice-marginal sediment	High	DMU18
39	None	ICE-CONTACT DEPOSITS				11	DMU-Heading2								DMU19
40	Pi	Ice-Contact Deposits	Ice-Contact Deposits, Undifferentiated	Pleistocene	Unsorted to poorly-sorted stratified sand, gravel, and silt deposited in contact with glacial ice. Surface may contain scattered kettle holes formed by melting of buried ice blocks or be a highly complex kame and kettle.	11-01	DMUUnit1	Pi	GSC_3.01.07.217	254,207,140	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Ice-contact and ice-marginal sediment	High	DMU20
42	Pik	Kame Terrace Deposits	Kame Terrace Deposits	Pleistocene	Composed primarily of stratified sand and gravel, deposited between an ice-sheet and the adjacent side of the valley. Sediment is derived primarily from meltwater, with variable contributions from the valley sides. May include subaqueous grain flows and debris flows. Materials may be some combination of lacustrine and fluvial deposits.	11-03	DMUUnit1	Pik	GSC_3.01.07.219	244,116,052	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Ice-contact and ice-marginal sediment	High	DMU21
43	Pie	Esker Deposits	Esker Deposits	Pleistocene	Elongate ridge of ice-contact stratified sand and gravel deposited by glacial meltwater streams in tunnels within or beneath the glacial ice.	11-04	DMUUnit1	Pie	GSC_3.01.07.229	247,144,052	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Ice-contact and ice-marginal sediment	High	DMU22
44	None	GLACIAL DEPOSITS				12	DMU-Heading2								DMU23
45	Pt	Till	Till	Pleistocene	Very dense to loose, unsorted to very poorly sorted material deposited directly from glacial ice. Contains a wide range of grain sizes, from clay or silt up to large boulders. Matrix commonly dominated by the silt or sand fraction. Surface boulders are generally common. Thickness is highly variable, from less than 3 meters to greater than 30 meters.	12-01	DMUUnit1	Pt	GSC_3.01.10.373	200,221,189	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Glacial till	High	DMU24
46	Ptm	Moraine Deposits	Moraine Deposits	Pleistocene	Composed primarily of till with variable amounts of stratified sand and gravel, deposited by glacial ice.	12-02	DMUUnit1	Ptm	GSC_3.01.10.377	162,212,157	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Glacial till	High	DMU25
50	None	WATER				14	DMU-Heading2								DMU26
51	w	Water	Water	Holocene	Large water bodies.	14-01	DMUUnit1	w	GSC_2.05.04.008	000,092,230	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Water or ice	High	DMU27

Glossary

OBJECTID	Term	Definition	DefinitionSourceID	Glossary_ID
51	Abandoned Channel	A segment of stream channel that is still exposed at the Earth’s surface that has been cut off from the remainder of the stream. Includes oxbows and other abandoned channel segments on modern floodplains as well as older features preserved on alluvial terraces.	DAS01	GLO01
38	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.	FGDC-STD-013-2006	GLO02
40	Contact	Boundary between major sediment classes	USGS-OFR-03-275	GLO03
46	Cross Section Line	Line representing where geologic materials were interpreted at depth.	DAS01	GLO04
42	DMU-Heading2	Paragraph style for formatted description of Map Unit Description second order heading. Font 12 pt, Bold, All caps, Centered; Line spacing Double, Space Before 12 pt	GEMS_2020	GLO05
43	DMUUnit1	Paragraph style for formatted description of first-rank map unit. Font: 12 pt, Indent: Left 0", Hanging 1.25"; Line spacing Double; Tab stops 0.75"	GEMS_2020	GLO06
73	Esker Ridge Line	Crest of esker ridge deposited by glacial meltwater streams in tunnels beneath the ice	DAS01	GLO07
45	Glacial Striation or Groove	Ice flow direction from striations or grooves. Azimuth of direction of ice motion is given in degrees from true north.	DAS01	GLO08
41	High	The selected term in the GeoMaterial field (and its definition) adequately characterizes the overall lithologic nature of rocks and (or) sediments in the map unit	GEMS_2020	GLO09
52	Ice Marginal Channel	Delineation of an accurate ice margin position based on features such as ice-marginal channels, moraines, and heads of outwash deposits. Dashed lines where inferred.	DAS01	GLO10
57	Kettle	Closed depressions formed in ice-contact, outwash, or lacustrine sediment by the melting of buried ice blocks.	DAS01	GLO11
74	Lake Outlet Channel	An outlet channel for a proglacial lake.	DAS01	GLO12
50	Landslide Scarp	Site where there has been a movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope.	DAS01	GLO13
77	Map Boundary	Boundary of mapped units.	FGDC-STD-013-2006	GLO20
44	Recreational GPS	Recreation grade Global Positioning System device	GEMS_2020	GLO14
75	Rock Quarry	Site where rock is/was extracted.	DAS01	GLO15
49	Sand and Gravel Pit	Location where sand and gravel is or has been extracted for human use.	DAS01	GLO16
76	Streamlined Till Ridge	Location where till has been streamlined by glacial activity.	DAS01	GLO17
66	Tromino Site	Location of passive seismic horizontal to vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) Tromino surveying.	DAS01	GLO18
58	Water Well	Location of drilled well.	DAS01	GLO19

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, 5 rows
DescriptionOfMapUnits, nonspatial table, 27 rows
GeoMaterialDict, nonspatial table, 101 rows
Glossary, nonspatial table, 20 rows
GeologicMap, feature dataset
MapUnitPolys, simple polygon feature class, 427 rows
ContactsAndFaults, simple polyline feature class, 1254 rows
GeologicLines, simple polyline feature class, 226 rows
CartographicLines, simple polyline feature class, 4 rows
OrientationPoints, simple point feature class, 7 rows
Stations, simple point feature class, 1936 rows
GenericPoints, simple point feature class, 64 rows