U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Mineral Resources Data System using 4th DIMENSION by Hal Sindler, Paul Schruben, and Carl A. Carlson Open-File Report OF 95-616 This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with the U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards. An\ use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Geological Survey. Although this program has been used b\ the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made b\ the USGS as to the accuracy and functioning of the program and related program material, nor shall the fact of distribution constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in connection therewith. Menlo Park, California June 30, 1995 Table of Contents Introduction..................................................................................................................! Software Configuration..............................................................................................! MRDS -4D Application..............................................................................................2 Hardware Configuration............................................................................................5 Launching MRDS - 4D................................................................................................6 Typical Session.............................................................................................................8 The Mineral Site File ..................................................................................................12 Searching and Selecting Records..............................................................................14 Search by Example...........................................................................................14 Search by Example field descriptions...........................................................15 Selecting Records with the mouse in the column listing.......................19 The Search Editor.............................................................................................22 Field Structure and Searching.......................................................................24 Sorting Records................................................................................................25 Set Operations...................................................................................................25 Save Set..................................................................................................25 Load Set..................................................................................................26 Permanent Sets.....................................................................................27 Plotting......................................................................................^^ Selecting a Plot Window................................................................................29 Window Name(s)................................................................................30 Latitude/Longitude .............................................................................30 Create window from Search by Example screen entries..............30 Window on maximum extent of Mineral Site points ................30 Use world window ..............................................................................30 Revert to original window ................................................................31 Load and Save buttons........................................................................31 Layers, Devices, Projections...........................................................................31 Graphic Files Selections......................................................................32 World.........................................................................................32 USA States.................................................................................32 Counties.....................................................................................32 1:250,000 - Scale Quadrangle Outlines .................................33 USA Geology.............................................................................33 USA National Forests.............................................................33 USA Wilderness......................................................................33 Mineral Districts.......................................................................33 USA Drainage Basins..............................................................34 Mineral Sites: Points and Labels...........................................34 Renumber..................................................................................34 Output Device Selection.....................................................................35 Screen.........................................................................................35 Color Pict....................................................................................35 LaserWriter.................................................................................36 Flash Screen..............................................................................36 New Flash File..........................................................................36 Pen Plotter.................................................................................37 Projections.............................................................................................37 Fast Mercator.............................................................................37 Transverse Mercator ...............................................................37 Albers Equal-Area Conic ........................................................37 Lambert Conformal Conic .....................................................38 Pen Plotter Symbols Dialog............................................................................39 Pen Plotter Symbol Sizes Plot title..................................................................................................41 Pen Assignments.................................................................................41 Commodities Present, Major Commodities, USGS Model Name, Change......................................................................................42 First Commodity Only or Nested Symbols....................................43 Show last inventory list, or Create new inventory list...............43 Executing the pen plot ........................................................................43 Pen Types...............................................................................................44 Plotter Settings......................................................................................46 Operating the Plotter...........................................................................46 Cable Connection.................................................................................47 Assessments AK and Assessments US.......................................................48 Entering Data ................................................................................................................49 New Record menu item.................................................................................50 Cancel button....................................................................................................50 Enter button......................................................................................................51 Delete Records menu item ...........................................................................51 First Record, Previous Record, Next Record, Last Record buttons .......51 Page buttons and menu items.......................................................................51 Apply Formula menu item...........................................................................51 Repair Sets menu item...................................................................................51 Transferring Data.........................................................................................................53 Send Records.....................................................................................................53 Receive Records...............................................................................................56 IBM-PC's and other computers.....................................................................57 Reports...........................................................................................................................58 Standard Listings..............................................................................................58 Graphs................................................................................................................58 Quick Report.....................................................................................................58 Other File Menu Items ...............................................................................................60 Preferences.........................................................................................................60 Quit.....................................................................................................................61 Bibliography ..................................................................................................................62 Introduction The Mineral Resources Data System