Help for the Interactive Map of Utah's Coal Mines

  First Look
  Database Fields

Zoom
Inset Map
Navigation Arrows
Legend
Search
Printing

First Look

The first page shows a map of Utah at 100% and Zoom, Legend, Search, and Print buttons at the left.

  • brown circles are coal mine portals
  • red lines are Township & Range coordinates
  • black lines outline countys

Database Fields

Clicking on a brown circle displays the data associated with that point in a data table adjacent to the map.

Field Name Comments
Mine_name Sanders
Older_names  
Msha_id  
Coalfield Wasatch Plateau
7.5_quad_name Rilda Canyon
Coalbed Hiawatha
Operator J.F. Sanders
Date_opened  
Date_closed  
Coal_lease SL 062648
US_bureau_of_mines_doc  
Portal_utmn(doelling) 4367760.00
Portal_utme(doelling) 386800.00
Quarters SE,NE
Section 5
Township 16S
Range 07E
Meridian SLBM
UGS_map_number 289
Map_scale 1 inch = 50 feet
Map_date 7/3/1942
Agency_providing_map UGS
Image_link (mine maps) sanders1
Comments BLM DISK #3, UTM COORDS. FROM DOELLING

Zoom

The ZOOM button increases or decreases magnification of the view of the large map from no-magnification (100%) to the highest magnification (1600%).

Inset Map

Inset map located in upper left corner of interactive map.

An inset map of Utah appears at any zoom value other than 100%. Clicking on the INSET MAP button turns the inset map on or off.

The red box on the inset map outlines the area viewed in the big map. Clicking anywhere on the inset map will bring up that area on the big map.

Navigation Arrows

Clicking on the navigation arrows on the map border allows you to pan the image.

Legend

Click on the LEGEND button to open a new window containing the map symbols.

Map Symbol
Coal Mine Portal
Township

Search

search windowsearch buttonClick on the SEARCH button to search for well name.

Highlight the Result of the search and click the Show button to see the location of the sample on the map that will be zoomed in 1600%.
The actual site is not highlighted on the map, perhaps it will be in the next update.

Printing

Map Frame

The map frame is printed by clicking on the PRINTER button, naming the title, and then printing. The attributes of the data and the inset map are also printed.

Data Frame

There are three frames visible in the browser window including map and data frames. Map and data frames have scroll bars. Data is printed using the following procedures for Internet ExplorerTM and NetscapeTM.

Internet Explorer - Frames are printed by clicking the mouse arrow anywhere on the desired frame (data) then, at the menu at the top of the page click File - Print Preview (you will see all frames) on the tool bar select "Only the Selected Frame". Only the specified  frame will appear in the preview and only it will be printed.

Netscape - Frames are printed by clicking on File - Print Preview (you will see the entire screen). Click the Right mouse button on the data frame, go to "This Frame" then "Show Only This Frame". Only the data  frame will appear in the preview and only it will be printed.