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GEOLOGIC MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES, NORTH AMERICA, AND LARGE REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES

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UNITED STATES
GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE UNITED STATES (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii), 1974 (1975). Scale 1:2,500,000. Sheets 1 and 2, 41 x 52 inches; sheet 3 (legend), 32 x 52 inches. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Special Map.
Supplemented by USGS Professional Paper 901, "Explanatory text to accompany the Geologic Map of the United States."

SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES (AND ACCOMPANYING EXPLANATION), 1977. Scale 1:7,500,000. 1 sheet, 22 x 30 inches, and 5 pages of explanation. USGS Open-File Report 77-232. Black and white.

BASEMENT ROCK MAP OF THE UNITED STATES, EXCLUSIVE OF ALASKA AND HAWAII, 1968. Scale 1:2,500,000. 2 sheets, 41 x 52 inches. USGS Special Map.
Exposed and subsurface rocks differentiated by colors and patterns. Contour lines show configuration of concealed basement-rock surface, and the extent and depth of sedimentary basins. Structural features shown by symbols. Inset map of principal geologic provinces.

EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEERING-GEOLOGIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL-GEOLOGIC MAPS OF THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES, 1987. Scale 1:7,500,000. 7-page text; 5 maps in pocket. USGS Bulletin 1610.
Geologic map on base showing tectonic provinces and physical divisions includes limit of continental glacial deposits. Other maps show engineering geology and geologic conditions.

GENERALIZED STRUCTURAL LITHOLOGIC AND PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCES IN THE FOLD AND THRUST BELTS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1983. Scale, 1:2,500,000. 2 sheets, 41 x 52 inches, and explanation sheet. USGS Special Map.
Shows and names major structural and physiographic features on full-color geologic map of the U.S.

MAP OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS IN THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES, 1988. Scale 1:5,000,000. 43 x 30 inches. USGS Oil and Gas Investigations Map OM-223.
Black, white, and red. Basins are named and shown in red; base map shows State and County boundaries.

TOTAL THICKNESS OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES, 1983. Scale 1:5,000,000. 43 x 30 inches. USGS Open-File Report 83-920.
Black and white. Thickness of sedimentary rocks is shown by isopachs with 1000-ft contour interval; base map shows State and County boundaries. Extrusive and crystalline rocks at the surface are differentiated.

NATIONAL ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Selected sheets). Scale 1:7,500,000. Each sheet 19 x 28 inches. Published by USGS.
Tectonic features, 1967. File no. 470 (US, exclusive of Alaska) and 467 (Alaska). 23 map units on US map, 16 units on Alaska map. Major structural features shown. Half of Alaska sheet contains descriptive text for both maps.
Surficial geology, 1979. File no. 708. 55 map units show transported deposits, untransported materials, and miscellaneous deposits of conterminous United States. Explanatory text on reverse side of sheet.

PRELIMINARY MAP SHOWING QUATERNARY DEPOSITS AND THEIR DATING POTENTIAL IN THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES, 1979. Scale 1:7,500,000. 44 x 27 inches. USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1052.
Black and white. 11 units show deposits younger than 1.8 million years old. Table evaluates 6 major deposit types in terms of their potential to be dated by 22 dating methods. General explanation.

NORTH AMERICA
TECTONIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA, 1996. Scale 1:5,000,000, Color, 40 x 41 inches. Published by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Two sheets for northern half (Canada and Alaska), two sheets for southern half (U.S. and Mexico.) Order from AAPG, P.O. Box 979, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101.

GENERALIZED TECTONIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA, 1972. Scale 1:15,000,000. 26 x 29 inches. USGS Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-688.

BASEMENT MAP OF NORTH AMERICA, BETWEEN LATITUDES 24 degrees and 60 degrees N., 1967. Scale1:5,000,000. 40 x 53 inches. USGS Special Map.
Shows general age of basement rocks, gross lithology, structural features, basement-rock surface, and wells penetrating basement.

PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA, 1981. Scale 1:5,000,000. 3 sheets 33 x 39 inches; 1 sheet, 41 x 39 inches. USGS Special Map.
Shows mineral content, depositional environments, age of mineralization, and size, geologic class, and mineralogic nature of deposit. Supplemented by USGS Circulars 858-A, 858-B, and 858-C, an expanded map explanation, and the numerical (A), and alphabetical (B), and commodity (C) lists of deposits. Free.

REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
QUATERNARY GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, begun in 1983; many maps still in progress. Scale 1:1,000,000. Sheet sizes vary. USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Series Maps I-1420 (suffix in parentheses corresponds to International Map of the World quadrangle number).
Shows glacial and other deposits of Quaternary age (less than 1.8 million years old). Stratigraphic correlation, explanation, and inset maps of loess deposits and glacial advances.

(NH-14) Austin, 1993
(NJ-17) Blue Ridge, 1991.
(NK-19) Boston, 1991
(NJ-18) Chesapeake Bay, 1987.
(NK-16) Chicago, 1983.
(NL-14) Dakotas, 1995.
(NI-14) Dallas. 1994.
(NK-15) Des Moines, 1991.
(NH-16) Mobile, 1988.
(NG-17) Florida Keys, 1987.
(NI-18) Hatteras, 1986.
(NH-17) Jacksonville, 1987.
(NK-17) Lake Erie, 1991.
(NM-16) Lake Nibigon, 1994.
(NL-16) Lake Superior, 1983.
(NI-16) Lookout Mountain, 1988.
(NJ-16) Louisville, 1994.
(NL-15) Minneapolis, 1983.
(NG-14) Monterey, 1993.
(NL-18 Ottawa, 1993.
(NJ-15) Ozark Plateau, 1993
(NK-14) Platte River, 1994.
(NL-19) Quebec, 1987.
(NJ-10 San Francisco Bay, 1993.
(NI-17) Savannah, 1987.
(NL-17) Sudbury, 1993.
(NI-15) Vicksburg, 1989
(NH-15) White Lake, 1990.
(NJ-14) Wichita, 1993.

BASEMENT AND BASEMENT-COVER RELATION MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN OROGEN IN THE UNITED STATES, 1988. Scale 1:1,000,000. Two sheets, 30 x 48 inches. USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Series I-1655.

GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION OF BASEMENT ROCKS OF THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN, 1985. Scale 1:1,000,000. Plate 1, 40 x 30 inches; plates 2-4, 30 x 30 inches. USGS Open-File Report 85-655. Black and white.
Two sheets show interpreted Cretaceous basement rocks, Georgia to Rhode Island; 2 sheets show simple Bouguer gravity of the same area; 47 page text and references.

GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION, 1982. Scale 1:1,000,000. 1 sheet, 35 x 54 inches, plus 4-page text. Published by Minnesota Geological Survey, 2642 University Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55114-1057.
80 map units show bedrock of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Stratigraphic correlation charts.

LITHOTECTONIC TERRANE MAPS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA, 1987. Scale 1:2,500,000. Sheet sizes vary. USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Maps MF-1874-A-D. Black and white. Out of print.

A--Alaska (west of the 141st meridian).
B--Western Canada and Southeastern Alaska.
C--Western Conterminous United States.
D--Mexico (west of the 91st meridian).

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL HIGHWAY MAP SERIES. Scale 1:1,875,000 (except Alaska and Hawaii). 28 by 36 inches. Published by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG).
Order from: AAPG, P.O. Box 979, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101.
Generalized charts of time and rock units used in place of standard map explanations. Cross sections, tectonic and physiographic inset maps, small structural-history maps, and brief texts on reverse sides.

Map 1. Mid-Continent region (Kans., Mo., Okla., Ark.), 1986.
Map 2. Southern Rocky Mountain region (Utah, Colo., Ariz., N. Mex.), 1990.
Map 3. Pacific Southwest region (Calif., Nev.), 1968.
Map 4. Mid-Atlantic region (Ky., Penn., W. Va., Va., Md., Del., N. Car., S. Car.), 1989.
Map 5. Northern Rocky Mountain region (Idaho, Mont., Wyo.), 1972.
Map 6. Pacific Northwest (Wash., Ore., Idaho), 1973.
Map 8. Alaska and Hawaii, 1974. Scale, Alaska 1:3,500,000; Hawaii, 1:500,000. Out of Print.
Map 7. Texas, 1973.
Map 9. Southeastern region (La., Miss., Ala., Fla., Ga.), 1975.
Map 10. Northeastern region (Pa., N.Y., Conn., R.I., Mass., Vt., N.H., Me.), 1976.
Map 11. Great Lakes region (Ill., Ind., Mich., Ohio, Wisc.), 1979.
Map 12. Northern Great Plains (N. Dak., S. Dak., Minn., Iowa, Neb.), 1984.

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