Map Showing Depth to Pre-Cenozoic Basement in the Death Valley Ground-Water Model Area, Nevada and California

Online link https://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/metadata/map-mf/2381/e/metadata.faq.html
Description A depth to basement map of the Death Valley groundwater model area was prepared using over 40,0000 gravity stations as part of an interagency effort by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of Energy to help characterize the geology and hydro
Originators Blakely, Richard J. and Ponce, David A.
Publication U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2381-E

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>ITEM NAME     WIDTH   TYPE   DESCRIPTION
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>DESCRIPTION   50      C      geologic unit name
>SYMBOL        6       I      marker symbol number for plotting
>LABEL         4       C      unit label for map plots (for example, "Qal")
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>ITEM VALUES AND RELATION OF ITEMS "DESCRIPTION", "LABEL", AND "SYMBOL"
> DESCRIPTION                                       LABEL    SYMBOL
> water                                                      56
> artificial fill                                    af       8
> modified land-surface deposit                      mls     76
> alluvium                                           Qal      2
> younger terrace alluvium                           Qty     23
> older terrace alluvium                             Qto    111
> younger fan alluvium and debris-flow deposits      Qfy     32
> older fan alluvium and debris-flow deposits        Qfo     51
> younger diamicton                                  Qdi     29
> older diamicton                                    QTdi    53
> colluvium, undivided                               Qc      12
> landslide deposits                                 Qls     16
> earth-flow deposit                                 Qef     28
> older colluvium                                    QTc    130
> Pinedale Till                                      Qtp     62
> Pinedale Till, uncertain                           Qtp?    62
> Bull Lake Till                                     Qtb     56
> Bull Lake Till, uncertain                          Qtb?    56
> till, undivided                                    Qti    101
> periglacial deposits                               Qpg    444
> outwash of periglacial deposits and Pinedale Till  Qo      49
> boulder-field deposits                             Qbf     79
> wetland deposits                                   Qw     429
> tufa deposits                                      Qtu     20
> tuffaceous sedimentary rocks                       Tst     50
> Dakota Sandstone                                   Kd     454
> Morrison Formation                                 Jm     427
> Entrada Sandstone                                  Je     365
> Chinle Formation                                   @c     510
> Maroon Fm., limestone bed                          ls      45
> Maroon Formation                                   P&m    320
> Eagle Valley Formation                             &ev    231
> Eagle Valley Evaporite                             &ee    241
> Minturn Fm., limestone bed                         ls      45
> Minturn Formation                                  &m     239
> Minturn Fm., Jacque Mountain Limestone Member      &mj    305
> Minturn Fm., White Quail Limestone Member          &mwq   379
> Minturn Fm., Robinson Limestone Member             &mr    349
> Minturn Fm., Robinson Limestone Member, uncertain  &mr?   349
> Minturn Fm., dolomite bed                          &md    333
> Minturn Fm., dolomite bed, uncertain               &md?   333
> Cross Creek Granite                                Xc     514
> migmatite                                          Xm     500
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>       In the "LABEL" item, the @ and & refer to the Triassic and
>       Pennsylvanian symbols, respectively
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>ITEM NAME     WIDTH   TYPE   DESCRIPTION
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>DESCRIPTION   80      C      geologic or hydrologic feature (for
>                                example, contact or shoreline)
>ROCKUNIT      40      C      geologic unit name for thin beds
>                                represented by lines (if applicable)
>SYMBOL         3      I      marker symbol number for plotting
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>ITEM VALUES AND RELATION OF ITEMS "DESCRIPTION" AND "SYMBOL"
>DESRIPTION                                                        SYMBOL
>Map boundary                                                      50
>contact, approximately located                                     2
>contact, certain                                                   1
>contact, landslide scarp, certain                                 15
>contact, surficial unit deposited against fault scarp, inferred   57
>high-angle reverse fault, inferred                                72
>landslide scarp, certain                                          15
>normal fault, approximately located                               51
>normal fault, certain                                             50
>normal fault, inferred                                           183
>normal fault, inferred, queried                                  183
>shoreline                                                          0
>thin subunit, approximately located                               52
>thin subunit, certain                                             50
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>ITEM VALUES FOR "ROCKUNIT"
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>Eagle Valley Evaporite, limestone bed
>Jacque Mountain Limestone Member
>Maroon Fm., dolomite bed
>Maroon Fm., limestone bed
>Minturn Fm., limestone bed
>Robinson Limestone Member
>Robinson Limestone Member, uncertain
>White Quail Limestone Member
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>ITEM NAME      WIDTH   TYPE   DESCRIPTION
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>DESCRIPTION    30      C      geologic feature (for example, fold axis)
>SYMBOL          3      I      marker symbol number for plotting
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>ITEM VALUES AND RELATION OF ITEMS "DESCRIPTION" AND "SYMBOL"
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>anticline, certain                        60
>anticline, concealed                      63
>anticline, inferred                       61
>high-angle reverse fault, concealed       74
>limit of abundant chert in Maroon Fm       4
>line of cross-section                    210
>normal fault, concealed                  184
>syncline, certain                         92
>syncline, concealed                       95
>syncline, inferred                        93
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>ITEM NAME      WIDTH   TYPE   DESCRIPTION
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>AZIMUTH         3      I      strike of planar feature or azimuth of linear feature
>INCLINATION     3      I      dip of planar feature
>DESCRIPTION    31      C      geologic or cultural feature (for example, foliation)
>SYMBOLCODE      3      I      marker symbol number for plotting
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>ITEM VALUES FOR "AZIMUTH"
>integer values from 0-359
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>ITEM VALUES FOR "INCLINATION"
>integer values from 0-89
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>ITEM VALUES AND RELATION OF ITEMS "DESCRIPTION" AND "SYMBOLCODE"
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>adit                             103
>outcrop, ash                     241
>prospect pit                      53
>strike and dip of foliation       81
>strike and dip of inclined beds    2 (or 1 if inclination=0)
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