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| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| Qfp | Flood-plain and stream-channel deposits (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
| Qfy | Younger fan alluvium (Holocene and latest Pleistocene) |
| Qty | Younger terrace alluvium (late Pleistocene) |
| Qtm | Intermediate terrace alluvium (late Pleistocene) |
| Qtt | Oldest terrace alluvium (middle Pleistocene) |
| Qfo | Older fan alluvium (late and middle Pleistocene) |
| Qp | Pediment deposits (middle Pleistocene) |
| Qbb | Basaltic boulder gravel (middle or early Pleistocene) |
| QTba | High-level basaltic alluvium (early Pleistocene or late Pliocene) |
| Qac | Undivided alluvium and colluvium (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
| Qc | Colluvium, undivided (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
| Qsw | Sheetwash deposits (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
| Qls | Landslide deposits (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
| Qta | Talus deposits (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
| Qlo | Loess (late and middle ? Pleistocene) |
| Tw | Wasatch Formation (Eocene to Paleocene) |
| Kmv | Mesaverde Group rocks undivided (Upper Cretaceous) |
| Km | Mancos Shale (Upper Cretaceous) |
| Kd | Dakota Sandstone (Lower Cretaceous) |
| Jm | Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) |
| Je | Entrada Sandstone (Upper Jurassic) |
| TRc | Chinle Formation (Upper Triassic) |
| TRPsb | State Bridge Formation--(Lower Triassic? and Permiam) |
| PIPm | Maroon Formation (Permian and Pennsylvanian) |
| IPe | Eagle Valley Evaporite (Middle Pennsylvanian) |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| 8 | Qfp |
| 1 | Qfy |
| 38 | Qty |
| 34 | Qto |
| 40 | Qtt |
| 217 | Qfo |
| 218 | Qp |
| 53 | Qbb |
| 67 | QTba |
| 3 | Qac |
| 2 | Qc |
| Qsw | 5 |
| 4 | Qls |
| 36 | Qta |
| 37 | Qlo |
| 62 | Tw |
| 78 | Kmv |
| 80 | Km |
| 82 | Kd |
| 223 | Jm |
| 224 | Je |
| 235 | Trc |
| 236 | PIPsb |
| 228 | PIPm |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| contact, certain | Observed contact |
| contact, concealed | Concealed contact whose position is inferred |
| normal fault, certain | Observed normal fault |
| normal fault, inferred | Normal fault whose position is inferred |
| normal fault, concealed | Normal fault whose position is concealed |
| anticline | Anticlinal fold axis |
| syncline | Synclinal fold axis |
| monocline | Monoclinal fold axis |
| water boundary | Boundary of a body of water |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| 25 | contact, certain and/or water boundary |
| 29 | contact, concealed |
| 1 | normal fault, certain |
| 3 | normal fault, inferred |
| 5 | normal fault, concealed |
| 31 | anticline, syncline and/or monocline |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| Qlo | Loess (late and middle ? Pleistocene) |
| Range of values | |
|---|---|
| Minimum: | 0 |
| Maximum: | 40 |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| ball | Structure ball symbol |
| bar | Structure bar symbol |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| f.a., monocline, certain | Monoclinal fold axis whose position is certain |
| f.a., anticline, certain | Observed anticlinal fold axis |
| f.a., anticline, concealed | Concealed antclinal fold axis whose position is inferred |
| f.a., antiform, certain | Observed antiformal fold axis |
| contact, certain | Observed contact |
| f.a., monocline, concealed | Concealed monoclinal fold axis whose position is inferred |
| f.a., syncline, certain | Observed synclinal fold axis |
| f.a., syncline, concealed | Concealed synclinal fold axis whose position is inferred |
| f.a., syncline, inferred | Inferred synclinal fold axis |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| 31 | Certain fold axes |
| 33 | Approximately located fold axes |
| 35 | Concealed fold axes |
| 0 | Not a fold axis |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| bedding | Bedding orientation |
| Range of values | |
|---|---|
| Minimum: | 22 |
| Maximum: | 71 |
| Units: | degrees |
| Resolution: | 1 |
| Range of values | |
|---|---|
| Minimum: | 18 |
| Maximum: | 337 |
| Units: | degrees |
| Resolution: | 1 |
The authors acknowledge the assistance of G.N. Green in preparation of the digitized version of this geologic map.
To provide to the public a digital geologic map database of the New Castle 7.5 minute quadrangle.
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| Data format: |
ARC/INFO export files Description of coverage nc8.e00 line and polygon data set ncl.e00 loess polygon data set ncst1.e00 structure data set ncst.e00 structure data set seals.e00 logo polygon setin format ARCE (version 7.0.2) |
|---|---|
| Network links: |
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1993/ofr-93-0310/alcgeol.e00 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1993/ofr-93-0310/alcwrg.e00 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1993/ofr-93-0310/nc8.e00 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1993/ofr-93-0310/ncl.e00 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1993/ofr-93-0310/ncst1.e00 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1993/ofr-93-0310/ncst.e00 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1993/ofr-93-0310/loess.e00 |