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Merced County Geology Publications

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PUBLICATION NAME/DESCRIPTION PRICE
AMM 5 Aeromagnetic Map of the San Francisco-San Jose   Quadrangle, California, 1992, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
B  183 Franciscan and Related Rocks and Their Significance in the Geology of Western California, 1964, scale 1:4,800,000 $8.00
BGA  20 Bouguer Gravity Map of California: Santa Cruz Sheet, (Revised) 1980, scale: 1:250,000 $12.00
GAM  20 Geologic Map of California: Santa Cruz Sheet, 1965, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
RGM 5 Geologic Map of the San Francisco-San Jose Quadrangle, California, 1990, scale 1:250,000 (set of 5 sheets) $20.00
SP  119 Geologic Field Trips in Northern California (For the Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America), 1999, 254 p.
    $20.00
    OFR 99-03 Interpretation of Gravity, Magnetic and Seismic Refraction Data in Stanislaus County and Vicinity [parts of Alameda, Calaveras, Merced, San Joaquin, Santa Clara and Tuolumne counties], California, 1999 $15.00
    OFR  88-07 Aeromagnetic Map of the Monterey 1 ° By 2.2 ° Quadrangle, California, 1988, scale 1:250,000 $8.00
    OFR  87-04 Aeromagnetic Map of the San Francisco/San Jose 1 ° By 3 ° Quadrangle, California, 1987, scale 1:250,000 $8.00
    OFR  78-14 Principal Facts and Sources for 1,734 Gravity Stations on the Santa Cruz (Monterey) 1 ° By 2 ° Quadrangle, California, 1978 $8.00

    Merced County Geohazards & Environmental Geology Publications

    CD  2001-04 GIS Files of the Official Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zones, Central Coastal Region. CD contains 211 Alquist-Priolo (AP) Earthquake Faults Zones 7.5-minute quadrangles, affecting Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Lake, Marin, Merced, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus and Yolo counties, and is current as of 12/2001. Data is provided as MapInfo .tab files, ESRI shape files, and .dxf export files. Also included is a digital version Special Publication 42, Fault-Rupture Zones in California, which explains the AP Act, the zoning program and associated regulations. SP 42 and the explanatory text can be viewed with Adobe ® Acrobat Reader 5.0, included in the CD-ROM. $60.00 each or set of all 3 CD's for $150.00
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    OFR  84-52 Summary Report: Fault Evaluation Program, 1983 Area — Sierra Nevada Region [Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Fresno, Glenn, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sierra, Stanisalus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Yolo, and Yuba Counties], California, 1984 $8.00

    Merced County Mineral Resource Publications

    B  193 Gold Districts of California—Sesquicentennial Edition, California Gold Discovery to Statehood, Seventh Printing, 1998, 186 p., 1 plate, scale 1:1,000,000. An overall guide to gold deposits in California, this bulletin describes the principal features of each gold-bearing district. Longer descriptions of selected districts cover location and extent, history, geology and character of gold deposits, list of mines and bibliography. $20.00
    OFR  99-08 Mineral Land Classification of Merced County, California, 1999, scale 1:48,000 to 1:250,000 $75.00