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Monterey County Geology Publications

PUB. NO. PUBLICATION NAME/DESCRIPTION PRICE
CD  2002-04 Geologic Map of Monterey 30' x 60' Quadrangle and Adjacent Areas, California: A Digital Database. This CD contains a digital database including two colored versions of the geologic map, one overlaying a shaded-relief map and one without the shaded-relief map. There is also a colored explanation of the map units. Graphic files include Adobe Acrobat pdf and Postscript files. GIS files in ArcInfo export format (uncompressed .e00) are also included. $20.00
B  183 Franciscan and Related Rocks and Their Significance in the Geology of Western California, 1964, scale 1:4,800,000 $8.00
B  207 Geology of the California Continental Margin, 1988, 110 p. (Companion volume to CMM 1 through 7) $15.00
BGA  20 Bouguer Gravity Map of California: Santa Cruz Sheet, (Revised) 1980, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
CMM  4 Geology of the South-Central California Continental Margin, 1989, 4 sheets, scale 1:250,000 $15.00
CMM  5 Geology of the Central California Continental Margin, 1990, 4 sheets, scale 1:250,000 $15.00
GAM  9 Geologic Map of California: Mariposa Sheet, 1967, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
GAM  18 Geologic Map of California: San Luis Obispo Sheet, 1958, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
GAM  20 Geologic Map of California: Santa Cruz Sheet, 1965, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
RGM Map No. 1 Geologic Map of the Monterey 30' x 60' Quadrangle and Adjacent Areas, California, 2003. This map was compiled from geologic maps covering the Monterey 1:100,000 scale quadrangle, part of the Palo Alto 1:100,000 scale quadrangle, and Monterey Bay, between latitudes 36 º30' and 37 º00' north to approximately 122 º20'00" west longitude. 3 color plates, map scale 1:100,000. Folded: $20.00
Rolled: $25.00
SP  119 Geologic Field Trips in Northern California (For the Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America), 1999, 254 p. $20.00
SR  86 Short Contributions to California Geology featuring:
  • Tertiary Stratigraphy of the Church Creek Area, Monterey County
$8.00
OFR 93-01 Geology of the Hollister and San Felipe Quadrangles, San Benito, Santa Clara, and Monterey Counties, California, 1993 $10.00
OFR  89-08 Aeromagnetic Map of the San Luis Obispo 1 ° By 2 ° Quadrangle, California, 1989, scale 1:250,000 $8.00
OFR  89-25 Aeromagnetic Map of the Mariposa 1 ° By 2.5 ° Quadrangle, California, 1989, scale 1:250,000 $8.00
OFR  88-07 Aeromagnetic Map of the Monterey 1 ° By 2.2 ° Quadrangle, California, 1988, 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
OFR  69-16 Reconnaissance Geologic Map of the Hernandez Valley [15'] Quadrangle [Monterey and San Benito Counties], California, 1969, scale 1:62,500 $8.00

Monterey 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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SR  91 Short Contributions to California Geology, 1967 $8.00
SR  138 Distribution of Heavy Elements Hazardous to Health, Salinas Valley Region [Monterey, San Benito, and San Luis Obispo Counties], California, 1980 $8.00
OFR  86-03 Summary Report: Fault Evaluation Program, 1984-1985 Area — Southern Coast Ranges Region and Other Areas [Monterey, San Beniro, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara Counties], California, 1986 $8.00
OFR  81-07 The Sargent, San Andreas, and Calaveras Fault Zones: Evidence for Recency in Watsonville East, Chittenden, and San Felipe [7.5] Quadrangles, [Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties], California, 1981 (map only) $8.00
OFR  80-07 Geology for Planning: Marina and Salinas [7.5'] Quadrangles, Monterey County, California, 1980 $14.00
OFR  77-12 Analysis of Erosion Following the Marble Cone Fire, Big Sur Basin, Monterey County, California, 1977 $8.00

Monterey 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
B  194 The Mineral Economics of the Carbonate Rocks and Limestone and Dolomite Resources of California, 1973, 60 p., 2 plates, scale 1:1,000,000 $8.00
B  197 Limestone, Dolomite, and Shell Resources of the Coast Ranges Province, California, 1978, 103 p., 2 plates, scale 1:1,000,000 and 1:62,500 $8.00
CR  5 Mines and Mineral Resources of Monterey County, California, 1966 $20.00
SP  49 California Jade: A Collection of Reprints, 1976
  • Nephrite Jade and Associated Rocks of the Cape San Martin Region, Monterey County, California, 1951
  • Nephrite in Marin County, California, 1951
  • Jadeite in San Benito County, California, 1951
  • Intrusive Ultramafic Rocks and Their Metamorphic Relationships at Leech Lake Mountain, Mendocino County, California, 1963
  • Nephrite Jade in Mariposa County, California, 1966
$8.00
SR  146 (PART  I) Mineral Land Classification: Aggregate Materials in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area [Central California], 1986 $14.00
SR  146 (PART  IV) Mineral Land Classification: Aggregate Materials in the Monterey Bay Production-Consumption Region [Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties, California], 1987 $20.00
OFR 99-01 Update of Mineral Land Classification: Aggregate Materials in the Monterey Bay Production-Consumption Region [parts of Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties], 1999, scales 1:48,000 to 1:100,000 $100.00
OFR  81-14 Mineral Land Classification of Granite Rock Company Limestone Deposits in the Pico Blanco Area, Monterey County, California, 1981 $8.00