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San Luis Obispo County Geology Publications

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PUBLICATION NAME/DESCRIPTION PRICE
B 183 Franciscan and Related Rocks and Their Significance in the Geology of Western California, 1964, scale 1:4,800,000 $8.00
B 199 Basic Geology of the Santa Margarita Area, San Luis Obispo County, California, 1976, 45 p., 1 plate, scale 1:24,000 $8.00
B 207 Geology of the California Continental Margin, 1988, 110 p. (Companion volume to CMM 1 through 7) $15.00
BGA 2 Bouguer Gravity Map of California: Bakersfield Sheet, 1975, 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
GAM 2 Geologic Map of California: Bakersfield Sheet, 1964, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
GAM 18 Geologic Map of California: San Luis Obispo Sheet, 1958, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
GAM 21 Geologic Map of California: Santa Maria Sheet, 1959, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
MS 24 Geology of the Arroyo Grande [15'] Quadrangle, San Luis Obispo County, California, scale 1:48,000 $12.00
SP 35 Preliminary Report and Geologic Guide to Francsican Melanges of the Morro Bay-San Simeon Area [San Luis Obispo County], California, 1970 $8.00
SR 128 K-Feldspar in Upper Mesozoic Sandstone Units Near Atascadero, San Luis Obispo County, California, 1977 $8.00
OFR 89-08 Aeromagnetic Map of the San Luis Obispo 1° By 2° Quadrangle, California, 1989, scale 1:250,000 $8.00
OFR 89-09 Aeromagnetic Map of the Santa Maria 1° By 2° Quadrangle, California, 1989, scale 1:250,000 $8.00
OFR 89-22 Aeromagnetic Map of the Los Angeles 1° By 2° Quadrangle, California, 1989, scale 1:250,000 $8.00
OFR 89-24 Aeromagnetic Map of the Bakersfield 1° By 2° Quadrangle, California, 1989, scale 1:250,000 $8.00
OFR 78-17 Geologic Map of the Point Buchon Area, San Luis Obispo County, California, 1978, scale 1:24,000 $8.00

San Luis Obispo 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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CD 2000-004 Digital Images of Official Maps of Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zones of California, Central Coastal Region. This CD contains Adobe Acrobat (PDF) versions of 192 7.5-minute quadrangles of Official Earthquake Fault Zone Maps in Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Lake, Napa, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, and Yolo counties. Please note that these are digital image files only, not GIS data files. $30.00
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SR 118 San Andreas Fault in Southern California, A Guide to San Andreas Fault from Mexico to Carrizo Plain, 1975, 272 p. This guide includes 28 papers. $8.00
SR 119 Landsliding in Marine Terrace Terrain, California, 1975 $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 80-05 Geology for Planning: Guadalupe and Point Sal [7.5'] Quadrangles, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, California, 1980 $14.00
OFR 80-06 Geology for Planning: Cayucos and Cypress Mountain [7.5'] Quadrangles, San Luis Obispo County, California, 1980 $14.00
OFR 77-08 Summary Report: Fault Evaluation Program, 1976 Area - Western Transverse Ranges, Kern, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, California, 1977 $8.00

San Luis Obispo 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
B 208 Zeolites in California, 1988, 73 p., 1 plate, scale 1:1,000,000 $8.00
SR 162 Mineral Land Classification: Portland Cement Concrete Aggregate and Active Mines of All Other Mineral Commodities in the San Luis Obispo-Santa Barbara Production-Consumption Region [San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, California], 1991 $28.00
OFR 83-11 Resource Investigation of Low- and Moderate-Temperature Geothermal Areas, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California, 1983 $8.00