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Idaho geologic map data

[Legend for lithology colors]

View:

Show in a web browser window:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/sgmc/id.html

Show in Google Earth or download KML:

• idgeol.kml (17.5M bytes)
• idgeol.kmz (5.6M bytes)

Show in your GIS using OGC WMS:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/id?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities& [Instructions]

or OGC WFS:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/id?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities& [Instructions]

Use lithology_symbology.lyr ArcGIS layer file to symbolize lithology when using WFS

Download:

Geological attributes:	IDcsv.zip	CSV format
Geologic units:	IDgeol_dd.zip	Shapefile, polygon
Faults:	IDfaults_dd.zip	Shapefile, arcs
Colors for lithology:	lith6_2.style	ArcMap Style [Instructions]

Metadata:

[Outline] - [Questions & Answers] - [Plain text]

Legend indicating the meaning of colors on the interactive map

Publication:

USGS Open-File Report 2005-1305

Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States - western states: California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1305/

Methodology:

Detailed report of data standardization procedures

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1305/documents/CONUS_Wdocumentation.pdf

GIS style files:

Methods used to create several styles for lithology or geologic time

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1314/

Sources:

Bond, J.G., Kauffman, J.D., Miller, D.A., and Venkatakrishnan, Ramesh, 1978, Geologic map of Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, with contributions from U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.

Geologic units in Idaho