U.S. Geological
Survey
Open-File Report 99-430 Online version 1.0
Public Review Draft – Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization (PostScript Implementation)
Prepared in cooperation with the Geologic Data Subcommittee of the Federal Geographic Data Committee
By the
U.S. Geological Survey
| NOTE: Please be advised that this Public Review Draft standard has been superseded by the now-official "FGDC Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization." A substantial number of revisions to the standard were necessitated by the public's comments to the Public Review Draft, increasing the number of symbols from about 1,200 to almost 2,400. The revised standard was approved by the FGDC as the Federal standard (FGDC Doc. No. FGDC-STD-013-2006) in August 2006. The symbols in the standard are available as EPS vector graphics in the "FGDC Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization (PostScript Implementation)," which has been published as a USGS Techniques and Methods report (available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/2006/11A02/). |
To assist in the review of the "Public Review Draft – Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization," a PostScript implementation of the proposed standard has been prepared. The symbols are included in EPS files that can be downloaded here.
To review this standard, please go to the Geologic Data Subcommittee's Web site, which contains all necessary instructions and materials for your review. Your comments and suggestions will be used to improve the draft standard. Please visit the site and give us your feedback.
In order to help you locate the symbols in which you are interested, we have prepared a PDF version of each EPS file. To view a PDF file of the appendix section containing a particular group of symbols, click on the appropriate section title shown below.
For help in locating a particular symbol, please see the detailed index of symbols included in the introductory text. General guidelines on symbol usage, as well as on color design and map labeling, are also found there.
The EPS files can be downloaded by following the links in the PDF document that makes up each section. The name of the EPS file that contains the geologic map symbols is shown in red in the upper right-hand corner of each page of every PDF document. These names are links to the EPS files containing the symbols.
Download a free copy of Adobe Reader (required to view the PDF documents that lead to the EPS files).
APPENDIX A
| 1. Contacts, Key Beds, and Dikes | |
| 1.1 Contacts | |
| 1.2 Key Beds | |
| 1.3 Dikes | |
| 2. Faults | |
| 2.1 Faults (Vertical, Subvertical, Reverse, or Unspecified Offset or Orientation); Shear Zones; Minor Faults | |
| 2.2 Normal Faults | |
| 2.3 Strike-Slip Faults | |
| 2.4 Thrust Faults | |
| 2.5 Overturned Thrust Faults | |
| 2.6 Detachment Faults | |
| 3. Boundaries Located by Geophysical Surveys | |
| 3.1 Boundaries and Faults Located by Geophysical Methods | |
| 3.2 Geophysical Survey Lines and Stations | |
| 4. Lineaments and Joints | |
| 5. Folds | |
| 5.1 Anticlines; Antiforms | |
| 5.2 Asymmetric, Overturned, and Inverted Anticlines | |
| 5.3 Synclines; Synforms | |
| 5.4 Asymmetric, Overturned, and Inverted Synclines | |
| 5.5 Monoclines | |
| 5.6 Minor Folds; Boudinage | |
| 5.7 Free-Form Fold Symbology | |
| 6. Bedding | |
| 7. Cleavage | |
| 8. Foliation | |
| 8.1 Foliation and Layering in Igneous Rock | |
| 8.2 Foliation and Layering in Metamorphic Rock | |
| 9. Lineation | |
| 10. Paleontological Features | |
| 10.1 Fossil Localities; Biostratigraphic Zone Boundary | |
| 10.2 Fossil Symbols | |
| 11. Isopleths | |
| 11.1 Lines of Equal Physical or Chemical Properties | |
| 11.2 Geophysical and Structure Contours | |
| 12. Fluvial and Alluvial Features | |
| 13. Glacial and Glaciofluvial Features | |
| 14. Periglacial Features | |
| 15. Lacustrine and Marine Features | |
| 16. Eolian Features | |
| 17. Landslide and Mass-Wasting Features | |
| 18. Volcanic Features | |
| 19. Natural Resources | |
| 19.1 Veins and Mineralized Areas; Metamorphic Facies Boundary; Mineral Resource Areas | |
| 19.2 Areas of Extensively Disturbed Ground and Workings as Mapped Units | |
| 19.3 Mining and Mineral-Exploration Symbology | |
| 19.4 Mines and Underground Workings | |
| 19.5 Oil and Gas Fields; Wells Drilled for Hydrocarbon Exploration or Exploitation | |
| 20. Hazardous Waste Sites | |
| 21. Neotectonic and Earthquake-Hazard Features | |
| 22. Plate-Tectonic Features | |
| 23. Miscellaneous Uplift and Collapse Features | |
| 24. Terrestrial Impact-Crater Features | |
| 25. Planetary Geology Features | |
| 26. Hydrologic Features | ||
| 26.1 Hydrography and Hydrologic Feature Identification Symbology | ||
| 26.2 Water Wells | ||
| 26.3 Water Gaging Stations | ||
| 26.4 Quality-of-Water Sites | ||
| 26.5 Springs | ||
| 26.6 Miscellaneous Hydrologic Symbols | ||
| 27. Weather Stations | ||
| 28. Transportation Features | ||
| 29. Boundaries | ||
| 30. Topographic Features | ||
| 31. Miscellaneous Map Elements | ||
| README | ||
| StratagemAge fonts: | ||
| StratagemAge (Mac) | ||
| StratagemAge (Win|NT|UNIX) | ||
| 32. Explanation for Pattern Chart (Plate B) | ||
| 33. Suggested Stratigraphic-Age and Volcanic Map-Unit Colors | ||
| 33.1 Stratigraphic-Age Map-Unit Colors | ||
| 33.2 Volcanic Map-Unit Colors | ||
| README | ||
| StratagemAge fonts: | ||
| StratagemAge (Mac) | ||
| StratagemAge (Win|NT|UNIX) | ||
| Custom Color Palettes: | ||
| Suggested Stratigraphic-Age Map-Unit Colors | ||
| Suggested Volcanic Map-Unit Colors | ||
| 34. Explanation for CMYK Color Chart (Plate A) | |||
| 35. Bar Scales | |||
| 36. Mean Declination Arrows | |||
| 36.1 Magnetic North, East of True North | |||
| 36.2 Magnetic North, West of True North | |||
| 37. Quadrangle Location Maps | |||
| 37.1 Individual States; District of Columbia; Guam; Puerto Rico; U.S. Virgin Islands | |||
| 37.2 Conterminous States | |||
| 38. Geologic Age Symbol Font (StratagemAge) | |||
| README | |||
| StratagemAge fonts: | |||
| StratagemAge (Mac) | |||
| StratagemAge (Win|NT|UNIX) | |||
PLATES
For questions about the content of this report, contact Taryn Lindquist
This report will also be available from
USGS Information
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telephone: 303-202-4210; e-mail: infoservices@usgs.gov
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Maintained by: Michael Diggles
Created: May 11, 2000
Last modified: February 24, 2009(mfd)