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Miller, F.K., Matti, J.C., Brown, H.J., and Powell, R.E., 1998, Geologic map of the Fawnskin 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-579, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California.Online Links:
This is a vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
The map projection used is Polyconic.
Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.0027669090777
Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.0027669090777
Planar coordinates are specified in Meters
The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1927.
The ellipsoid used is Clarke 1866.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378206.4.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/294.98.
Value | Definition |
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Qaf | Artificial Fill (late Holocene) |
Qw | Active-wash deposits (late Holocene) |
Qf | Deposits of alluvial fans (late Holocene) |
Qa | Deposits of axial valley floors (late Holocene) |
Qc | Colluvial deposits (late Holocene) |
Qt | Talus deposits (late Holocene) |
Qls | Landslide deposits (late Holocene) |
Qs | Undifferentiated alluvial deposits (late Holocene) |
Qyf | Young deposits of alluvial fans (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
Qyf5 | Young deposits of alluvial fans, unit 5 (late Holocene) |
Qyf4 | Young deposits of alluvial fans, unit 4 (late Holocene) |
Qyf3 | Young deposits of alluvial fans, unit 3 (late and middle Holocene) |
Qyf2 | Young deposits of alluvial fans, unit 2 (early Holocene) |
Qyf1 | Young deposits of alluvial fans, unit 1 (early Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
Qya | Young deposits of axial valley floors (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
Qyc | Young colluvial deposits (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
Qyt | Young talus deposits (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
Qyls | Young landslide deposits (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
Qys | Young surficial deposits undifferentiated (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
Qof | Old deposits of alluvial fans (late to middle Pleistocene) |
Qof3 | Old deposits of alluvial fans, unit 3 (late Pleistocene) |
Qof2 | Old deposits of alluvial fans, unit 2 (late Pleistocene) |
Qoa | Old deposits of allvial-valley floors, undifferentiated (late to middle Pleistocene) |
Qot | Old talus deposits (late to middle Pleistocene) |
Qols | Old landslide deposits (late to middle Pleistocene) |
Qos | Old surficial deposits undifferentiated (late to middle Pleistocene) |
Qvof | Very old deposits of alluvial fans (middle to early Pleistocene) |
Qvof3 | Very old deposits of alluvial fans, unit 3 (early Pleistocene) |
Qvof2 | Very old deposits of alluvial fans, unit 2 (early Pleistocene) |
Qvols | Very old landslide deposits (middle to early Pleistocene) |
Qvos | Very old surficial deposits, undifferentiated (late to middle Pleistocene) |
Qvobc | Very old deposits of catastrophic carbonate breccia (early Pleistocene) |
Qvobg | Very old deposits of catastrophic granitic breccia (early Pleistocene) |
QTcp | Conglomerate, porphyry-bearing facies (Pleistocene? and Pliocene?) |
QTcc | Conglomerate, Cushenberry facies (Pleistocene? and Pliocene?) |
QTsc | Sandstone and conglomerate (Pleistocene? and Pliocene?) |
QTscp | Sandstone and conglomerate, porphyry facies (Pleistocene? and Pliocene?) |
QTscc | Sandstone and conglomerate, Cushenberry facies (Pleistocene? and Pliocene?) |
QTom | Old Woman Sandstone, mudrock and sandstone member (Pleistocene? and Pliocene?) |
QTos | Old Woman Sandstone, sandstone memeber (Pleistocene? and Pliocene?) |
Ts4 | Sedimentary rocks south of Big Bear Lake (Miocene?) |
Ts3 | Sedimentary rocks south of Bertha Ridge and John Bull Mountain (Miocene?) |
Ts2 | Sedimentary rocks of Poligue Canyon (Miocene?) |
Ts1 | Sedimentary rocks of Holocomb Valley (Miocene?) |
Ts | Sandstone (Miocene?) |
Mzu | Undivided granitic rocks of range front (Cretaceous to Jurassic) |
Kbm | Biotite monzogranite (Cretaceous) |
Kb | Monzogranite of John Bull Flat (Cretaceous) |
Ks | Monzogranite of Stanfield Cutoff (Cretaceous) |
Kbp | Monzogranite of Butler Peak (Cretaceous) |
Kk | Monzogranite of Keller Peak (Cretaceous) |
Kh | Granodiorite of Hanna Flat (Cretaceous) |
Kgc | Monzogranite of Greenlead Creek (Creteacous) |
KJb | Granodiorite of Bousic Canyon (Cretaceous or Jurassic) |
KJdg | Mafic mafic diorite and gabbro (Cretaceous or Jurassic) |
KJl | Leucocratic granitic rocks (Cretaceous to Jurassic) |
Jh | Volcanic and hypabyssal rocks of Holcomb Valley area (Jurassic?) |
Jcr | Cataclastic rocks (Jurassic) |
Jb | Bertha Peak Pluton of Cameron (1981) (Jurassic) |
Jfc | Quartz monzonite porphyry of Furnace Canyon Jurassic) |
Jc | Leucocratic quartz monzonite of Crystal Creek (Jurassic) |
Jd | Quartz monzodiorite of Dry Canyon (Jurassic) |
Jdm | Deformed monzogranite of hill 4970 (Jurassic) |
Jsc | Fine-grained rocks of Silver Canyon (Jurassic) |
Trf | Monzonite of Fawnskin (Triassic) |
Pbuc | Bird Spring Formation, upper carbonate member (Pennsylvanian) |
Pbmc | Bird Spring Formation, middle carbonate member (Pennsylvanian) |
Pblc | Bird Spring Formation, lower carbonate member (Pennsylvanian) |
Pbsc | Bird Spring Formation, siltstone and carbonate Member (Pennsylvanian) |
Pbq | Bird Spring Formation, quartzite member (Pennsylvanian) |
Mmy | Monte Cristo Limestone, Yellowpine Member (Mississippian) |
Mmb | Monte Cristo Limestone, Bullion Member (Mississippian) |
Mml | Monte Cristo Limestone, lower member (Mississippian) |
Dsc | Sultan Limestone, Crystal Pass Member (Devonian) |
Dsv | Sultan Limestone, Valentine Member (Devonian) |
Dsi | Sultan Limestone, Ironside Member (Devonian) |
Cn | Nopah Formation (Cambrian) |
Cnd | Dunderburg Shale Member (Cambrian) |
Cb | Bonanza King Formation, undivided (Cambrian) |
Cba | Bonanza King Formation, argillaceous marker unit (Cambrian) |
Cbdg | Bonanza King Formation, gray dolomite member (Cambrian) |
Cbdw | Bonanza King Formation, white dolomite member (Cambrian) |
Cbm | Bonanza King Formation, middle member (Cambrian) |
Cbl | Bonanza King Formation, lower member (Cambrian) |
Cc | Carrara Formation (Cambrian) |
Cz | Zabriskie Quartzite (Cambrain) |
Cw | Wood Canyon Formation (Cambrian) |
Prsq | Stirling Quartzite, quartzite member (late Proterozoic) |
Prscq | Stirling Quartzite, carbonate and quartzite member (late Proterozoic) |
Value | Definition |
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C1 | Contact, generic, location meets map accuracy standards |
C18 | Contact, landslide, location may not meet map accuracy standards |
C19 | Contact, landslide, inferred, location may not meet map accuracy standards |
C25 | Contact, landslide crown scarp, location meets map accuracy standards |
C26 | Contact, landslide crown scarp, location may not meet map accuracy standards |
C29 | Contact, sedimentary, location may meet map accuracy standards |
C30 | Contact, sedimentary, location may not meet map accuracy standards |
C32 | Contact, sedimentary, inferred beneath mapped covering unit |
C37 | Contact, separates terraced alluvial units, location meets map accuracy standards |
C38 | Contact, separates terraced alluvial units, location may not meet map accuracy standards |
C49 | Contact, igneous, location meets map accuracy standards |
C50 | Contact, igneous, location may not meet map accuracy standards |
C51 | Contact, igneous, inferred, location meets map accuracy standards |
CL1 | Cartographic line, map boundary |
F1 | Fault, high-angle, slip unspecified, location meets map accuracy standards |
F10 | Fault, high-angle, normal slip, location may not meet map accuracy standards |
F162 | Fault, low-angle, thrust slip, older over younger, location meets map accuracy standards |
F177 | Fault, low-angle, thrust slip, older over younger, location meets map accuracy standards |
F178 | Fault, low-angle, thrust slip, older over younger, location may not meet map accuracy standards |
F180 | Fault, low-angle, thrust slip, older over younger, inferred beneath mapped covering unit |
F19 | Fault, high-angle, slip unspecified, inferred beneath mapped covering unit |
F193 | Fault, low-angle, thrust slip, older over younger, has fault scarp, location meets map accuracy standards |
F2 | Fault, high-angle, right-lateral strike-slip, location meets map accuracy standards |
F20 | Fault, high-angle, right-lateral strike-slip, inferred beneath mapped covering unit |
F205 | Fault, variable angle dip, rotational normal slip, location meets map accuracy standards |
F206 | Fault, variable angle dip, rotational normal slip, location may not meet map accuracy standards |
F208 | Fault, variable angle dip, rotational normal slip, inferred beneath mapped covering unit |
F22 | Fault, high-angle, normal slip, inferred beneath mapped covering unit |
F220 | Fault, intruded, preintrusive existence inferred |
F4 | Fault, high-angle, normal slip, location meets map accuracy standards |
F5 | Fault, high-angle, reverse slip, location meets map accuracy standards |
F53 | Fault, high-angle, reverse slip, has fault scarp, location meets map accuracy standards |
F7 | Fault, high-angle, slip unspecified, location may not meet map accuracy standards |
FZ1 | Fault zone boundary, scratch contact |
FZ3 | Cataclastic zone boundary, scratch contact |
GF10 | Geomorphic feature, lakeshore |
GF7 | Geomorphic feature, topographic scarp, origin unknown |
Value | Definition |
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B2 | Bedding attitude, sedimentary, inclined |
B4 | Bedding attitude, sedimentary, vertical |
B6 | Bedding attitude, sedimentary, overturned |
FN13 | Foliation attitude, igneous flow origin, inclined |
FN31 | Foliation attitude, strain dominated origin, inclined |
FN42 | Foliation attitude, metamorphic origin, inclined |
FN43 | Foliation attitude, metamorphic origin, vertical |
L16 | Lineation attitude, crushed and streaked mineral grains |
Value | Definition |
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FA33 | Fold axial trace, anticline, upright, subhorizontal plunge, location meets map accuracy standards |
FA36 | Fold axial trace, anticline, upright, subhorizontal plunge, inferred beneath mapped covering unit |
FA49 | Fold axial trace, anticline, overturned, subhorizontal plunge, location meets map accuracy standards |
FA97 | Fold axial trace, syncline, upright, subhorizontal plunge, location meets map accuracy standards |
FA100 | Fold axial trace, syncline, upright, subhorizontal plunge, inferred beneath mapped covering unit |
FA113 | Fold axial trace, syncline, overturned, subhorizontal plunge, location meets map accuracy standards |
Value | Definition |
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FAC10 | Fold ornament, syncline, upright axial plane |
FAC12 | Fold ornament, anticline, overturned axial plane |
FAC4 | Fold ornament, anticline, upright axial plane |
FAC6 | Fold ornament, anticline, overturned axial plane |
Technical review by Douglas M. Morton led to significant improvements that eventually were reflected in aspects of the database, the plot file, and in the description of the geologic units of the Fawnskin 7.5' quadrangle. Digital review by R.W. Grymer allowed us to produce a much improved product.
Geologic mapping and digital preparation of this report were sponsored jointly by (1) the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program of the U.S. Geological Survey, (2) the California Division of Mines and Geology, and (3) the Southern California Areal Mapping Project (SCAMP). In our digital preparation of the data set, initiated in the SCAMP Geographic Information System laboratory in Riverside, California by Gregory Morton and completed in the Geographic Information System laboratory of the Mineral Resources Program of the U.S. Geological Survey in Spokane, Washington by Pamela M. Cossette, we received valuable assistance from Paul C. Hyndman in Spokane, Washington, and from Rachel Alvarez in Riverside.
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The data set for the Fawnskin quadrangle has been prepared by the Southern California Areal Mapping Project (SCAMP), a cooperative project sponsored jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey and the California Division of Mines and Geology, as part of an ongoing effort to utilize a Geographical Information System (GIS) format to create a regional digital geologic database for southern California. This regional database is being developed as a contribution to the National Geologic Map Data Base of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program ofthe USGS. Development of the data set for the Fawnskin quadrangle has also been supported by the U.S. Forest Service, San Bernardino National Forest.
The digital geologic map database for the Fawnskin quadrangle has been created as a general-purpose data set that is applicable to other land-related investigations in the earth and biological sciences. For example, the U.S. Forest Service, San Bernardino National Forest, is using the database as part of a study of an endangered plant species, California Buckwheat, that shows preference for particular rock types. The Fawnskin database is not suitable for site-specific geologic evaluations at scales greater than 1:24,000 (1 in = 2,000 ft).
Miller, Fred K. , Matti, Jonathan C. , and Brown, Howard J. , 2000301, Digital geologic map of the Butler Peak 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-145, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California.Online Links:
Geologic-map units in the Fawnskin quadrangle database were described using standard field
methods. Consistent with these methods, the database author has assigned standard geologic
attributes to geologic lines, points, and polygons identified in the database.
Nation-wide geologic-map accuracy standards have not been developed and adopted by the U.S.
Geological Survey and other earth-science entities. Until such standards are adopted, the
SCAMP project has developed internal map-accuracy standards for 1:24,000-scale geologic maps
produced by the project.
Geologic lines and points on 1:24,000 scale geologic maps are judged to meet SCAMP's
internal map-accuracy standards if they are located to within +/-15 meters, relative to
topographic or cultural features on the base map.
Lines and points that meet (or may not meet) this SCAMP internal map-accuracy standard are
identified both in the digital database and on derivative geologic-map plots. Within the
database, line and point data that are judged to meet the SCAMP internal map-accuracy
standard are denoted by the attribute code .MEE. (meets) in the appropriate data table;
line and point data that may not meet the SCAMP internal map-accuracy standard are denoted
by the attribute code .MNM. (may not meet).
On any derivative geologic-map plot, line data that are judged to meet the SCAMP internal
map-accuracy standard are denoted by solid lines; line data that may not meet the SCAMP
internal map-accuracy standard are denoted by dashed or dotted lines. There is no
cartographic device for denoting the map-accuracy for geologic-point data (eg. symbols
representing bedding, foliation, lineations, etc.).
The maximum transformation RMS error acceptable for 7.5' quadrangle transformation and data input is 0.003 (1.8 meters). Horizontal positional accuracy was checked by visual comparison of hard-copy plots with base-stable source data.
The geologic map and digital database of the Fawnskin 7.5' quadrangle, version 1.1, contain new data that have been subjected to rigorous review and are a substantially complete representation of the current state of knowledge concerning the geology of the quadrangle.
Polygon and chain-node topology present.
The areal extent of the map is represented digitally by an appropriately projected
(polyconic projection), mathematically generated box. Consequently, polygons intersecting
the lines that comprise the map boundary are closed by that boundary. Polygons internal to
the map boundary are completely enclosed by line segments which are themselves a set of
sequentially numbered coordinate pairs. Point data are represented by coordinate pairs.
Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints:
- The Fawnskin 7.5' geologic-map database should be used to evaluate and understand the geologic character of the Fawnskin 7.5' quadrangle as a whole. The data should not be used for purposes of site-specific land-use planning or site-specific geologic evaluations. The database is sufficiently detailed to identify and characterize geologic materials and structures. However, it is not sufficiently detailed for site-specific determinations.
Use of this digital geologic map database should not violate the spatial resolution of the data. Although the digital form of the data removes the constraint imposed by the scale of a paper map, the detail and accuracy inherent in map scale are also present in the digital data. The fact that this database was compiled and edited at a scale of 1:24,000 means that higher resolution information may not have been uniformly retained in the dataset. Plotting at scales larger than 1:24,000 will not yield greater real detail, although it may reveal fine-scale irregularities below the intended resolution of the database. Similarly, although higher resolution data is incorporated in most of the map, the resolution of the combined output will be limited by the lower resolution data.
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Data format: |
fskn_geo.e00 Contacts, faults, geologic unit labels fskn_str.e00 Fold axes fskn_pts.e00 Attitudes and their dip values fsknps_pts.e00 Attitudes and their dip values fsknorn_pts.e00 Fold axes ornamentation fskn_ldr.e00 Leaders for polygon labels and fault names lines.rel.e00 Line dictionary points.rel.e00 Point dictionary fawnskin_summary.e00 SCAMP-coded summary info fawnskin_lithology.e00 SCAMP-coded lithology fawnskin_structure.e00 SCAMP-coded structural features fawnskin_genesis.e00 SCAMP-coded unit genesis fawnskin_paleontology.e00 SCAMP-coded paleontology fawnskin_protolith.e00 SCAMP-coded protolith infoin format ArcInfo export (version 7.1.1) Size: 3.5 megabytes |
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