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Kern County Geology Publications

PUB. NO. PUBLICATION NAME/DESCRIPTION PRICE
AMM  3 Aeromagnetic Map of the San Bernardino Quadrangle, California, 1988, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
B  183 Franciscan and Related Rocks and Their Significance in the Geology of Western California, 1964, scale 1:4,800,000 $8.00
BGA  2 Bouguer Gravity Map of California: Bakersfield Sheet, 1975, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
BGM  3 Bouguer Gravity Map of the San Bernardino Quadrangle, California, 1988, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
GAM  2 Geologic Map of California: Bakersfield Sheet, 1964, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
GAM  8 Geologic Map of California: Los Angeles Sheet, 1969, reprinted 2000, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
GAM  18 Geologic Map of California: San Luis Obispo Sheet, 1958, scale 1:250,000 $12.00
MS  2 Geology of the Southeast Quarter of the Cross Mountain [15'] Quadrangle, Kern County, California, 1962, scale 1:39,354 $12.00
RGM 3 Geologic Map of the San Bernardino Quadrangle, California, 1986, scale 1:250,000 (set of 5 sheets) $20.00
OFR  89-08 Aeromagnetic Map of the San Luis Obispo 1 ° By 2 ° Quadrangle, California, 1989, scale 1:250,000 $8.00
OFR  89-22 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  87-05 Aeromagnetic Map of the Trona/Kingman 1 ° By 3.5 ° Quadrangle, California, 1987, scale 1:250,000 $8.00

Kern 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
SP  60 Earthquake Planning Scenario for a Magnitude 8.3 Earthquake on the San Andreas fault in Southern California, 1982 $8.00
OFR  82-24 Script and Slides for Earthquake Planning Scenario Presentation on the Los Angeles Area, California, 1982 $15.00
OFR  88-01 Summary Report: Fault Evaluation Program, 1986-1987, Mojave Desert and Other Areas [Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties], California, 1988 $8.00
OFR  84-52 Summary Report: Fault Evaluation Program, 1983 Area — Sierra Nevada Region [Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Fresno, Glenn, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sierra, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Yolo, and Yuba Counties], California, 1984 $8.00
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

Kern 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  208 Zeolites in California, 1988, 73 p., 1 plate, scale 1:1,000,000 $8.00
CR  1 Mines and Mineral Resources of   Kern County, California, 1962 $20.00
SR  70 Sand and Gravel Resources of the Kern River Near Bakersfield, Kern County, California, 1961 $8.00
SR  147 Mineral Land Classification: Aggregate Materials in the Bakersfield Production-Consumption Region [Kern County, California], 1988 $20.00
SR  151 Uranium Favorability of the 1o By 2o Trona Quadrangle, Mojave Desert, California, 1987 $8.00
SR  157 Mineral Resource Potential of the Rockhouse Basin Wilderness Study Area [Kern and Tulare Counties, California], 1986 $8.00
OFR 99-15 Mineral Land Classification of Southeastern Kern County, California $100.00