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San Diego County Geology Publications

PUB. NO.

PUBLICATION NAME/DESCRIPTION  -  See CGS publications for latest prices
B 207 Geology of the California Continental Margin, 1988, 110 p. (Companion volume to CMM 1 through 7)

B 200		 Geology of the San Diego Metropolitan Area, California. Del Mar, La Jolla, Point Loma, La Mesa, Poway, and SW 1/4 Escondido 7.5' quadrangles, 6 plates, scale 1:48,000. This is a reprint of the report originally printed in 1975.
CD 2000-08 Geologic Map of the Tubb Canyon Quadrangle, San Diego County, California, GIS digital files (export .e00 format, Pan EPS and Acrobat file).
CMM 1 Geology of the Inner-Southern California Continental Margin, 1987, 4 sheets, scale 1:250,000
GAM 15 Geologic Map of California: San Diego-El Centro Sheet, 1962, scale 1:250,000
GAM 19 Geologic Map of California: Santa Ana Sheet, 1965, scale 1:250,000
MS 29 Geology of National City, Imperial Beach and Otay Mesa Quadrangles, Southern San Diego Metropolitan Area, 1977, scale 1:24,000
SP 96 Geology of San Diego County, California—A Bibliography with Subject Index, 1987
SR 86 Short Contributions to California Geology, featuring:
  • Geology of the Central Part of the Ramona Pegmatite District, San Diego County
SR 100 Short Contributions to California Geology
  • Cretaceous and Eocene Coccoliths at San Diego [San Diego County], California

OFR 96-02

 Geologic Maps of the Northwestern Part of San Diego County, California, 1996, scale 1:24,000

OFR 96-06

 Geologic Map of the Tubb Canyon Quadrangle, San Diego County, California, 1996, 1 Plate, scale 1:24,000.
OFR 88-08 Aeromagnetic Map of the Santa Ana 1° By 2° Quadrangle, California, 1988, scale 1:250,000
OFR 88-09 Aeromagnetic Map of the San Diego/El Centro 0.5° By 4° Quadrangle, California, 1988, scale 1:250,000
OFR 84-59 Preliminary Geologic Map of the California-Baja Border Region, Imperial and San Diego Counties, California, 1984, scale 1:250,000

San Diego County Geohazards & Environmental Geology Publications

MS 40 Recency and Character of faulting Offshore Metropolitan San Diego, San Diego Bay and Immediate Offshore Shelf [San Diego County], California, 1980, scale 1:50,000
MS 41 Recency and Character of faulting Offshore Metropolitan San Diego, Point La Jolla-Cardiff-by-the-Sea [San Diego County], California, 1981, scale 1:50,000
MS 42 Recency and Character of faulting Offshore Metropolitan San Diego, Point La Jolla to Mexico [San Diego County], California, 1981, scale 1:50,000
SP 100 Planning Scenario for a Major Eartquake in the San Diego-Tijuana Metropolitan Area, 1990
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.
SR 123 Character and Recency of faulting, San Diego Metropolitan Area [San Diego County], California, 1975

OFR 97-10a

 Analysis of Late Quaternary Faulting in San Diego Bay and Hazard to the Coronado Bridge, 1997

OFR 97-10b

 Age of Faulting in San Diego Bay in the Vicinity of the Coronado Bridge¾ An Addendum to Analysis of Late Quaternary Faulting in San Diego Bay and Hazard to the Coronado Bridge, 1997

OFR 95-03

 Landslide Hazards in the Southern Part of the San Diego Metropolitan Area, San Diego County, California¾ Landslide Hazards Identification Map No. 33, 1995, scale 1:24,000

OFR 95-04

 Landslide Hazards in the Northern Part of the San Diego Metropolitan Area, San Diego County, California¾ Landslide Hazards Identification Map No. 35, 1995, scale 1:24,000

OFR 93-02

 The Rose Canyon Fault Zone, [San Diego County and adjacent offshore area] Southern California, 1993
OFR 92-04 Landslide Hazards in the San Vincente Reservoir [7.5'] Quadrangle, San Diego County, California, 1992, scale 1:24,000
OFR 92-11 Landslide Hazards in the El Cajon [7.5'] Quadrangle, San Diego County, California, 1992, scale 1:24,000
OFR 92-12 Landslide Hazards in the Jamul Mountain [7.5'] Quadrangle, San Diego County, California, 1992, scale 1:24,000
OFR 88-06 Preliminary Map of the Quaternary Faults in Southeastern San Diego County and in Southwestern Imperial County, California, 1988
OFR 86-08 Landslide Hazards in the Encinitas [7.5'] Quadrangle, San Diego County, California, Landslide Hazard Identification Map No. 4, 1986, scale 1:24,000
OFR 86-15 Landslide Hazards in the Rancho Santa Fe [7.5'] Quadrangle, San Diego County, California, Landslide Hazard Identification Map No. 6, 1986, scale 1:24,000
OFR 84-33 Reconnaissance of Geothermal Resources Near U.S. Naval Facilities in San Diego, San Diego County, California, 1984
OFR 82-12 Recent Slope Failures, Ancient Landslides, and Related Geology of the North-Central Coastal Area, San Diego County, California, 1982
OFR 80-16 Geology for Planning: Imperial Beach [7.5'] Quadrangle, San Diego County, California, 1980
OFR 79-10 Summary Report, California Fault Evaluation Program, 1978 Area — Peninsular Ranges — Salton Trough Region [Imperial, Riverside, and San Diego Counties], California, 1979

San Diego 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.
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
SR 153 Mineral Land Classification: Aggregate Materials in the Western San Diego County Production-Consumption Region, California, 1982

OFR 96-04

 Update of Mineral Land Classification: Aggregate Materials in the Western San Diego County Production-Consumption Region, 1996, scale: 1:48,000
OFR 89-15 Mineral Land Classification of the Pankey Ranch Site, Bonsall [7.5'] Quadrangle, San Diego County, California, 1989
OFR 88-16 Mineral Land Classification of the Sycamore Ridge Property, San Marcos [7.5'] Quadrangle, San Diego County, California, 1988