%0 Online Database %D 0 %T National Geologic Map Database %K #BedrockMaps %K #SurficialMaps %K bedrock geology %K geologic maps %K map %K surficial geology %X

This database houses almost all geologic maps produced by the USGS, and links to almost all maps published by state geologic surveys, including the MGS.

Searching by placename is currenty disabled, but an interactive web-map interface to the NGMDB can be found here:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/map.html?x=-71.8089194224132&y=42.2562234015901&z=8


It is also recommended you find the name of the USGS 7.5' topographic quadrangle your town is in by looking at the DEP Hydrogeologic Information Matrix, and searching the database for that. It is also very useful to search the USGS Publication Warehouse as well for the quadrangle you want.

%I United States Geological Survey, Association of American State Geologists %G eng %U http://ngmdb.usgs.gov %0 Map %D 1983 %T Bedrock Geologic Map of Massachusetts %A Zen, E-an %A Goldsmith, Richard %A Ratcliffe, Nicholas M %A Robinson, P %A Stanley, Rolfe S %A Hatch, Norman L %A Shride, Andrew F %A Weed, Elaine G A %A Wones, David R %K #MassGeology %K #MassGeologyMap %K #StateGeologicMap %K bedrock geology %K eastern MA %K GEOLOGIC MAP %K GEOLOGY %K map %K massachusetts %K western MA %X

(Zen et al., 1983) The 1:250,000 scale Bedrock Geologic Map of Massachusetts, published by the USGS in 1983, shows the distribution of the different rock units, faults, and other features that make up the bedrock of Massachusetts. It was compiled from published 1:24,000-scale maps., unpublished data, and field reconnaissance by the authors. Many areas of the state, however, have yet to be mapped thoroughly at 1:24,000 scale. A paper version can be ordered from the USGS Store (http://store.usgs.gov/) by searching for Product Number: 32370 or by clicking the links below. A two-volume text, The Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts, published in 1991, accompanies the map. The publication is catalogued as U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1366 A-D (western Mass.) and 1366 E-J (eastern Mass.)

 

A variety of ways to download the map and text are listed in "Other Links" below.

%B USGS Unnumbered Series %I United States Geological Survey %G eng %U http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_16357.htm %M USGS Store Product Number 32370 %L USGS Alternate ID GSG0021-1T %2

1:250,000

%0 Map %D 2008 %T Preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Orange 7.5' quadrangle, Massachusetts (including portions of the Millers Falls and Athol 7.5' quadrangles) %A Robinson, P. %A Fernandez, M. %K #BedrockMaps %K #MGSPub %K AMMONOOSUC %K Athol %K ATHOL FAULT %K BEARS DEN FAULT %K BEDROCK %K BRONSON HILL %K ERVING %K GEOLOGIC MAP %K GEOLOGY %K LITTLETON %K map %K METAMORPHIC %K MGS Publication %K New Salem %K Orange %K PELHAM DOME %K Petersham %K Shutesbury %K Warwick %K Wendell %X The culmination of over 50 years of mapping and geologic investigation by U-Mass professor Peter Robinson and his students, this map details the structure and stratigraphy of the Oliverean gneiss domes and the continuation of the Bronson Hill sequence south into central Massachusetts. %B Open File Report %7 OFR08-04 %I Massachusetts Geological Survey %C Amherst, MA %G eng %2

1:24000

%0 Report %D 1977 %T Preliminary compilation of the bedrock geology of the land area of the Boston 2 degree sheet, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire %A Patrick J Barosh %A Fahey, Richard J. %A Pease, Maurice Henry, Jr. %K #MassGeology %K #MassGeologyMap %K bedrock geology %K Connecticut %K eastern MA %K GEOLOGY %K map %K massachusetts %K New Hampshire %K Rhode Island %B USGS Open File Report %G eng %U http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr77285 %1

An alternative interpretation of the geology of the eastern part of the state.

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