Texas geologic map data

A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Texas, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states.

View:

Show in a web browser window:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/sgmc/tx.html

Show in Google Earth or download KML:

txgeol.kml (104.7M bytes)
txgeol.kmz (36.2M bytes)

Show in your GIS using OGC WMS:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/tx?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities& [Instructions]

or OGC WFS:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/tx?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities& [Instructions]

Use lithology_symbology.lyr ArcGIS layer file to symbolize lithology when using WFS

Download:

Geological attributes:	TXcsv.zip	CSV format
Geologic units:	TXgeol_dd.zip	Shapefile, polygon
Faults:	TXfaults_dd.zip	Shapefile, arcs
Colors for lithology:	lith6_2.style	ArcMap Style [Instructions]

Metadata:

[Outline] - [Questions & Answers] - [Plain text]

Legend indicating the meaning of colors on the interactive map

Publication:

USGS Open-File Report 2005-1351: Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States: Central states: Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1351/
Methodology:: Detailed report of data standardization procedures
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1351/documents/CONUSDocumentation.pdf
GIS style files:: Methods used to create several styles for lithology or geologic time
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1314/

Sources:

Stoeser, D.B., Shock, Nancy, Green, G.N., Dumonceaux, G. M., and Heran, W.D., in press, A Digital Geologic Map Database for the State of Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series.

Bureau of Economic Geology, 1992, Geologic Map of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Virgil E. Barnes, project supervisor, Hartmann, B.M. and Scranton, D.F., cartography, scale 1:500,000