Utah geologic map data

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

View

Show in a web browser window:

[Legend for lithology colors]

Show in Google Earth or other KML viewer:

utgeol.kml (Uncompressed, 29.8M)

utgeol.kmz (Compressed, 9.3M)

List geologic units by state or county

Show in your GIS using OGC web services:

https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/ut (WMS, version 1.3.0)

https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/ut (WFS, version 1.1.0)

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

Download

Content	Download	Format
Geological attributes	UTcsv.zip	CSV format
Geologic units	UTgeol_dd.zip	Shapefile, polygon
Faults	UTfaults_dd.zip	Shapefile, arcs
Colors for lithology	lith6_2.style	ArcMap Style [Instructions]

Documentation

Metadata:

Outline - Questions & Answers - Plain text - XML

Legend indicating the meaning of colors on the interactive map

Publication

USGS Open-File Report 2005-1305

Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States - western states: California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah

Methodology

Detailed report of standardization procedures

GIS style files

Methods used to create several styles for lithology or geologic time

Sources

Hintze, L.F., 1980, Geologic map of Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, scale 1:500,000.