Bev Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 5 hours ago, Vaniman said: There is a list on wiki... Just wondering if it's accurate. It's called "list of fossil sites" and is found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fossil_sites It lists a ton of info I'm just wondering if it's reliable as a data source. Thanks all! Hi Vaniman, yes I believe this is very accurate. That said, it is simply a list of the Formations, NOW you need to find the Formation maps and where these Formations are exposed on public lands where you can collect fossils. The specific geologic formation maps of a county for instance will tell you which formation are fossiliferous and what you are likely to find in the way of fossils in that formation. And of course some sites are more fossiliferous than others in that formation. So, yes Wiki says that the Galena formation is fossilized, now you have to find the outcroppings and that is where the specific formation maps are important. :-) 2 The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaniman Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Thank you @Bev ! Please PM me for more info on our products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVL Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 In case it hasn't been mentioned already, here's a great app for the iphone: http://www.huntmountainsoftware.com/html/mancos.html Some others that might also be of interest: https://www.thoughtco.com/geology-apps-for-smart-phones-4026358 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted October 6, 2018 Author Share Posted October 6, 2018 WONDERFUL DVL! Thank you so much for sharing!!! :-D The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 The app "Flyover Country" will let you save geologic maps on your phone so that you don't need service to look at a map. Quite useful out here in the West where service can be spotty at times. Here's their website. https://flyovercountry.io/ 1 Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 Thanks UtahFossilHunter! Great tip! :-D The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseKoz Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Australian Geoscience Portal (250K Scanned Geological Maps) http://portal.geoscience.gov.au/share?map={"zoomLevel":5,"center":[14861152.02090202,-3388379.961372781],"layers":[{"id":"250K-scanned-geological-maps","filters":[]}],"initialCenter":[14861152.02090202,-3388379.961372781],"initialZoomLevel":5} The link above provides access to high resolution 250K Geological maps of Australia. Simply click the desired grid, on the left menu click to expand the regions name and open/download the image link. Australian Geoscience Portal (Northern Territory Explanatory Notes) https://geoscience.nt.gov.au/gemis/ntgsjspui/handle/1/81430/simple-search?filterquery=Explanatory+Note&filtername=type&filtertype=equals I live in the Northern Territory, Australia, and have found this second link to be a great resource for NT geology in particular. Open the desired region link and then open/download the explanatory notes pdf. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 @JesseKoz THANK YOU so much for posting these links! :-D The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnph Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I didn't see Washington listed in this thread yet, I've been using this really great PDF that has links to basically every geological map in the state, click on a quadrangle to get the 100k maps: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/publications/ger_geologic_maps_wa.pdf If you notice there's also a 7.5 x 7.5 minute grid in the lower-right, clicking on that brings you to this other PDF where you can get 24k maps: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/ger_24k_mapping_status.pdf Most of them are not georeferenced for Avenza, but I've started adding geospatial data using the method I described in this post, so if anyone wants a particular one done, I might be willing to help out: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reese the Rockhound Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 I recently came across a special interactive map service from the Kentucky Geological Survey that shows helpful information on any formation with the click of a button. This map recently helped me catalogue some exquisite Platystrophia brachiopods, and I would highly recommend it. Unfortunantly, I don't know the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnph Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Reese, this looks like it probably is what you're referring to? https://kgs.uky.edu/kgsmap/kgsgeoserver/viewer.asp (Edit: fixed link, had copied the wrong one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseKoz Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 On 2/13/2019 at 4:12 PM, JesseKoz said: Australian Geoscience Portal (250K Scanned Geological Maps) http://portal.geoscience.gov.au/share?map={"zoomLevel":5,"center":[14861152.02090202,-3388379.961372781],"layers":[{"id":"250K-scanned-geological-maps","filters":[]}],"initialCenter":[14861152.02090202,-3388379.961372781],"initialZoomLevel":5} The link above provides access to high resolution 250K Geological maps of Australia. Simply click the desired grid, on the left menu click to expand the regions name and open/download the image link. Australian Geoscience Portal (Northern Territory Explanatory Notes) https://geoscience.nt.gov.au/gemis/ntgsjspui/handle/1/81430/simple-search?filterquery=Explanatory+Note&filtername=type&filtertype=equals I live in the Northern Territory, Australia, and have found this second link to be a great resource for NT geology in particular. Open the desired region link and then open/download the explanatory notes pdf. Just an update on the Australian Geoscience Portal, they have removed the function to link directly to a map with certain data added. So my above link now takes you to a blank map of Australia. To add the data, simply click 'add data' from the top menu and select the desired data and click 'add data to map' (leaving the text field blank will display all data). The data likely most interesting to us will be the following; Geological Maps > Scanned 250k Geological Map Index Geological Maps > Geological Units (lithostratigraphy) New Link: http://portal.geoscience.gov.au/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Thanks for the update. A little more work but still a great resource. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pefty Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 What a thread! I had already been gathering all the high-resolution US state (and territory) and Canadian provincial (and territory) bedrock geology maps here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gsDsvte4cGSn1uBXTwAAoi2EXsVO2OWc Maybe now I'll consolidate all the wonderful links y'all have posted and drop all those hi-res maps into this directory too! Glad to have help on this effort if you're interested. Proud of the FF community, pefty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Scientific knowledge is useless unless shared. TFF has been doing a pretty good job of sharing it and it is all because members contribute to the greater good. It's nice to be able to "borrow" from this ever growing knowledge base but nicer still to be able to add to it. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuno Miranda Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Hello! Portuguese Geologic Formation Maps can be downloaded here: the maps are in portuguese language, all at the scale 1:50 000. https://geoportal.lneg.pt/en/open_data/cgp50k/ Best regards! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pefty Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Update: Global coverage is now complete for the Online Bedrock Geology Map Library, country by country and island by island. • Africa and Asia: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pJMq8n_ZSpQ8kLIQ0d4zqkjP_Cfr37Jc • All others: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gsDsvte4cGSn1uBXTwAAoi2EXsVO2OWc 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diaseis Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 For France and spanish pyrenees there's a really good app called InfoTerre . Basically you get detailed geological map with GPS support. http://infoterre.brgm.fr/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 I don't think I saw anything added to this for the state of Kentucky, U.S.A yet. Link to the Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) home page: https://www.uky.edu/KGS/ All of the below can be found from the main KGS website, but here are direct links to the pages I thought would be most useful. Link to the KGS fossil page: https://www.uky.edu/KGS/fossils/index.php Link to KGS geology page: https://www.uky.edu/KGS/geoky/geologymap.htm Link to the KGS interactive geological map: https://kgs.uky.edu/kygeode/geomap/ Link to the KGS interactive geological map (mobile version): https://kgs.uky.edu/kgsmap/mobile/kgsgeoserver/ 3 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceH Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Geologic maps = treasure maps. Geology is the Keyology to better hunting 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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