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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.  :-)

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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/

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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?

 

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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.

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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: 

 

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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.

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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/

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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,
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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

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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/

 

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Geologic maps = treasure maps.

Geology is the Keyology to better hunting

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