The purpose of this data release is to provide seamless, integrated, bedrock geologic map data at an intermediate scale (1:50,000 to 1:100,000 scale) for the U.S. Intermountain West region. This data set is applicable to answering fundamental Earth Science questions for which geologic mapping is a foundational source of data. This data set addresses strategic goals of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (Brock and others, 2021).
Brock, J., Berry, K., Faulds, J., Berg, R., House, K., Marketti, M., McPhee, D., Schmidt, K., Schmitt, J., Soller, D.R., Spears, D., Thompson, R.A., Thorleifson, H., and Walsh,G.J., 2021, Renewing the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program as the Nation’s authoritative source for modern geologic knowledge: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2021–1013, 10 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20211013.