For nearly 120-years, geologists of the Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) and its predecessor agencies have explored, investigated, mapped, and published reports and geologic maps. These geologic products are available as free downloads at the AZGS Online Document Repository.
We also host an e-Magazine - formally Fieldnotes and Arizona Geology newsletter - Arizona Geology Blog (2007 - 2018), Arizona Mining Review e-Video Magazine (2013-2018), Youtube channel (AZGSweb), the AZGS Mining Data website, and social media - Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr.
100 years of geologic reports, bulletins, and maps available as free pdf downloads; no login required.
AZGS Mine Files: 20,000+ mine files, 1000s of mine & geology maps, & 6,000 photographs.
Short notes with images on the geology, mineral resources, environmental geology, and geologic hazards of Arizona.
AZGS's online E-video magazine, exploring the challenges and successes of Arizona’s mining industry (2013-2018).
Original AZGS geo-videos: geologic hazards - earthquakes, faults, landslides, earth fissures - and video reports.
Contains more than 13,000 citations from A.D. 1848 to 2001 of geologic studies from throughout Arizona.
For a complete list of resources, visit our Map & Database Services page.
Volumes 1 - 41 spanning 40 years (1971 - 2011).
AZGS's public outreach newsletter 2011-2016; preceded by Arizona Geology (1988 - 2011) and Fieldnotes (1971 - 1988).
Recent Publications
| 2022 | Directory of Active Mines in Arizona: FY2021 | Arizona Geological Survey Open File Report, OFR-21-06, v.1 | |
| 2021 | Stratigraphy, Lithology, and Depositional Environments of the Lower Permian Kaibab Formation, Northwestern Arizona |
Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Report CR-21-E, 87 p. |
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| 2021 | 20 Revised AZGS Digital Geologic Maps |
Names and URL links to revised maps in Arizona Geology Winter Newsletter 2021 V.42 No.3 |
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| 2021 | Arizona Geology Newsletter v.42 no.3 - Winter 2021 |
Arizona Geology Newsletter v.42 no.3 - Winter 2021 |
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| 2021 | Grand Canyon Stratigraphy |
Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Report CR-21-D, poster 24x54 inches. |
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| 2021 | Reconnaissance Geologic Strip Map from Kingman to South of Bill Williams Mountain | Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Map CM-21-B, 5 plates, scale 1:48,000. (Originally released by Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1983 as LA-9202-Map.) | |
| 2021 | Compilation Bedrock Geologic Map of Cemetery Ridge, La Paz and Yuma Counties, southwest Arizona |
Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Map CM-21-A, 1 plate - 1:48,000. |
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| 2021 | Magnetostratigraphy of the Pre-Colorado Integration Lost Cabin Beds, Cottonwood, Valley, Arizona |
Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Report (CR-21-B) |