EXPLANATION

Pattern number shown below box. Abbreviations: K, black; C, cyan; M, magenta; DO, dropout; R, red; B, brown.
Generic lookup-table number shown in upper left-hand corner of box. Number can be used to access a particular
pattern from a custom-designed patternset.
Pattern Chart FGDC Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization
FGDC Document Number FGDC-STD-013-2006

For more specific information on these patterns, see discussion on p. A-38-1 of the "FGDC Digital Cartographic
Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization" (available at http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/fgdc_gds/).
[Pattern number below pattern box; generic lookup-table symbol number in upper left-hand corner of pattern box] Pattern Chart
For guidelines on selecting patterns, see Section 5, entitled "Guidelines for Map Color and Pattern Selection," in
the introductory text of the FGDC standards document. Digital files available at http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/fgdc_gds/

SURFICIAL PATTERNS (Series 100) SEDIMENTARY PATTERNS (Series 200)

101 102 103 104 130 131 132 133 161 162 163 164 201 202 203 204 225 226 227 228 250 251 252 253

101-K 101-C 101-M 101-DO 116-K 116-C 116-M 116-DO 123-K 123-C 123-M 123-DO 201-K 201-C 201-M 201-DO 215-K 215-C 215-M 215-DO 228-K 228-C 228-M 228-DO
105 106 107 108 109 134 135 136 137 138 165 166 167 168 205 206 207 208 229 230 231 232 254 255 256 257 258

102-K 102-C 102-M 102-R 102-DO 117-K 117-C 117-M 117-R 117-DO 124-K 124-C 124-M 124-DO 202-K 202-C 202-M 202-DO 216-K 216-C 216-M 216-DO 229-K 229-C 229-M 229-R 229-DO
110 111 112 113 139 140 141 142 169 170 171 172 173 209 210 211 212 233 234 235 236 259 260 261 262

103-K 103-C 103-M 103-DO 118-K 118-C 118-M 118-DO 132-K 132-C 132-M 132-B 132-DO 204-K 204-C 204-M 204-DO 217-K 217-C 217-M 217-DO 230-K 230-C 230-M 230-DO
114 115 116 117 143 144 145 146 147 174 175 176 177 178 213 214 215 216 237 238 239 240 263 264 265 266

104-K 104-C 104-M 104-DO 119-K 119-C 119-M 119-R 119-DO 134-K 134-C 134-M 134-R 134-DO 206-K 206-C 206-M 206-DO 218-K 218-C 218-M 218-DO 231-K 231-C 231-M 231-DO
118 119 120 121 148 149 150 151 179 180 181 182 183 217 218 219 220 241 242 243 244 267 268 269 270 271

105-K 105-C 105-M 105-DO 120-K 120-C 120-M 120-DO 135-K 135-C 135-M 135-B 135-DO 207-K 207-C 207-M 207-DO 219-K 219-C 219-M 219-DO 232-K 232-C 232-M 232-B 232-DO
122 123 124 125 152 153 154 155 156 184 185 186 187 188 221 222 223 224 245 246 247 248 249 272 273 274 275

106-K 106-C 106-M 106-DO 121-K 121-C 121-M 121-R 121-DO 136-K 136-C 136-M 136-R 136-DO 214-K 214-C 214-M 214-DO 226-K 226-C 226-M 226-R 226-DO 233-K 233-C 233-M 233-DO
126 127 128 129 157 158 159 160 189 190 191 192 193

114-K 114-C 114-M 114-DO 122-K 122-C 122-M 122-DO 137-K 137-C 137-M 137-R 137-DO

IGNEOUS PATTERNS (Series 300) MISCELLANEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PATTERNS (Series 400)

301 302 303 304 325 326 327 328 350 351 352 353 401 402 403 404 439 440 441 442 467 468 469 470

301-K 301-C 301-M 301-DO 313-K 313-C 313-M 313-DO 319-K 319-C 319-M 319-DO 401-K 401-C 401-M 401-DO 418-K 418-C 418-M 418-DO 430-K 430-C 430-M 430-DO
305 306 307 308 329 330 331 332 354 355 356 357 358 405 406 407 408 443 444 445 446 447 471 472 473 474

302-K 302-C 302-M 302-DO 314-K 314-C 314-M 314-DO 327-K 327-C 327-M 327-R 327-DO 402-K 402-C 402-M 402-DO 419-K 419-C 419-M 419-R 419-DO 431-K 431-C 431-M 431-DO
309 310 311 312 333 334 335 336 359 360 361 362 363 409 410 411 412 448 449 475 476 477 478

303-K 303-C 303-M 303-DO 315-K 315-C 315-M 315-DO 328-K 328-C 328-M 328-R 328-DO 403-K 403-C 403-M 403-DO 420-K 420-C 432-K 432-C 432-M 432-DO
313 314 315 316 337 338 339 340 364 365 366 367 413 414 415 416 417 450 451 479 480 481 482

304-K 304-C 304-M 304-DO 316-K 316-C 316-M 316-DO 330-K 330-C 330-M 330-DO 405-K 405-C 405-M 405-R 405-DO 423-K 423-C 433-K 433-C 433-M 433-DO
317 318 319 320 341 342 343 344 345 368 369 370 371 418 419 420 421 422 452 453 483 484 485 486 487

305-K 305-C 305-M 305-DO 317-K 317-C 317-M 317-R 317-DO 331-K 331-C 331-M 331-DO 406-K 406-C 406-M 406-R 406-DO 424-K 424-C 434-K 434-C 434-M 434-R 434-DO
321 322 323 324 346 347 348 349 423 424 425 426 454 488 489 490 491 492

306-K 306-C 306-M 306-DO 318-K 318-C 318-M 318-DO 411-K 411-C 411-M 411-DO 426 435-K 435-C 435-M 435-R 435-DO
427 428 429 430 455 456 493 494 495 496 497

412-K 412-C 412-M 412-DO 427-K 427-R 436-K 436-C 436-M 436-R 436-DO
431 432 433 434 457 458 459 460 461

416-K 416-C 416-M 416-DO 428-K 428-C 428-M 428-R 428-DO

435 436 437 438 462 463 464 465 466

417-K 417-C 417-M 417-DO 429-K 429-C 429-M 429-R 429-DO

SEDIMENTARY LITHOLOGY PATTERNS (Series 600) METAMORPHIC, IGNEOUS, AND VEIN-MATTER LITHOLOGY PATTERNS (Series 700)
GLACIAL AND PERIGLACIAL PATTERNS (Series 500)
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Glacial patterns (521–524)
601 602 603 605 606 607 608 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 Metamorphic lithology patterns (701–710)
530 531 534 535 536
701 702 703 704 705 706

601 602 603 605 606 607 608 645 646 647 648 649 650 651
Gravel or Gravel or Crossbedded gravel Breccia (1st option) Breccia (2nd option) Massive sand or Bedded sand or Sandy dolostone Silty dolostone Argillaceous or Cherty dolostone Bedded chert Bedded chert Fossiliferous
conglomerate conglomerate or conglomerate sandstone sandstone or dolomite or dolomite shaly dolostone or dolomite (1st option) (2nd option) bedded chert
(1st option) (2nd option) or dolomite 701 702 703 704 705 706
521-K 521-C 523-K 523-C 523-DO Metamorphism Quartzite Slate Schistose or Schist Contorted schist
gneissoid granite
532 533 537 538 609 610 611 612 613 614 616 652 653 654 655 656 657 658

707 708 709 710

609 610 611 612 613 614 616 652 653 654 655 656 657 658
Crossbedded sand Crossbedded sand Ripple-bedded sand Argillaceous or Calcareous Dolomitic Silt, siltstone, Fossiliferous rock Diatomaceous Subgraywacke Crossbedded Ripple-bedded Peat Coal
522-K 522-C 524-K 524-C or sandstone or sandstone or sandstone shaly sandstone sandstone sandstone or shaly silt rock subgraywacke subgraywacke
(1st option) (2nd option) 707 708 709 710
Schist and gneiss Gneiss Contorted gneiss Soapstone, talc,
or serpentinite
617 618 619 620 621 622 623 659 660 661 662 663 664 665
Periglacial patterns (591–595)
Igneous and vein-matter lithology patterns (711–33)
580 581
711 712 713 714 715 716
617 618 619 620 621 622 623 659 660 661 662 663 664 665
Calcareous Dolomitic Sandy or silty Clay or clay Cherty shale Dolomitic shale Calcareous shale Bony coal or Underclay Flint clay Bentonite Glauconite Limonite Siderite
siltstone siltstone shale shale or marl impure coal

711 712 713 714 715 716

591-K 591-C 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 Tuffaceous rock Crystal tuff Devitrified Volcanic breccia Volcanic breccia Zeolitic rock
666 667 668 669 670 671 672 tuff and tuff or agglomerate
582 583

717 718 719 720 721 722

624 625 626 627 628 629 630 666 667 668 669 670 671 672
Carbonaceous Oil shale Chalk Limestone Clastic Fossiliferous clastic Nodular or irregularly Phosphatic-nodular Gypsum Salt Interbedded Interbedded Interbedded ripple- Interbedded shale
shale limestone limestone bedded limestone rock sandstone and sandstone and bedded sandstone and silty limestone
siltstone shale and shale (shale dominant)
592-K 592-C 717 718 719 720 721 722
Basaltic flows Granite (1st option) Granite (2nd option) Banded Igneous rock Igneous rock
584 585 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 igneous rock (1st option) (2nd option)

723 724 725 726 727 728

631 632 633 634 635 636 637 673 674 675 676 677 678 679
Limestone, irregular Crossbedded Cherty crossbedded Cherty and sandy Oolitic Sandy limestone Silty limestone Interbedded shale Interbedded shale Interbedded calc- Interbedded Interbedded Interbedded Interbedded
593-K 593-C (burrow?) fillings of limestone limestone crossbedded limestone and limestone and limestone areous shale and silty limestone limestone and limestone and limestone and shale
saccharoidal dolomite clastic limestone (shale dominant) (shale dominant) limestone (shale and shale shale (1st option) shale (2nd option) (limestone dominant)
(1st option) (2nd option) dominant) 723 724 725 726 727 728
586 587 Igneous rock Igneous rock Igneous rock Igneous rock Igneous rock Igneous rock
638 639 640 641 642 643 644 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 (3rd option) (4th option) (5th option) (6th option) (7th option) (8th option)

729 730 731 732 733

638 639 640 641 642 643 644 680 681 682 683 684 685 686
594-K 594-C Argillaceous or Cherty limestone Cherty limestone Dolomitic limestone, Dolostone or Crossbedded Oolitic dolostone Interbedded Till or diamicton Till or diamicton Till or diamicton Loess (1st option) Loess (2nd option) Loess (3rd option)
shaly limestone (1st option) (2nd option) limy dolostone, or dolomite dolostone or or dolomite limestone and (1st option) (2nd option) (3rd option)
588 589 limy dolomite dolomite calcareous shale
729 730 731 732 733
Porphyritic rock Porphyritic rock Vitrophyre Quartz Ore
(1st option) (2nd option)

595-K 595-C