January 20, 2012 | Michael Conway to present "Geologic History of Arizona, An illustrated History of Arizona" at 1:30 pm on January 23, 2012 at 220 W 6th Street in Tucson, AZ.
January 9, 2012 | Nyal Niemuth to present “Arizona Mining Review,” at the Roadrunner Prospectors Club in Phoenix, Arizona on January 12, 2012.
January 9, 2012 | Lee Allison to present “The Potential for Potash Mining in Arizona,” at the Little Colorado River RC&D, 5th Annual Winter Watershed Conference, in Show Low, Arizona on January 12, 2012.
January 9, 2012 | Lee Allison to present "Geoscience Information Network: A Critical Path for Data Integration," at the Western Regional Partnership Energy Committee, in Reno, Nevada on January 10, 2012.
January 5, 2012 | Randi Bellassai, Sales and Marketing Manager for the Arizona Geological Survey, will be at the Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau's First Tuesday Meeting, held at the historic Arizona Inn, on January 10, from 11:45am - 1pm. In addition to speaking about the agency's activities and its bookstore, Randi will be debuting information about the upcoming Virtual Arizona Experience website, that celebrates the Arizona Centennial. Don't miss the opportunity to find out how to contribute images, stories, and more to this incredible project. Register now!
December 14, 2011 | 15% off storewide holiday sale going on now through December 23 (excludes AGS and selected publications). Sale includes gift ideas such as ornaments, Mata Ortiz pottery, AZ minerals, mineral magnets, photographic greeting cards, and more! Bookstore open Mon-Fri 8am-5pm. Can't make it to the store, visit us on Amazon.
December 13, 2011 | New jobs available in Geoinformatics and Tech Transfer at AZGS. See AZGS Employment page for details.
December 9, 2011 | Dr. David Brumbaugh, Arizona Earthquake Information Center (AEIC) at Northern Arizona University, narrates "Lake Mary Fault – Potential Earthquake Threat to Flagstaff, Arizona." Since the mid-1980s, Dr. Brumbaugh has studied faults and monitored earthquakes of northern Arizona with AEIC's seismic network.
December 7, 2011 | Holiday Sidewalk Sale on Friday, December 9, from 10am-3pm. Discounts up to 50%, lots of great gift ideas! And on Saturday, December 10, from 10am-12:30pm, stop by booth 211 (across from O'Malleys) at the Fourth Avenue Street Fair to get great holiday gifts!
November 1, 2011 | AZGS staff involved in four talks and poster presentations at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 2011. See the news release for details.
November 1, 2011 | AZGS geologist Brian Gootee presents "The Little Chino Fault of Chino Valley" to the Central Arizona Geology Club, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. on November 8 at the Prescott Public Library in Prescott, AZ.
November 1, 2011 | AZGS's BioBlitz exhibit showcased in article and video at the National Geographic Daily News.
October 24, 2011 | Release of Arizona Geology Magazine articles: 2010 Arizona Mining Review, Post-Monument Fire Floods & Debris Flows and more.
October 24, 2011 | Arizona Geology Newsletter transitions into the Arizona Geology Magazine – offering timely release of topical geologic and geoscience education articles. See the news release for more information.
October 18, 2011 | Arizona Senate and House committees vote unanimously to continue Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) for another 10 years. See the news release for more information.
October 17, 2011 | Saguaro National Park – National Geographic BioBlitz, October 21-22. AZGS to host an exhibit booth – come check us out. http://www.nps.gov/sagu/bioblitz-2011.htm
October 17, 2011 | Mike Conway presents "Geology of the Tucson Mountains" 1:00 p.m. Saguaro National Park West/BioBlitz on October 21.
October 12, 2011 | The National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program awards AZGS's AZ Shakes earthquake outreach program $47,254 to conduct hazard mitigation and outreach in 2011-2012.
September 30, 2011 | AZGS staff presenting geoscience at the Geological Society of America's Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN, October 9-12: Director M. Lee Allison, Geoscientists Jon Spencer, Steve Richard, Joe Cook, and Geothermal Project Manager, Kim Patten. See the news release for more information.
September 22, 2011 | Ten newly released legacy reports on uranium exploration and production on the Navajo Reservation of NE Arizona available at AZGS Contributed Report collection.
September 16, 2011 | On Tuesday, October 11, AZGS Geoscientist Joseph P. Cook will accept on behalf of his six co-authors the John C. Frye Memorial Award for excellence in environmental geology writing. The Association of American State Geologists presents the award during the Geological Society of America's annual meeting in Minneapolis. The awarded paper: "Mapping of Holocene River Alluvium along the San Pedro River, Aravaipa Creek, and Babocomari River, Southeastern Arizona."
September 16, 2011 | Annual Arizona Hydrological Society Symposium in Flagstaff, AZ, September 18-20. Ann Youberg to present "Rainfall and Geomorphic Aspects of Post-Fire Floods and Debris Flows – Schultz Fire 2010" on September 19; Phil Pearthree to present "Mapping Holocene River Alluvium along the Verde River, Central Arizona" on September 20. Ann Youberg will also be leading a field trip in the Schultz Fire area on September 18.
September 13, 2011 | Visit AZGS's Map and Bookstore booth at this Saturday, September 17, from 9 am – 3 pm at the 10th Annual Roasted Chile Festival at the Rincon Valley Farmers Market.
August 24, 2011 | Now available online, "Arizona Geological Survey Annual Report 2011," compiled by M. Lee Allison and Kim J. Patten.
August 23, 2011 | A New AZGS contributed report, "Suggested Guidelines for Investigating Land Subsidence and Earth Fissure Hazards in Arizona," by the Arizona Land Subsidence Interest Group has been publish. See the news release for more information.
August 17, 2011 | Jon Spencer and Phil Pearthree are attending the Geologic Mapping Advisory Committee (GMAC) meeting, scheduled for 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon, Wednesday, September 7, in Room 500, SE corner of the State Capitol Executive building.
August 9, 2011 | Jon Spencer presents "Breccia-pipe uranium deposits in the Grand Canyon area and some environmental aspects of mining" at the board meeting of the Arizona Mining Association in Flagstaff, Arizona on August 11.
August 3, 2011 | Mike Conway presents "Bird's Eye View of the Geology of the Tucson Basin" at Western National Parks Association at noon and 2 pm on August 17.
August 3, 2011 | AZGS's Geologic Extension Service joins the Arizona Historical Society in hosting a "Digital Resource" workshop for teachers, Saturday, August 13, at the Arizona History Museum in Tucson, AZ.
August 3, 2011 | Mike Conway is participating in FEMA Earthquake mitigation workshop in Somerton, AZ, August 10-11.
August 3, 2011 | Mike Conway will be appearing on the Tucson Morning Blend on August 8 at 11 am on Tucson's KGUN9 and at 4 pm on Tucson's CW58. He will be speaking about earthquakes in Arizona.
July 25, 2011 | On Thursday, July 21, the consolidation of the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources with the Arizona Geological Survey became official.
July 11, 2011 | New Video: Earthquake Monitoring in Arizona: the role of the Arizona Integrated Seismic Network (4-minute video with NAU geologist Dave Brumbaugh and seismic tech Lisa Linville).
July 5, 2011 | The conference, "Opportunities for Alternative Energy Development in Arizona and the Southwest– Geologic/Hydrologic Considerations" will be held on October 27-28, 2011 in Tempe, AZ.
July 6, 2011 | Stephen Richard, Lee Allison and Ryan Clark will present "Distributed web services for geospatial geologic information" at the ESRI User Conference in San Diego, CA on July 13, 2011.
July 6, 2011 | Jon Spencer, AZGS Senior Geologist, will present "Breccia-pipe uranium deposits in the Grand Canyon area and some environmental aspects of mining" to the Arizona Mining Alliance at Granite Construction in Tucson, AZ on July 14, 2011.
June 27, 2011 | Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Federation Summer Meeting, July 12, 2011, "Geoscience Information Network (GIN) Town Hall," in Santa Fe, NM, with Steve Richard and Lee Allison, moderators.
June 27, 2011 | Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Federation Summer Meeting, July 15, 2011, "Building and leveraging capacities for the ESIP community," in Santa Fe, NM, with Steve Richard, panelist.
May 31, 2011 | Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) now hosts a new storefront at Amazon.com. See the news release for details.
May 23, 2011 | AZGS receives $189,853 from US Geological Survey StateMap program for geologic mapping near Safford, Prescott, and the Artillery Mountains in Mohave County. Since 1992, AZGS StateMap awards have totaled $3,211,314; StateMap funds are matched dollar for dollar by State funds, bringing the total to over $6,000,000. Check out Lee Allison's "Why we map..." series in his blog and the press release for more information about the StateMap program.
May 13, 2011 | The Association of American State Geologists (AASG) - US Geological Survey Geoscience Information Network pens working agreement with the Western Regional Partnership to build and deploy a distributive online open source data network and associated web mapping service catalog. See the news release for details.
April 29, 2011 | New AZGS report on breccia-pipe uranium mining in Grand Canyon region and implications for uranium levels in the Colorado River. View the news release.
April 25, 2011 | "State Geothermal Data Project Review," tentatively scheduled for June 7, 2011 during the US DOE Geothermal Technologies Program Annual Peer Review in Bethesda, MD.
April 25, 2011 | Winner of the 2011 John C. Frye Memorial Award for best environmental geology paper is "Mapping of Holocene River Alluvium along the San Pedro River, Aravaipa Creek, and Babocomari River, Southeastern Arizona," co-authored by AZGS's Joseph P. Cook, Ann Youberg, and Philip A. Pearthree, Jill A. Onken, Bryan J. MacFarlane, David E. Haddad, Erica R. Bigio, and Andrew L. Kowler.
April 25, 2011 | Lee Allison's talk, “Everything Digital, Online, and Interoperable,” at the Americas Petroleum Survey Group, 25th Annual Meeting in Houston, TX, on May 6, 2011.
April 25, 2011 | AZGS State Geothermal Data exhibit booth at the Geothermal Energy Association, Geothermal Energy Technology and International Development Forum on May 4, 2011, in Washington, D.C.
April 26, 2011 | "Mapping of Holocene River Alluvium along the Verde River, Central Arizona" will be presented at the Verde Valley Water Users annual meeting by Phil Pearthree on April 27, 2011 at 7 p.m. at the Camp Verde Multi-Use Complex.
April 19, 2011 | Lee Allison, AZGS Director/State Geologist, discussing Arizona earthquake hazards, earth fissures and potash resources on Horizon, Eight, Arizona PBS.
March 24, 2011 | Michael Conway will be presenting "US Geoscience Information Network Overview" at the National Earthquake Program Manager's Meeting in Boise, ID at 10 am on April 6, 2011.
March 21, 2011 | M. Lee Allison, Stephen M. Richard, Arlene Anderson, and David Cuyler will be presenting "National Geothermal Data System and Global Geosciences Data Integration," on April 19, 2011 at the ESRI Petroleum User Group (PUG) Conference, Data Management & GIS Technology - Data & Standards session at 8:30am in Ballroom C of the George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX.
March 21, 2011 | Lee Allison will give a talk, "Online Data for Mining and Mineral Resources – Arizona Leads the Way," at the AZ Rock Products Association's ARPA Critical Issues Conference, at the Phoenix Airport Marriott, on April 1, 2011.
March 15, 2011 | Allison, M. Lee, "Everything Digital, Online, and Interoperable," Keynote Address at the Utah Geographic Information Council, 20th annual meeting at 10:30 am on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at Riverwoods Conference Center, Logan, Utah.
March 15, 2011 | Now available: Compilation earth fissure map for all of Pinal County (1:250,000 scale), and earth fissure maps for Sacaton Butte, White Horse Pass, and Santa Rosa Wash. Updated version of Locations of Mapped Earth Fissure Traces in Arizona V. 03.11.11. News Release.
February 3, 2011 | Arizona Section of the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIP) Business Meeting scheduled for 9:00 a.m., Saturday, February 12, at AZGS Offices, 416 W. Congress St., Tucson.
February 1, 2011 | Lee Allison presenting: "Update on the ADMMR Transfer to AZGS" to the Southwest Mineral Exploration Association, on Friday, February 4 at noon at Cody's Beef and Beans, Tucson.
February 1, 2011 | Jon Spencer will give a presentation to the Geophysical Society at the University of Arizona, titled: "Life at the Feather Edge: Critical Taper Theory in Extensional Tectonics." The talk will be at 4:00 p.m., Friday, February 4, in Gould Simpson Room 209.
February 1, 2011 | AEG Fieldtrip – Saturday, February 5. AZGS geologists Ann Youberg, Phil Pearthree and Joe Cook, join Bob Webb (USGS) in leading the UA student chapter of Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG) through Sabino Canyon to examine debris flow deposits formed in July 2006.
February 1, 2011 | Coming Soon to AZGS: Friday, February 11: Mata Ortiz Potter, Oralia López, demonstrating Mata Ortiz painting techniques at 416 W. Congress St., Tucson, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Click Here for Directions
January 28, 2011 | Dr. Franklin Horowitz, Research Professor at the University of Western Australia School of Earth and Environment, and the Western Australia Geothermal Centre of Excellence will give two talks on geothermal energy at the Arizona Geological Survey:
10 a.m. (MST) "Detailed thermal profiling of Perth Basin wells: a joint inversion for thermal conductivities and heat fluxes in active sedimentary aquifers"
2 p.m. (MST) "Geothermal air conditioning opportunities in Hot Sedimentary Aquifers; the Perth Basin example"
The talks will be webcast to the AZGS-led Geothermal Data project members and invited participants nationwide and open to the geoscience community to attend in person at the AZGS Tucson office (416 W. Congress St. #100).
January 25, 2011 | State Geologist Lee Allison's letter to colleagues clarifying the situation with the Arizona Dept. of Mines & Mineral Resources.
January 24, 2011 | The Arizona Geological Survey has opened a branch office in Phoenix. Nyal Niemuth, formally Chief Mining Engineer at the Dept. of Mines and Mineral Resources, will serve as interim branch chief. The Geological Survey's two existing geologists in the Phoenix area will move into the former ADMMR facilities at 1520 W. Adams St. to join the five ADMMR staff who transferred to the Survey when ADMMR was shut down on January 21.
January 21, 2011 | Mines Department Update – The Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) will take custody of the Arizona Dept. of Mines and Mineral Resources' (ADMMR) files and facilities and keep them open until the Legislature acts on Governor Brewer's proposal to consolidate the two agencies. Additionally, 5 of the 6 ADMMR employees (3 full time and 2 part time) will be transferred to the Arizona Geological Survey. The agreement between the two agencies is subject to final approval by the ADMMR Board, which is meeting today at 4 pm to vote on it.
January 2011 | New job - AZGS is seeking individuals with training and a strong interest in geoinformatics. http://www.azgs.az.gov/employment.shtml
January 2011 | AEG Fieldtrip – Saturday, February 5. AZGS geologists Ann Youberg, Phil Pearthree and Joe Cook join Bob Webb (USGS) in leading the UA student chapter of Assn. of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG) through Sabino Canyon to examine debris flow deposits formed in July 2006.
January 2011 | State Geologist Dr. M. Lee Allison has been invited to join the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Advisory Committee for Geosciences for a two-year term beginning 1 January 2011. The committee advises the Directorate for Geosciences.
December 13-17, 2010 | AZGS geoscientists attending American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting in San Franciso. AZGS will be giving a talk and and hosting a poster session. See our events calendar for more information.
November 2010 | AZGS geoscientists in full swing at Geological Society of America annual meeting in Denver, presenting work on geology and geohazards of Organ Pipe National Park, state geothermal data, and U.S. Geoscience Information Network.
November 2010 | Dr. Lee Allison presents: A Digital Revolution in Resource Exploration, at SME – Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration conference in Tucson.
October 2010 | AZGS spotlights State Geothermal Data program at Geothermal Expo in Sacramento.
October 2010 | Steve Richard, Chief of AZGS's Geoinformatics division, elected Chair of the Geoinformatics division of the Geological Society of America.
September 2010 | Director Lee Allison and Senior Geologist Jon Spencer discuss Arizona's uranium resources at annual Arizona Hydrological Society meeting.
07.09.10 | AZGS STATEMAP SUMMARY 1993-2010: Eighteen years of AZGS participation in the STATEMAP program of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program - map showing footprint of mapped quadrangles included. Download Summary Here
07.02.10 | 2010 AASG Presidential Award: On Wednesday, 30 June, Lee Allison, Director of the
Arizona Geological Survey, was awarded the 2010 Presidential Award of the Association of American State Geologists for his leadership role in a national geothermal data project.
07.02.10 | New Publication Online: AZGS releases geologic strip maps showing
the extent and age relationships of Holocene river deposits of Arizona's Verde River. See News Release Here or go to AZGS Online Publications
06.15.10 | NEW Down-to-Earth Series Publication: A Geologic and Natural History Tour Through Nevada and Arizona Along U.S. Highway 93 (DTE-19). See the Flyer Here!
05.14.10 | New Publication Online: CR-10-C Sedona Sinkholes and Groundwater Flow: The Geologic History of Their Evolution. See AZGS Online Publications
05.14.10 | State Geological Surveys: Tapping into Geothermal Energy in the 21st Century. Read more at our Geothermal page.
04.27.10 | SPRING 2010 ARIZONA GEOLOGY: From Glyptodonts to the Hopi Buttes Volcanic Field. Click Here to Read
03.05.10 | AZGS is at the Tucson Festival of Books! 13-14 March 2010: Visit AZGS booth at the University of Arizona Mall, Tucson. Click Here for More Info
03.05.10 | National Ground Water Awareness Week! 7-13 March 2010; sponsored by National Ground Water Association with support from USGS, AASG, GWPC, EPA and AGI, among others. For more information click here.
02.19.10 | The Arizona Geological Survey expects to fill a number of positions in the next few months as part of our Dept. of Energy project to deploy and populate the National Geothermal Data System. All positions will be posted on the state jobs site and here at the AZGS employment page: Accounting Tech,
Technical Writer,
Web Developer (part-time position),
Graphic Artist (part-time position),
Web Programmers (3 positions),
Database Manager,
Digitizer /Data Entry (up to 3 part-time positions),
Database Analyst (1/2-time position),
GIS Analyst (1/2-time position).
02.08.10 | Download the AZGS 2008 Publications List! Click here
02.05.10 | Coming Soon to AZGS: Thursday, Feb. 11: Mata Ortiz Potter, Oralia Lopez, demonstrating Mata Ortiz painting technique at 416 W. Congress, Tucson, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Click Here for Directions
02.05.10 | AZGS is hiring a part time web designer with graphics experience. Click here for job description and application information.
02.05.10 | Earth Fissure Viewer displaying more than 330 miles of mapped fissures in Cochise, Maricopa, Pima and Pinal Counties now available at azgs.az.gov/efv
01.12.10 | Maricopa County Earth Fissure Map showing earth fissures in 8 study areas is now available! See the News Release online and download the map.
12.30.09 | Arizona Geology WINTER 2009 now
available online! Click Here
12.23.09 | AZGS' Combined Annual Report 2006-2009 now
available online at our Online Publications page. Click here to download report directly.
12.23.09 | AZGS Earth Fissure Center releases new earth fissure maps (1:24,000-scale) for Dragoon Rd, Cochise County and Greene Wash, Pinal County. Get the fissure maps or press release here.
12.11.09 | AZGS Hiring for Two Positions: 1) Administrative assistant; and 2)
Project Coordinator of 17-million dollar DOE-supported National
Geothermal Data Project. More information
11.04.09 | The State Map and Bookstore at 416 W. Congress, Tucson, will be closed for inventory count on Monday and Tuesday, 9 and 10 November. Our bookstore staff will be unavailable to conduct business or fill orders during this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to customers. We will re-open for regular business hours on Thursday, 12 November at 8:00AM. For more information about our bookstore click here.
11.04.09 | WEBSITE DOWN-TIME : Our site is currently undergoing a new branding, and server configurations. Please be patient with us as some of our site is still being updated and configured. We apologize for any inconvenience.
08.10.09 | SHAKING Arizona: August 3rd M6.9 Earthquake impact on Arizona. More Info
07.31.09 | New Publication Model - The AZGS Online Publication Outlet. AZGS is migrating to a digital publication model, making new publications available free online. And for the first time, we’re marketing GIS data of newly released geologic quadrangles: geodatebase, shapefiles, for $25.00. Printed maps still available at the AZGS Map and Bookstore. Check it out NOW!
07.31.09 | San Pedro River geologic maps and report of Holocene-age deposits are available online. For GIS data – geodatabase, shapefiles, metadata, report, and browse graphics – contact the AZGS Map and Bookstore (520.770.3500; store azgs.az.gov). More Info
02.25.09 | AZGS’s GOLD Classics: Out-of-print geologic literature on lode gold and gold placer deposits in Arizona; with more than 7000 downloads from Jan-Feb. 2009!! Visit the Gold Prospecting page.
01.14.09 | The Geoscience Recovery and Reinvestment Program: The Association of American State Geologists today released the Geoscience Recovery and Reinvestment Program (GRRP), a guidance document for the new Administration and Congress about the roles the geosciences, and State Geological Surveys in particular, can play in supporting and enhancing the national economic recovery and reinvestment program. Download the Guidance Document NOW
01.02.09 | NPR's Science Friday Interview with Lee Allison, AZGS Director and Arizona State Geologist, January, 2 2009, 2:00 p.m EST. Topic: COPUS & The Year of Science 2009. Archived audio file available at NPR.org
12.23.08 | Arizona Geology is Going Digital! As of December 2008, Arizona Geology (published by the AZGS) is going to be available ONLY online and published 3 times per year instead of quarterly. We don't want you to miss an issue - sign up for the RSS Feed | Learn More About Arizona Geology.
12.23.08 | NEW Earth Fissure Study Area Maps Released: Pete's Corner and Luke. Learn More
10.02.08 | AZGS’s Lee Allison, Survey Director and Arizona State Geologist, receiving the prestigious, "John T. Galey, Sr., Memorial Public Service Award", from Dan St. Germain, President of the American Institute of Professional Geologists. The award was made at AIPG's national meeting in Flagstaff, Arizona, September 2008. (See Photo )
09.01.08 | AZGS joins a UA-ASU research team in developing better solar energy technologies.
The Survey's contribution, led by Steve Rauzi, involves identifying salt deposits where caverns could be carved out to hold compressed air for energy storage. $6.7M.
06.02.08 | Adopt-a-Seismic Station! AZGS proposes TASA (Transportable Array (Seismic) Station Acquisition) Adopt-a-Seismic Station program to assess and minimize seismic risk in Arizona. Download the Brochure
04.30.08 | New Contributed Report. The Geology of the Safford-San Carlos Area. Learn More
09.01.08 | Former AZGS director and state geologist Larry Fellows accepts the Distinguished Service Award from the Association of American State Geologists from current director Lee Allison. Lee accepted the award on Larry's behalf at the AASG Centennial meeting in West Virginia. See Photo
04.23.08 | Earth Fissure Study Area Maps: Release of 1:12,000 scale Study Area Maps for Chandler Heights and Apache Junction.
04.23.08 | Earth Fissure Planning Maps: Release of v.4 of 1-250,000 scale Planning Maps for both Maricopa and Pinal Counties (OFR-07-01)
03.24.08 | LANDSLIDE ALERT: Closes Highway 87 near Payson, Arizona. Learn about this landslide
03.18.2008 | American Institute of Professional Geologists recognizes AZGS Director,
Dr. Lee Allison, with its
national John T. Galey, Sr., Memorial Public Service Award for
outstanding service. See Award Letter Here.
01.23.08 | AZGS Receives $217k from USGS STATEMAP Program for 2008-09. Read More | Download Location Map
01.03.08 | Final Rulemaking for The Arizona Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AZOGCC). Go to azogcc.az.gov or click here to read more.
12.11.07 | Scientists issue recommendations for managing earth fissures in Arizona. Available in a free downloadable publication: "Land Subsidence and Earth Fissures in Arizona" (CR-07-C)
12.06.07 | Free Minerals Download(s): Articles on Asbestos in Arizona (.pdf)
12.04.07 | 2007 Holiday Sale! 15% OFF select maps and publications in our bookstore. Come in and take advantage of the savings during this holiday season!
11.26.07 | See Our Winter Gallery! Saguaro National Monfument East in Tucson, AZ - Jan. 22, 2007. Photos by AZGS geologist Joe Cook. Click here for AZGS Winter Gallery...
11.02.07 | AZGS is now hiring! Check our Employment page for open positions and more information.
07.25.07 | AZGS Earth Fissure Alert Notice: An earth fissure reopened near Chandler Heights in Maricopa County on the evening of July 21, 2007.
07.09.07 | Geothermal energy scoping meeting for Arizona: The Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest Service will hold a public scoping meeting in Phoenix on July 11, 2007 as one of 10 meetings across the western US, in advance of preparing a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for their geothermal land leasing
project. The Phoenix meeting will be 4:30-7:30 pm, Wed, 7/11 Lecture Room Burton Barr Central Library,
1221 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004. (Download Newsletter)
AZGS opens Phoenix office | Arizona Geological Survey has opened a branch office in Phoenix, to better address the needs of the state’s largest metropolitan area. The office will initially focus on natural hazards, especially earth fissures, and groundwater resources. The office is housed at the Arizona Dept. of Mines and Mineral Resources, 1502 W. Washington Ave. Contact AZGS Branch Chief, Mimi Diaz, at mimi.diaz@azgs.az.gov Contact Info |
