Geoscience Data Repositories in MARYLAND

Maryland Geological Survey

Department of Natural Resources
2300 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21218

Contact: Kenneth A. Schwarz, Petroleum Geologist
410/554-5525
410/554-5502 (FAX)

Data Center Staff Size: 1
Type of Repository: Public - State/Local
Data Access Fee: none
Catalog and Index Type: paper
Data Delivery Media: paper, mail out

Quantity of Holdings:

well logs: 350 gas tests, 2,200 water wells
feet of core: about 2,000
scout tickets/completion cards: 245 gas tests, 2,000 water wells

Center Services Provided: core/sample services (washed and unwashed cuttings and some cores are available for many gas wells in western Maryland and for many deep water wells throughout Maryland), paleo picks (some paleo/formation tops are recorded on completion reports), staff research (limited to finding these resources, which are available in-house for researchers.

Geographic Areas of Holdings, by type and media:

Well Logs

(paper) - Eastern Onshore, Atlantic Offshore

Lithology Logs

Eastern Onshore

Cores

Eastern Onshore

Cuttings

Eastern Onshore

Paleo Reports/Samples

Eastern Onshore, Atlantic Offshore

Drilling/Completion Data

(paper) - Eastern Onshore

Scout Data/Strat Tops

(paper) - Eastern Onshore

Production Data

(paper) - Eastern Onshore

Base Maps

(paper, film) - Eastern Onshore

Topographic Maps

(paper, film, microfiche) - Eastern Onshore

Geologic Maps (Surface)

(paper, film) - Eastern Onshore

Subsurface Maps

(paper) - Eastern Onshore

Aerial/Satellite Imagery

(paper, microfiche) - Eastern Onshore

Paleontological Collections

Eastern Onshore

Rock and Mineral Specimens

Eastern Onshore