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OFR 109-78 - Mineral Appraisal of the Proposed Gates of the Arctic Wilderness National Park, Alaska: A Preliminary Comment. 1978.

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U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1978, Mineral appraisal of the proposed Gates of the Arctic Wilderness National Park, Alaska: A Preliminary Comment: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 109-78, 29 p., 4 sheets, scale 1:1,000,000.

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The Bureau of Mines made very limited studies of mineralization in the proposed Gates of the Arctic Wilderness National Park (figure 1). The study region included the proposed park and adjacent areas. A three -phase program to (1) compile a list of known mineral occurrences and prospects; (2) sample, map and evaluate prospects as time and funding permitted; (3) summarize the results and identify deposits and occurrences that warrant additional Bureau investigation. The program was performed, in part, under contract by a private firm (WGM, Inc.). The area studied by the contractor had to be limited to lands withdrawn from mineral entry and not included in overlapping or dual withdrawals (figure 2). The Bureau of Mines undertook to [...]

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