Major-oxide and trace-element geochemical data from rocks collected in 2010 in the Tyonek Quadrangle, Alaska
Dates
Publication Date
2016
Start Date
2010
End Date
2016
File Modification Date
2016-05-12 12:13:00
Citation
Freeman, L.K., Gillis, R.J., Elliott, B.A., and Wypych, Alicja, 2016, Major-oxide and trace-element geochemical data from rocks collected in 2010 in the Tyonek Quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/29651.
Summary
Cook Inlet has been recognized as the second-largest petroleum province in Alaska, second only to the North Slope. The south-central Tyonek Quadrangle is an area of significant geologic interest because it is the only location in Cook Inlet where the entire producing stratigraphy of the basin is exposed on the surface. Additionally, this area encompasses the structural boundary between the forearc basin and its sediment source rocks. To better understand the petroleum system and the geologic relationships between the exhumed arc intrusive rocks and adjacent Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Cook Inlet forearc basin, during the summer of 2010 the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys conducted a federally-funded geologic field [...]
Summary
Cook Inlet has been recognized as the second-largest petroleum province in Alaska, second only to the North Slope. The south-central Tyonek Quadrangle is an area of significant geologic interest because it is the only location in Cook Inlet where the entire producing stratigraphy of the basin is exposed on the surface. Additionally, this area encompasses the structural boundary between the forearc basin and its sediment source rocks. To better understand the petroleum system and the geologic relationships between the exhumed arc intrusive rocks and adjacent Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Cook Inlet forearc basin, during the summer of 2010 the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys conducted a federally-funded geologic field mapping project. As a part of this project DGGS collected 44 rock samples for geochemical analyses from Late Cretaceous and Paleogene intrusive and volcanic lithologies that compose part of the Alaska-Aleutian Range batholith and arc. Major-oxide, minor-oxide, and trace-element geochemical data presented here provide new information about the genesis and potential mineralization of igneous rocks in the western Neacola and southern Tordrillo mountains. The analytical data tables associated with this report are available in digital format as comma-separated value (CSV) files.
To better understand the petroleum system and the geologic relationships between the exhumed arc intrusive rocks and adjacent Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Cook Inlet forearc basin, during the summer of 2010 the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys conducted a federally-funded geologic field mapping project. As a part of this project DGGS collected 44 rock samples for geochemical analyses from Late Cretaceous and Paleogene intrusive and volcanic lithologies that compose part of the Alaska-Aleutian Range batholith and arc. Major-oxide, minor-oxide, and trace-element geochemical data presented here provide new information about the genesis and potential mineralization of igneous rocks in the western Neacola and southern Tordrillo mountains.
