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40Ar/39Ar analyses were performed on igneous rocks from the Ray Mountains area of west-central Alaska. The plutonic samples have ages from about 89 Ma to 109 Ma, while the volcanic samples show ranges from about 30 Ma to 64 Ma. The three volcanic samples fall into two age groups: the younger sample, a basalt, has an age of about 30 Ma, while the two older, rhyolitic samples fall between 58 Ma and 64 Ma. Analyses were performed by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geochronology Laboratory, and results were reported by Paul Layer and Jeff Benowitz. Products included in this data release are: a summary of sample collection method; the laboratory report, analytical data tables and associated metadata; and plots of...
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Bettles Quadrangle,
Geochronology,
Geology,
Lab Methods,
Mineral Assessment,
Mineral Deposit,
Mineral Resources,
Ray Mountains,
Sample Location,
Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project,
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This data release presents zircon U-Pb LA-ICP-MS geochronology from igneous rocks exposed in a coastal exposure at Ursus Head, Iliamna C-2 Quadrangle. Sills and dikes exposed in a coastal exposure at Ursus Head are deformed within the Bruin Bay fault zone. Common dikes intruding late Triassic Kamishak Formation strata composing the hanging-wall of the Bruin Bay fault are cut by numerous small-scale, low-angle, bedding-parallel, and high angle contractional faults. Sample 09MAW006A collected from one of many dikes deformed in the fault zone produced a uni-modal distribution of zircon ages of with a weighted mean of 206.92 +/-0.96 (2 sigma, n=47) and an MSWD of 1.1. Sample 09BG020C collected from a sill of more mafic...
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Ar-Ar,
Bedrock,
Bedrock Geology,
Contact Point,
Cook Inlet,
Cook Inlet Basin,
Fault Displacement,
Geochronology,
Geologic,
Geology,
Igneous,
Iliamna Quadrangle,
Isotopes,
Lab Methods,
Lead,
Methods,
Naknek,
Plagioclase,
Rocks,
Sample Location,
Stratigraphy,
Structural Geology,
Structure,
Tectonics,
U-Pb,
Uranium,
Ursus Head,
Volcanic,
Volcanic Rocks,
Zircon,
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This DGGS Raw Data File presents 40Ar/39Ar age dating results for selected igneous rocks encountered in the Styx River area of the western Alaska Range. Crystallization ages on biotite and hornblende from plutonic rocks range from about ~60 to ~63 Ma, while a sericite alteration age in plutonic rocks altered by a dike swarm also is around ~63 Ma. Sericite alteration associated with a copper-molybdenum porphyry ranges from ~10 to ~11 Ma. Analyses were performed by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geochronology Laboratory, and results were reported by Paul Layer and Jeff Benowitz. This data release includes the following products: a summary of sample collection methods, the laboratory report, analytical data tables...
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Lime Hills Quadrangle,
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Muscovite,
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Porphyry,
Pyrite,
Pyrrhotite,
Quartz,
Sample Location,
Sericite,
Sericite Alteration,
Styx River,
Volcanic Rocks,
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This report presents 40Ar/39Ar step-heating geochronology results for igneous and metamorphic rocks from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys' (DGGS) Wrangellia Mineral Assessment project, part of a multi-year effort focusing on improving the publicly available geoscientific information for the western Wrangellia terrane. The samples described in this report were selected and analyzed to improve our understanding of the geology and structural history of the Wrangellia Mineral Assessment project area. A metagabbro rock sample returned a Late Triassic crystallization age consistent with regional ages for Nikolai Greenstone-related magmatism; however, the two amphibole separates ages do not overlap,...
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Mica,
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Mount Hayes Quadrangle,
Muscovite,
Plutonic Rocks,
Porphyry,
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Rocks,
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Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project,
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Talkeetna,
Talkeetna Mountains,
Talkeetna Mountains Quadrangle,
Thrust,
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This report provides detailed (1:63,360-scale) mapping of portions of U.S. Geological Survey Circle B-2 (1955), B-3 (1955), B-4 (1952), C-2 (1955), C-3 (1955), and C-4 (1952) quadrangles. The area is part of the Circle mining district and adjacent to the Fairbanks mining district. This report includes detailed geologic, structural, stratigraphic, and geochronologic data. Based on the resulting geologic maps, field investigations, and laboratory materials analyses, the project has also generated derivative maps of geologic construction materials and geologic hazards.
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Ar-Ar,
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Birch Creek,
C14,
Carbonates,
Circle Hot Springs,
Circle Mining District,
Circle Quadrangle,
Clastics,
Coal,
Colluvial Deposits,
Colluvium,
Conductivity Survey,
Conodonts,
Crooked Creek,
Electromagnetic Survey,
Fan,
Faulting,
Faults,
Fluvial,
Folding,
Fossils,
Geologic,
Geomorphology,
Glacial,
Glacial Deposits,
Glacial Drift,
Granite,
Hornblende,
Hornfels,
Igneous Rocks,
K-Ar,
Magnetite,
Major Oxides,
Mammoth Creek,
Mastodon Dome,
Metamorphic Grade,
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Mineralogy,
Modal Analysis,
Petrography,
Plutonic,
Plutonic Hosted,
Porphyry,
Precious Metals,
Quartz,
Regional,
Regional Metamorphism,
Sample Location,
Sandstone,
Schist,
Sedimentary,
Structure,
Surficial,
Tectonics,
Terranes,
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This Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) Raw Data File presents 40Ar/39Ar age dating results for a volcanic whole-rock sample, selected minerals from various metamorphic rocks and igneous dikes, and white mica from both metamorphic- and hydrothermal-mineralization-related veins encountered on the southern Seward Peninsula, as well as select minerals from one plutonic rock from Cape Denbeigh, eastern Norton Sound, Alaska. Cooling ages on glaucophane, barroisite, amphibole, paragonite, and biotite from metamorphic rocks range from 84 Ma to 209 Ma. The cooling age of white mica in a possible fault zone is 144 Ma. Cooling ages on late-stage metamorphic minerals (winchite and white mica) from veins...
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Big Hurrah Mine,
Bluff (Place),
Cape Denbeigh,
Council,
Council Mining District,
Geochronology,
Koyuk Mining District,
Mineral Resources,
Nome,
Nome Mining District,
Nome Quadrangle,
Norton Bay Quadrangle,
Norton Sound,
STATEMAP Project,
Seward Peninsula,
Solomon Quadrangle,
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This report presents 40Ar/39Ar step-heating geochronology results for igneous and metamorphic rocks from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys' (DGGS) Talkeetna Mountains C-4 Quadrangle and Adjoining Areas geologic mapping project. Hornblende-bearing gabbro returned a Late Triassic crystallization age consistent with regional results for Nikolai Greenstone-related magmatism. We determined Early Jurassic metamorphic ages for hornblende and sericite from two samples of upper greenschist to amphibolite grade metavolcanic rocks. Our results indicate that a granodiorite pluton intruding Wrangellia in the study area has a Middle Jurassic age consistent with the Talkeetna Arc, indicating that the Wrangellia...
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Plutons,
STATEMAP Project,
Sample Location,
Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project,
Talkeetna Mountains Quadrangle,
Volcanic,
Volcanic Arc,
Volcanic Rocks,
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This data release presents 40Ar/39Ar step-heating geochronology results from rocks collected roughly 7 km southwest of Contact Point, Iliamna B-3 Quadrangle. Samples obtained from a felsic dike intruding the principal Bruin Bay fault plane near Contact Point produced biotite and plagioclase 40Ar/39Ar ages of 36.5 +/- 0.8 Ma and 31.5+/-0.7 Ma, respectively. The age dates inform stratigraphic, structural, and geochronologic studies along the western margin of lower Cook Inlet basin. The accompanying report also presents zircon U-Pb LA-ICP-MS geochronology results for dikes near Ursus Head.
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Lead,
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40Ar/39Ar analyses of igneous rocks from the Alaska Highway corridor between Delta Junction and the Canada border show a range of Cretaceous ages from about 68 Ma to about 112 Ma. The 25 samples fall into two broad age groups. The younger group ranges from about 68 Ma to 73 Ma; the older group ranges from a minimum age of about 84 Ma to about 103 Ma. One sample, a mafic dike, yielded an older age of about 112 Ma.
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Mount Hayes Quadrangle,
Nabesna Quadrangle,
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Tanacross Quadrangle,
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This report presents 40Ar/39Ar step-heating geochronology results from a single outcrop of a mineralized near-trench intrusion exposed in a road cut near Whittier, Alaska. The outcrop is the best road-accessible occurrence of a Tertiary near-trench pluton in the region and is commonly visited by field trips, yet no prior geochronological data from this outcrop have been published. Two chronologically distinct intrusive bodies, the Paleogene Sanak-Baranof belt and the Eshamy-suite, are documented in the upper Cook Inlet area. Geochronological analysis of the two samples described in this report confirms that the Whittier road-cut intrusion and veins are coeval (53.0 +/- 0.3 Ma and 50.9 +/- 0.2 Ma, respectively) with...
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Rocks,
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Seward Quadrangle,
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Volcanic Rocks,
Whittier,
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This DGGS report presents 40Ar/39Ar age dating results from selected mafic to intermediate intrusions encountered during a geological and geochemical resource assessment project in the Gulkana, Healy, Mount Hayes, and Talkeetna Mountains quadrangles. Three intrusions returned mid-Cretaceous crystallization ages, while one olivine gabbro returned a Late Triassic crystallization age. Two altered or metamorphosed samples yielded Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous ages. Analyses were performed by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geochronology Laboratory, and results were reported by Paul Layer and Jeff Benowitz. Products included in this data release are: a summary of sample collection method; the laboratory report,...
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Amphitheater Mountains,
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Gulkana Quadrangle,
Healy Quadrangle,
Lab Methods,
Metamorphism,
Mineral Assessment,
Mineral Deposit,
Mineral Resources,
Mount Hayes Quadrangle,
Platinum Group Elements,
Sample Location,
Skarn,
Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project,
Talkeetna Mountains Quadrangle,
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