Geochemical reanalysis of historical U.S. Geological Survey sediment samples from the Tonsina area, Valdez Quadrangle, Alaska

The State of Alaska's Strategic and Critical Minerals (SCM) Assessment project, a State-funded Capital Improvement Project (CIP), is designed to evaluate Alaska's statewide potential for SCM resources. The SCM Assessment is being implemented by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), and involves obtaining new airborne-geophysical, geological, and geochemical data. For the geochemical part of the SCM Assessment, thousands of historical geochemical samples from DGGS, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and U.S. Bureau of Mines archives are being reanalyzed by DGGS using modern, quantitative, geochemical-analytical methods. The objective is to update the statewide geochemical database to more clearly...

Tags: Alaska, State of, Analyses, Analyses and Sampling, Anchorage Quadrangle, Chemistry, All tags... Critical Minerals, Economic Geology, Economic Study, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Development, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Minerals, Non-Metals, Platinum Group Elements, Precious Metals, Rare Earth Elements, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resource Information, Resources, Sample Location, Sediment, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Stream Sediments, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, Valdez Quadrangle, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Compilation of Geospatial Data (GIS) for the Mineral Industries of Select Countries in the Indo-Pacific

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled a geodatabase containing mineral-related geospatial data for 19 countries of interest in the Indo-Pacific region (area of study): Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Fiji, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea (Republic of Korea), Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. The data can be used in analyses of the extractive fuel and nonfuel mineral industries integral for the successful operation of the mineral industries within the area of study. This geodatabase reflects the USGS ongoing commitment to its mission of understanding the nature and distribution of global mineral commodity...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Asia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, All tags... Economic Geology, Energy Resources, Fiji, Geography, Indo-Pacific, Information Sciences, LNG, Malaysia, Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area (JDA), Mineral Resources, Mongolia, NGL, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea (Republic of Korea), Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vietnam, alumina, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, bauxite, bismuth, cadmium, calcium carbonate, cement, chromium, clay, coal, coal area, coal occurrence, coal resources, coalbed methane, coalfield, cobalt, coke, commodity, continuous resources, conventional resources, copper, copper occurrence, copper resources, development, exploration, feldspar, ferroalloys, fluorspar, gallium, garnet, gas, gas production, gemstone, gold, graphite, gypsum, hydrocarbon resources, hydrogen, indium, iron and steel, iron ore, iron sand, lead, lime, liquefied natural gas, liquid natural gas, lithium, magnesium, manganese, mica, mine, mineral, mineral commodity, mineral development, mineral exploration, mineral occurrence, mineral processing, mineral resources, minerals, mining, mining exploration, molybdenum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, nickel, niobium, nitrogen, oil, oil and gas, oil production, palladium, peat, perlite, permissive, petroleum, phosphate, phosphate rock, platinum, platinum group elements, porphyry copper, potassium, pyrophyllite, rare earths, recoverable resources, refinery, refining, resources, rhenium, rhodium, salt, sand and gravel, scandium, sediment-hosted stratabound copper, selenium, shale gas, shale oil, silica, silica sand, silicon, silver, smelting, stone, sulfur, talc, tantalum, tellurium, tight gas, tight oil, tin, titanium, tracts, tungsten, unconventional resources, undiscovered resources, uranium, vanadium, zeolites, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags

Kuskokwim Airborne Magnetic and Radiometric Geophysical Survey, Northern Kuskokwim Mountains

Kuskokwim airborne magnetic and radiometric geophysical survey, northern Kuskokwim Mountains, Geophysical Report 2023-1, covers parts of the Tanana, Norton Bay, Nulato, Ruby, Kantishna River, Medfra, and Mt. McKinley quadrangles west of Nenana, Alaska (fig. 1). Magnetic and radiometric data were collected with a fixed-wing aircraft from May 14 to August 31, 2023, by MPX Geophysics LTD. The survey contains a single block. A total of 86,712 line-kilometers were collected. The block covers 29,361 km2. The magnetometer was mounted to a rear-facing fixed boom ("tail stinger"). The radiometric crystals were located in the cabin of the aircraft. The block was flown with a line spacing of 400 m. The mean ground clearance...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aeromagnetic, Aeromagnetic Data, Aeromagnetic Map, Aeromagnetic Survey, Airborne Geophysical Survey, All tags... Airborne Geophysical/Geological Mineral Inventory, Analytic Signal, Anvik Mining District, Bearpaw River, Big Mud River, Bitzshtini Mountains, Chentansitztan, Chitanana River, Chitanatala Mountains, Cosna, Cosna River, DGGS, Davenport, Eightmile Point, Exploration, Fish River, Foraker River, Geologic, Geology, Geophysical Map, Geophysics, Geophysics Search Tag, Giles Bay, Gold Run, Gridded Data, Herron River, Hot Springs Mining District, Hughes Mining District, Innoko Mining District, Kaiyuh Mining District, Kaltag River, Kantishna Mining District, Kantishna River, Khotol River, Lake Minchumina, Lake Snohomish, Lewis, Line Data, Lost River, Louden, Magitchlie Range, Magnetic Contours, Magnetic Data, Magnetic Survey, Magnetic Susceptibility, Magnetics, McGrath Mining District, Melozi, Melozitna Mining District, Melozitna River, Mineral Development, Mineral Exploration, Mineral Resources, Mineral Resources, Monzonite Hills, Muddy River, Munsatli Mountains, New Lowden, Ninemile Point, Nowitna River, Placerville, Poorman, Remote Sensing, Resistivity, Rodo River, Rodokakat, Ruby, Ruby Mining District, Ses Chaget, Sethkokna River, Shisloiso Hills, Shisnona River, Snohomish Hills, Sulatna River, Sulukna River, Swift Fork Kuskokwim River, Tanana River, Tdlogaiyakh, Telida Mountains, Telsitna River, Titna River, Twin Buttes, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Yokakek, Yuki River, Yukon River, Zitziana River, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Analyses of historic U.S. Bureau of Mines samples for geochemical trace-element and rare-earth-element data from tin occurrences associated with the Ohio Creek pluton, south-central Alaska

This report and digital data release presents 82 new rock geochemical analyses on historic U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) samples. These samples were originally collected by the USBM as part of their critical and strategic minerals project, which investigated tin occurrences associated with the Ohio Creek pluton, south-central Alaska. Historic USBM sample materials were retrieved by DGGS from the DGGS Geologic Materials Center (GMC), where the USBM samples were transferred as part of the federally funded Minerals Data and Information Rescue in Alaska (MDIRA) program in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The text and analytical data and tables associated with this report are being released in digital format as PDF files...

Tags: Analyses and Sampling, Base Metals, Critical Minerals, Economic Geology, Economic Study, All tags... Exploration, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Heavy Metals, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Development, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Minerals, Non-Metals, Platinum Group Elements, Precious Metals, Rare Earth Elements, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resource Information, Resources, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Analyses of historic U.S. Bureau of Mines samples for geochemical trace-element and rare-earth-element data from the Porcupine River drainage, northeastern Alaska

This report and digital data release presents 90 new geochemical analyses on historic U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) samples, including 56 rock, 16 sediment, 5 soil, and 12 heavy mineral concentrate (pan concentrate) samples, as well as 1 sample of indeterminate type. Some of these samples were originally collected by the USBM as part of their mineral investigations in the Porcupine River drainage, northeastern Alaska, and a portion of the samples were collected as part of the National Uranium Resource Evaluation. Historic USBM sample materials were retrieved by DGGS from the DGGS Geologic Materials Center (GMC), where the USBM samples were transferred as part of the federally funded Minerals Data and Information Rescue...

Tags: Analyses and Sampling, Base Metals, Critical Minerals, Economic Geology, Economic Study, All tags... Exploration, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Heavy Metals, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Development, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Minerals, Non-Metals, Platinum Group Elements, Precious Metals, Rare Earth Elements, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resource Information, Resources, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Geochemical reanalysis of historical U.S. Geological Survey sediment samples from the northeastern Alaska Range, Healy, Mount Hayes, Nabesna, and Tanacross quadrangles, Alaska

The State of Alaska's Strategic and Critical Minerals (SCM) Assessment project, a State-funded Capital Improvement Project (CIP), is designed to evaluate Alaska's statewide potential for SCM resources. The SCM Assessment is being implemented by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), and involves obtaining new airborne-geophysical, geological, and geochemical data. For the geochemical part of the SCM Assessment, thousands of historical geochemical samples from DGGS, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and U.S. Bureau of Mines archives are being reanalyzed by DGGS using modern, quantitative, geochemical-analytical methods. The objective is to update the statewide geochemical database to more clearly...

Tags: Alaska, State of, Analyses, Analyses and Sampling, Anchorage Quadrangle, Chemistry, All tags... Critical Minerals, Economic Geology, Economic Study, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Healy Quadrangle, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Development, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Minerals, Mount Hayes Quadrangle, Nabesna Quadrangle, Non-Metals, Platinum Group Elements, Precious Metals, Rare Earth Elements, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resource Information, Resources, Sample Location, Sediment, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Stream Sediments, Tanacross Quadrangle, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Analyses of historic U.S. Bureau of Mines samples for geochemical trace-element and rare-earth-element data from the Darby Mountains, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

This report and digital data release presents 209 new geochemical analyses on historic U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) samples, including 90 rock, 9 stream sediment, 14 soil, and 96 heavy mineral concentrate (pan concentrate) samples. These samples were originally collected by the USBM as part of their search for radioactive mineral deposits in the northern Darby Mountains, eastern Seward Peninsula, Alaska Historic USBM sample materials were retrieved by DGGS from the DGGS Geologic Materials Center (GMC), where the USBM samples were transferred as part of the federally funded Minerals Data and Information Rescue in Alaska (MDIRA) program in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The text and analytical data and tables associated...

Tags: Analyses and Sampling, Base Metals, Critical Minerals, Economic Geology, Economic Study, All tags... Exploration, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Heavy Metals, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Development, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Minerals, Non-Metals, Platinum Group Elements, Precious Metals, Rare Earth Elements, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resource Information, Resources, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Analyses of historic U.S. Bureau of Mines samples for geochemical trace-element and rare-earth-element data from the VABM Bend area, Charley River and Eagle quadrangles, east-central Alaska

This report and digital data release presents 12 new geochemical analyses on historic U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) samples, including 6 rock, 4 stream sediment, and 2 heavy mineral concentrate (pan concentrate) samples. These samples were originally collected by the USBM to follow up reported tungsten anomalies in the VABM Bend area, Charley River and Eagle quadrangles, east-central Alaska. Historic USBM sample materials were retrieved by DGGS from the DGGS Geologic Materials Center (GMC), where the USBM samples were transferred as part of the federally funded Minerals Data and Information Rescue in Alaska (MDIRA) program in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The text and analytical data and tables associated with this...

Tags: Analyses and Sampling, Base Metals, Critical Minerals, Economic Geology, Economic Study, All tags... Exploration, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Heavy Metals, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Development, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Minerals, Non-Metals, Platinum Group Elements, Precious Metals, Rare Earth Elements, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resource Information, Resources, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Geochemical reanalysis of historical U.S. Geological Survey sediment samples from the Haines area, Juneau and Skagway quadrangles, southeast Alaska

The State of Alaska's Strategic and Critical Minerals (SCM) Assessment project, a State-funded Capital Improvement Project (CIP), is designed to evaluate Alaska's statewide potential for SCM resources. The SCM Assessment is being implemented by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), and involves obtaining new airborne-geophysical, geological, and geochemical data. For the geochemical part of the SCM Assessment, thousands of historical geochemical samples from DGGS, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and U.S. Bureau of Mines archives are being reanalyzed by DGGS using modern, quantitative, geochemical-analytical methods. The objective is to update the statewide geochemical database to more clearly...

Tags: Alaska, State of, Analyses, Analyses and Sampling, Anchorage Quadrangle, Chemistry, All tags... Critical Minerals, Economic Geology, Economic Study, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Juneau Quadrangle, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Development, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Minerals, Non-Metals, Platinum Group Elements, Precious Metals, Rare Earth Elements, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resource Information, Resources, Sample Location, Sediment, Skagway Quadrangle, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Stream Sediments, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Geochemical reanalysis of historical U.S. Geological Survey sediment samples from the Zane Hills, Hughes and Shungnak quadrangles, Alaska

The State of Alaska's Strategic and Critical Minerals (SCM) Assessment project, a State-funded Capital Improvement Project (CIP), is designed to evaluate Alaska's statewide potential for SCM resources. The SCM Assessment is being implemented by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), and involves obtaining new airborne-geophysical, geological, and geochemical data. For the geochemical part of the SCM Assessment, thousands of historical geochemical samples from DGGS, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and U.S. Bureau of Mines archives are being reanalyzed by DGGS using modern, quantitative, geochemical-analytical methods. The objective is to update the statewide geochemical database to more clearly...

Tags: Alaska, State of, Analyses, Analyses and Sampling, Anchorage Quadrangle, Chemistry, All tags... Critical Minerals, Economic Geology, Economic Study, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Hughes Quadrangle, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Development, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Minerals, Non-Metals, Platinum Group Elements, Precious Metals, Rare Earth Elements, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resource Information, Resources, Sample Location, Sediment, Shungnak Quadrangle, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Stream Sediments, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Analyses of historic U.S. Bureau of Mines samples for geochemical trace-element and rare-earth-element data from the Zane Hills pluton, northwestern Alaska

This report and digital data release presents 40 new geochemical analyses on historic U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) samples, including 33 rock and 7 heavy mineral concentrate (pan concentrate) samples. These samples were originally collected by the USBM as part of their critical and strategic minerals project, which investigated the rare-earth-element and uranium mineral potential of the Zane Hills area, northwestern Alaska. Historic USBM sample materials were retrieved by DGGS from the DGGS Geologic Materials Center (GMC), where the USBM samples were transferred as part of the federally funded Minerals Data and Information Rescue in Alaska (MDIRA) program in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The text and analytical...

Tags: Analyses and Sampling, Base Metals, Critical Minerals, Economic Geology, Economic Study, All tags... Exploration, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Heavy Metals, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Development, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Minerals, Non-Metals, Platinum Group Elements, Precious Metals, Rare Earth Elements, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resource Information, Resources, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Analyses of historic U.S. Bureau of Mines samples for geochemical trace-element and rare-earth-element data from the Ray River watershed, and Kanuti and Hodzana rivers uplands, central Alaska

This report and digital data release presents 131 new geochemical analyses on historic U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) samples, including 86 rock and 42 heavy mineral concentrate (pan concentrate) samples, as well as 3 samples of indeterminate type. Some of these samples were originally collected by the USBM from the Ray River watershed, and the Kanuti and Hodzana Rivers uplands, central Alaska, and a portion of the samples were collected as part of the National Uranium Resource Evaluation. Historic USBM sample materials were retrieved by DGGS from the DGGS Geologic Materials Center (GMC), where the USBM samples were transferred as part of the federally funded Minerals Data and Information Rescue in Alaska (MDIRA) program...

Tags: Analyses and Sampling, Base Metals, Critical Minerals, Economic Geology, Economic Study, All tags... Exploration, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Heavy Metals, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Development, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Minerals, Non-Metals, Platinum Group Elements, Precious Metals, Rare Earth Elements, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resource Information, Resources, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Kuskokwim Airborne Magnetic and Radiometric Survey, Sischu Mountains

Kuskokwim airborne magnetic and radiometric survey, Sischu Mountains, Geophysical Report 2024-1, covers parts of the Ruby, Kantishna River, Mt. McKinley, Medfra, and Ophir quadrangles north of McGrath, Alaska. Magnetic and radiometric data were collected with a helicopter between July 14, 2023, and October 15, 2023, by Geotech Ltd. The survey contains a single block covering 8,008 km2. A total of 25,878 line-kilometers were collected. The magnetometer was installed inside the stinger attached to the helicopter nose. The airborne gamma-ray spectrometer was mounted on the interior floor of the helicopter cabin. The block was flown with a line spacing of 400 m. The mean ground clearance is 192 m with a nominal survey...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aeromagnetic, Aeromagnetic Data, Aeromagnetic Map, Aeromagnetic Survey, Airborne Geophysical Survey, All tags... Airborne Geophysical/Geological Mineral Inventory, Alder Creek, Analytic Signal, Attonock Mount, Baker Creek, Bear Creek, Beaver Creek, Big Beaver Creek, Black Creek, Boston Creek, Boulder Creek, Bridge Creek, Butte Creek, Canyon Creek, Clearwater Creek, Colorado Creek, Colorado Creek Mine, Cottonwood Creek, Creston Creek, Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek Mountains, DGGS, Dolomite Creek, Dominion Creek, Dyckman Mountain, Eden Creek, Exploration, Figure Creek, Fire Creek, Flat Creek, Folger Creek, Fossil Mountain, Geologic, Geology, Geophysical Map, Geophysical Survey, Geophysics, Geophysics Search Tag, Graham Creek, Granite Creek, Gridded Data, Hardscrabble Creek, Hosmer Creek, Idaho Creek, Innoko Mining District, Johns Creek, Jones Creek, Kimbley Creek, King Creek, Kinger Creek, Limestone Mountain, Lind Creek, Line Data, Lone Indian Mountain, Lynx Creek, Magnetic Data, Magnetic Survey, Magnetic Susceptibility, Magnetics, Marten Creek, McGrath Mining District, Meadow Creek, Medicine Creek, Mineral Development, Mineral Exploration, Mineral Localities, Mineral Resources, Mineral Resources, Minerals, Montana Creek, Mystery Creek, Mystery Mountains, Novi Mountain, Nowitna River, Page Mountain, Paradise Pass, Pass Creek, Quartz Creek, Radiometric Survey, Radiometrics, Remote Sensing, Ruby Mining District, Rungun Creek, Scow Harry Creek, Sethkokna River, Shellman Creek, Shepherd Creek, Shepherd Mountains, Shorty Creek, Sischu Creek, Sischu Mountains, Soda Creek, Stone Creek, Stone Mountain, Submarine Creek, Sulukna River, Sunshine Mountains, Susulatna Hills, Susulatna River, Telsitna River, Titna River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Von Frank Creek, Von Frank Mountain, Washington Creek, Whirlpool Creek, Whirlwind Creek, Whirlwind Ridge, White Mountain Creek, Wyoming Creek, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Analyses of historic U.S. Bureau of Mines samples for geochemical trace-element and rare-earth-element data from the Selawik Hills, northwestern Alaska

This report and digital data release presents 326 new geochemical analyses on historic U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) samples, including 106 rock, 164 stream sediment, and 56 heavy mineral concentrate (pan concentrate) samples. These samples were originally collected by the USBM as part of a mineral-reconnaissance project in the Selawik Hills area of northwestern Alaska. Historic USBM sample materials were retrieved by DGGS from the DGGS Geologic Materials Center (GMC), where the USBM samples were transferred as part of the federally funded Minerals Data and Information Rescue in Alaska (MDIRA) program in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The text and analytical data and tables associated with this report are being released...

Tags: Analyses and Sampling, Base Metals, Critical Minerals, Economic Geology, Economic Study, All tags... Exploration, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Heavy Metals, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Development, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Minerals, Non-Metals, Platinum Group Elements, Precious Metals, Rare Earth Elements, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resource Information, Resources, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Geochemical reanalysis of historical U.S. Geological Survey sediment samples from the Kougarok area, Bendeleben and Teller quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

The State of Alaska's Strategic and Critical Minerals (SCM) Assessment project, a State-funded Capital Improvement Project (CIP), is designed to evaluate Alaska's statewide potential for SCM resources. The SCM Assessment is being implemented by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), and involves obtaining new airborne-geophysical, geological, and geochemical data. For the geochemical part of the SCM Assessment, thousands of historical geochemical samples from DGGS, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and U.S. Bureau of Mines archives are being reanalyzed by DGGS using modern, quantitative, geochemical-analytical methods. The objective is to update the statewide geochemical database to more clearly...

Tags: Alaska, State of, Analyses, Analyses and Sampling, Anchorage Quadrangle, Bendeleben Quadrangle, All tags... Chemistry, Critical Minerals, Economic Geology, Economic Study, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Development, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Minerals, Non-Metals, Platinum Group Elements, Precious Metals, Rare Earth Elements, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resource Information, Resources, Sample Location, Sediment, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Stream Sediments, Teller Quadrangle, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Geochemical reanalysis of historical U.S. Geological Survey sediment samples from the Inmachuk, Kugruk, Kiwalik, and Koyuk River drainages, Granite Mountain, and the northern Darby Mountains, Bendeleben, Candle, Kotzebue, and Solomon quadrangles, Alaska

The State of Alaska's Strategic and Critical Minerals (SCM) Assessment project, a State-funded Capital Improvement Project (CIP), is designed to evaluate Alaska's statewide potential for SCM resources. The SCM Assessment is being implemented by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), and involves obtaining new airborne-geophysical, geological, and geochemical data. For the geochemical part of the SCM Assessment, thousands of historical geochemical samples from DGGS, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and U.S. Bureau of Mines archives are being reanalyzed by DGGS using modern, quantitative, geochemical-analytical methods. The objective is to update the statewide geochemical database to more clearly...

Tags: Alaska, State of, Analyses, Analyses and Sampling, Anchorage Quadrangle, Bendeleben Quadrangle, All tags... Candle Quadrangle, Chemistry, Critical Minerals, Economic Geology, Economic Study, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Kotzebue Quadrangle, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Development, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Minerals, Non-Metals, Platinum Group Elements, Precious Metals, Rare Earth Elements, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resource Information, Resources, Sample Location, Sediment, Solomon Quadrangle, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Stream Sediments, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Major-oxide and trace-element geochemical data from rocks collected near Panorama Mountain, Mile 104 Seward Highway, Crow Pass, and Whittier, Alaska

In conjunction with hosting field trips for the Association of American State Geologists 2016 annual meeting in Girdwood, Alaska, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) staff collected rock samples and obtained geochemical analysis from several readily accessible, but relatively unstudied outcrops. Samples were collected from Turnagain Arm (mile 104 Seward Highway), Whittier, Crow Pass, and Panorama Mountain (roughly mile 217 Parks Highway). Mineralized samples from veins and veinlets in granitic rocks from the Crow Pass and Whittier sites contain anomalous levels of gold ranging from 0.129 to 0.650 parts per million (ppm). Although none of the samples are from areas open to mineral entry, geochemical...

Tags: Analyses, Analyses and Sampling, Analytical Lab Results, Analytical Results, Base Metals, All tags... Bedrock, Bedrock Geology, Chemistry, Economic Geology, Exploration, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geologic, Geologic Map, Geology, Gold, Gold Prospect, Heavy Metals, Igneous, Igneous Rocks, Lab Methods, Magmatic Arc, Major Oxides, Metallogenesis, Metals, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Development, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Mineralogy, Minerals, Mining, Minor Oxides, Ore Deposit, Ores, Petrology, Plutonic, Plutonic Hosted, Plutonic Rocks, Plutons, Precious Metals, Resource Assessment, Resource Information, Resources, Sample Location, Southcentral Alaska, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, Whittier, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Analyses of historic U.S. Bureau of Mines samples for geochemical trace-element and rare-earth-element data from the Circle mining district, western Crazy Mountains, and the Lime Peak area of the White Mountains, Circle Quadrangle, east-central Alaska

This report and digital data release presents 286 new geochemical analyses on historic U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) samples, including 93 rock, 110 stream sediment, 52 soil, and 28 heavy mineral concentrate (pan concentrate) samples, as well as 3 samples of indeterminate type. These samples were originally collected as part of studies by the USBM in the Circle mining district, western Crazy Mountains, and Lime Peak area of the White Mountains, Circle Quadrangle, east-central Alaska. Historic USBM sample materials were retrieved by DGGS from the DGGS Geologic Materials Center (GMC), where the USBM samples were transferred as part of the federally funded Minerals Data and Information Rescue in Alaska (MDIRA) program...

Tags: Analyses and Sampling, Base Metals, Circle Mining District, Circle Quadrangle, Critical Minerals, All tags... Economic Geology, Economic Study, Exploration, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Heavy Metals, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Development, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Minerals, Non-Metals, Platinum Group Elements, Precious Metals, Rare Earth Elements, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resource Information, Resources, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, White Mountains, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Analyses of historic U.S. Bureau of Mines samples for geochemical trace-element and rare-earth-element data from Kook Lake, Sitka Quadrangle, Alaska

This report and digital data release presents 26 new geochemical analyses on historic U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) samples, including 4 rock, 9 stream sediment, 3 soil, and 10 heavy mineral concentrate (pan concentrate) samples. These samples were originally collected by the USBM to investigate rare-earth-element occurrences associated with the Kook Lake intrusive complex, Sitka Quadrangle, Alaska. Historic USBM sample materials were retrieved by DGGS from the DGGS Geologic Materials Center (GMC), where the USBM samples were transferred as part of the federally funded Minerals Data and Information Rescue in Alaska (MDIRA) program in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The text and analytical data and tables associated...

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Major-oxide and trace-element geochemical data from rocks collected near Panorama Mountain, Mile 104 Seward Highway, Crow Pass, and Whittier, Alaska

In conjunction with hosting field trips for the Association of American State Geologists 2016 annual meeting in Girdwood, Alaska, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) staff collected rock samples and obtained geochemical analysis from several readily accessible, but relatively unstudied outcrops. Samples were collected from Turnagain Arm (mile 104 Seward Highway), Whittier, Crow Pass, and Panorama Mountain (roughly mile 217 Parks Highway). Mineralized samples from veins and veinlets in granitic rocks from the Crow Pass and Whittier sites contain anomalous levels of gold ranging from 0.129 to 0.650 parts per million (ppm). Although none of the samples are from areas open to mineral entry, geochemical...

Tags: Analyses, Analyses and Sampling, Analytical Lab Results, Analytical Results, Base Metals, All tags... Bedrock, Bedrock Geology, Chemistry, Economic Geology, Exploration, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geologic, Geologic Map, Geology, Gold, Gold Prospect, Heavy Metals, Igneous, Igneous Rocks, Lab Methods, Magmatic Arc, Major Oxides, Metallogenesis, Metals, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Development, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Mineralogy, Minerals, Mining, Minor Oxides, Ore Deposit, Ores, Petrology, Plutonic, Plutonic Hosted, Plutonic Rocks, Plutons, Precious Metals, Resource Assessment, Resource Information, Resources, Sample Location, Southcentral Alaska, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, Whittier, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags