Geochemical major-oxide, minor-oxide, trace-element, and rare-earth-element data from rocks and streams sediments collected in 2012 in the Ray Mountains area, Beaver, Bettles, Livengood, and Tanana quadrangles, Alaska

Mineral-resources personnel from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) carried out a helicopter-supported geological and geochemical resource assessment project in the Beaver, Bettles, Livengood, and Tanana quadrangles from June 23 through August 5, 2012. The objectives of DGGS's resource assessment are to improve the trace-element geochemical coverage of selected watersheds; to obtain modern, quantitative geochemical analyses; to understand the petrogenesis of the granites; and to better document established mineral occurrences. Stream-sediment, pan-concentrate, and rock sampling were conducted as part of the State's Rare Earth Elements and Strategic Minerals Assessment project, which is...

Tags: Aluminum, Antimony, Arsenic, Augen Gneiss, Barium, All tags... Basalt, Base Metals, Batholith, Beaver Quadrangle, Bedrock, Beryllium, Bettles Quadrangle, Bismuth, Bonanza Creek, Cadmium, Calcium, Caribou Mountain, Cerium, Cesium, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Chromium, Coal Creek, Cobalt, Copper, Critical Minerals, Dall River, Dalton Highway, Dysprosium, Economic Geology, Erbium, Europium, Exploration, Felsic, Fish Creek, Fleshlanana Creek, Fluorine, Fort Hamlin Hills, Gadolinium, Galena, Gallium, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, Germanium, Gishna Creek, Gneiss, Gobblers Knob, Gold, Granite, Greisen, Hafnium, Halu Creek, Heavy Metals, Holmium, Hornfels, Igneous Rocks, Iron, Ishtalitna Creek, Kanuti Hot Springs, Kanuti Kilolitna River, Kanuti River, Kilo Hot Springs, Koyuk Mining District, Lanthanide Elements, Lanthanum, Livengood Quadrangle, Lode, Lower Ray Hot Springs, Lutetium, Magnesium, Major Oxides, Manganese, McQuesten Creek, Metabasite, Metals, Metamorphic Rocks, Metasedimentary rocks, Metavolcanic rocks, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Localities, Mineral Resources, Minor Oxides, Molybdenum, Monazite, Mount Henry Eakin, Mount Tozi, Neodymium, Nickel, Niobium, No Name Creek, Non-Metals, Palladium, Pan Concentrates, Phosphorus, Placer, Placer Gold, Platinum, Platinum Group Elements, Potassium, Praseodymium, Precious Metals, Promethium, Prospect Creek, Rare Earth Elements, Ray Mountains, Ray River, Ray River Hot Springs, Ree, Resource Assessment, Resources, Rhyolite, Rubidium, Samarium, Scheelite, Schist, Selenium, Silica, Silver, Sithylemenkat Lake, Sodium, Soil Chemistry, Soil Sampling, Sphalerite, Strategic Minerals, Stream Sediments, Strontium, Sulfides, Sulfur, Tanana Quadrangle, Tantalum, Thallium, Thorium, Tin, Titanium, Tokusatatquaten Lake, Torment Creek, Tourmaline, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Tungsten, Upper Ray Hot Springs, Uranium, Vanadium, Volcaniclastics, Ytterbium, Zeunerite, Zinc, Zirconium, 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

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

GIS for focus areas of potential domestic resources of 11 critical minerals—aluminum, cobalt, graphite, lithium, niobium, platinum group elements, rare earth elements, tantalum, tin, titanium, and tungsten (version 2.0, August 2020)

In response to Executive Order 13817 of December 20, 2017, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) coordinated with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to identify 35 nonfuel minerals or mineral materials considered critical to the economic and national security of the United States (U.S.) (https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2018/1021/ofr20181021.pdf). Acquiring information on possible domestic sources of these critical minerals is the rationale for the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI). The program, which partners the USGS with State Geological Surveys, federal agencies, and the private sector, aims to collect new geological, geophysical, and topographic (lidar) data in key areas of the U.S. to stimulate mineral...

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40Ar/39Ar data from rocks collected in 2013 in the Wrangellia mineral assessment area, Gulkana, Healy, Mount Hayes, and Talkeetna Mountains quadrangles, Alaska

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,...

Tags: 40Ar/39Ar, Age Dates, Amphitheater Mountains, Analyses, Analyses and Sampling, All tags... Analytical Lab Results, Analytical Results, Ar-Ar, Bedrock, Bedrock Geology, Geochronology, Geology, 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, 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...

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, Sitka Quadrangle, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Major-oxide and trace-element geochemical data from rocks collected in 2014 in the Wrangellia mineral assessment area, Talkeetna Mountains C-4, C-3, and B-4 quadrangles, Alaska

The mineral-resources group from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) carried out a geologic mapping project in the Talkeetna Mountains C-4, C-3, and B-4 quadrangles from July 23 through August 3, 2014. This project is a part of a multi-year project focusing on improving the publicly-available geological and geochemical data and assessing the mineral potential of the less-explored extension of the western Wrangellia terrane. This program of geologic mapping and rock sampling was conducted as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program and the state of Alaska's Strategic Minerals Assessment project, an initiative designed to evaluate Alaska's potential...

Tags: Copper, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Gold, Greenstone, All tags... Iron Creek, Major Oxides, Mineral Assessment, Platinum Group Elements, Rare Earth Elements, STATEMAP Project, Silver, Stephan Lake, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Talkeetna Mountains, Talkeetna Mountains Quadrangle, Talkeetna River, Trace Elements, Tsisi Creek, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Major-oxide and trace-element geochemical data from rocks collected in 2015 in the Wrangellia mineral assessment area, Alaska

Late Triassic mafic to ultramafic intrusions in the Wrangellia terrane are host to magmatic sulfide nickel-copper-cobalt and platinum-group element (PGE) mineralization. DGGS's mineral-resources group carried out a geologic mapping project in the eastern Denali Highway region between Watana Creek and Paxson from July 29 through August 7, 2015. This project is part of a multi-year effort focusing on improving the publicly available geological and geochemical data and assessing the mineral potential of the less-explored extension of the western Wrangellia terrane; other data resulting from this project include geophysical surveys and several geochemical datasets. This program of geologic mapping and rock sampling...

Tags: Analyses, Analyses and Sampling, Analytical Lab Results, Analytical Results, Basalt, All tags... Bedrock Geologic Map, Cobalt, Copper, Critical Minerals, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Greenstone, Lab Methods, Major Oxides, Minor Oxides, Mount Hayes Quadrangle, Nickel, Palladium, Platinum Group Elements, Sample Location, Silver, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Sulfur, Talkeetna Mountains Quadrangle, Trace Geochemical, Ultramafic, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Geochemical analyses of rock 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, 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 throughout Alaska. In 2014 and 2015 DGGS also collected and geochemically analyzed 114 rock samples from mafic and ultramafic rocks to evaluate the Tonsina area's potential for platinum-group elements, nickel, and chromium; analytical results are presented in this report.

Tags: Chugach Mountains, Geochemical Data, Geochemical Surveys, Geochemistry, Geology, All tags... Lab Methods, Major Oxides, Metals, Mineral Assessment, Mineral Deposit, Mineral Localities, Mineral Prospect, Mineral Resources, Minerals, Minor Oxides, Nickel, Platinum Group Elements, Rare Earth Elements, Ree, Resource Information, Resources, Sample Location, Strategic Minerals, Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment Project, Tonsina, Trace Elements, Trace Geochemical, Trace Metals, Ultramafic, Valdez Quadrangle, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags