Selected Whole-Rock and Sediment Geochemistry Reanalysis Data Additions to the Alaska Geochemical DataBase (AGDB) from Archived Samples, Alaska

This data release contains elemental concentration data from the reanalysis of 13,930 archived stream-sediment sample and associated stream sediment reference material and 968 archived rock samples and associated rock reference material. All archived material was from samples that were collected in Alaska. Samples were retrieved from the USGS Mineral Program's sample archive in Denver, CO. Sample processing consisted of splitting the appropriate aliquot for the requested analyses. Sample splitting was performed in the USGS Mineral Program's sample prep facilities. 13,800 samples were analyzed using a multi-element analytical method involving decomposition of the sample by sodium peroxide and elemental analysis by...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Alaska Range, Aleutian Islands, Aleutian Range, Alexander Archipelago, All tags... Bering Sea, Brooks Range, Chugach Mountains, Geochemistry, Gulf of Alaska, Kuskokwim Mountains, Mineral Resources, Seward Peninsula, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Wrangell Mountains, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, boron, cadmium, calcium, cerium, cesium, chemical analysis, chromium, cobalt, copper, dysprosium, earth science, earth sciences, erbium, europium, ferric iron, ferrous iron, gadolinium, gallium, geochemistry, geochemistry, geoscientificInformation, germanium, gold, hafnium, holmium, indium, iron, lanthanum, lead, lithium, lutetium, magnesium, manganese, mercury, mineral resources, mineralogy, molybdenum, neodymium, nickel, niobium, palladium, potassium, praseodymium, rhenium, rubidium, samarium, scandium, selenium, silicon, silver, sodium, strontium, sulfur, tantalum, tellurium, terbium, thallium, thorium, thulium, tin, titanium, tungsten, uranium, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags

GIS, supplemental data table, and references for focus areas of potential domestic resources of critical minerals and related commodities in the United States and Puerto Rico (ver. 2.0, April 2024)

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 36 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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