Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska

Open-File Report 80-909
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These summaries of data on metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences and lists of selected references to them in Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (and predecessor State and Territorial agencies) reports and maps released before Jan. 1, 1980, and in one abstract of a report presented orally at a scientific meeting, are designed to aid in library research on the mineral resources of 14 quadrangles in southwestern Alaska and the Saint Lawrence quadrangle in west—central Alaska. The references are selected in the sense that mainly statistical reports such as the annual Minerals Yearbook of the U.S. Bureau of Mines and many annual and biennial reports of the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys and its predecessor agencies are not included. Also not included are data on many claims about which little more than their locations is known (for example, localities 11 to 14 in MacKevett and Holloway, 1977 (OF 77-169D), p. 28). These omissions should not be interpreted as a judgement that the claims are not on valid mineral occurrences, but only that there are insufficient data to describe any mineral deposit that might be present. Geochemical anomalies determined by analyses of rock and stream—sediment samples in which no metallic mineral was identified are also omitted. Work now in progress should add greatly to the knowledge of mineral resources in several quadrangles on the Alaska Peninsula.


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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 80-909
DOI 10.3133/ofr80909
Year Published 1980
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 103 p.
Country United States
State Alaska
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