Preliminary lithologic, geotechnical, and geophysical data from drill hole CW-81-2, Chuitna West coal field, Cook Inlet region, Alaska

Jack K. Odum; Cynthia A. Gardner; Lynn A. Yehle; Henry R. Schmoll; Larry L. Dearborn

doi:10.3133/ofr8378

Preliminary lithologic, geotechnical, and geophysical data from drill hole CW-81-2, Chuitna West coal field, Cook Inlet region, Alaska

Open-File Report 83-78

Prepared in cooperation with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geologic and Geophysical Surveys

By: Jack K. Odum, Cynthia A. Gardner, Lynn A. Yehle, Henry R. Schmoll, and Larry L. Dearborn

https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr8378

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Lithological, geotechnical properties analysis, and geophysical log interpretation of U.S. Geological Survey drill holes IC-79, 2C-80, CW 81-2, and CE 82-1, Tyonek Formation, Upper Cook Inlet region, Alaska(1988)

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Abstract

The drilling and logging activity described in this report was undertaken in July 1981, as part of the Energy Lands program of the U.S. Geological Survey. The general objectives of the project of which this work is a part are to provide an understanding of the nature, location, and extent of the engineering geology and environmental geology concerns in areas of potential coal development in the Cook Inlet region, Alaska. The lithologic, geotechnical, and geophysical data presented in this report include some of the data needed to evaluate geologic hazards, and to predict the response of geologic materials to large-scale coal mining and related development in the Chuitna West coal field of the Beluga coal resource area. Specifically, the information may be used in evaluation of natural- and cut-slope stability, spoil-pile stability, ground response to seismic activity, blasting effects, excavatability, ground-water conditions, and erosion potential.

The drill site (fig. 1, point C), located on the edge of a small, gently sloping basin draining northwestward into the Chuitna River, is approximately 90 km, (55 mi) west of Anchorage, Alaska, and 29 km (18 mi) northwest of Tyonek, a native village on the northwest side of Cook Inlet.

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Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Title	Preliminary lithologic, geotechnical, and geophysical data from drill hole CW-81-2, Chuitna West coal field, Cook Inlet region, Alaska
Series title	Open-File Report
Series number	83-78
DOI	10.3133/ofr8378
Year Published	1983
Language	English
Publisher	U.S. Geological Survey
Description	Report: i, 12 p.; 2 Plates: 30.24 x 39.02 inches and 36.21 x 40.69 inches
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Other Geospatial	Chuitna West coal field, Cook Inlet region
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