40Ar/39Ar data, Styx River map area, Lime Hills C-1 Quadrangle, Alaska

Description

This DGGS Raw Data File presents 40Ar/39Ar age dating results for selected igneous rocks encountered in the Styx River area of the western Alaska Range. Crystallization ages on biotite and hornblende from plutonic rocks range from about ~60 to ~63 Ma, while a sericite alteration age in plutonic rocks altered by a dike swarm also is around ~63 Ma. Sericite alteration associated with a copper-molybdenum porphyry ranges from ~10 to ~11 Ma. Analyses were performed by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geochronology Laboratory, and results were reported by Paul Layer and Jeff Benowitz. This data release includes the following products: a summary of sample collection methods, the laboratory report, analytical data tables and associated metadata, and plots of the 40Ar/39Ar age spectra, Ca/K, and Cl/K ratios. All components of this data release are downloadable from the DGGS website at no charge.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/29134
0 http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/27289
0 CSDGM IMPORT ERROR: No digtinfo/formcont http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/29134

Tags

  • mica
  • mining claims
  • pyrite
  • polymetallic vein
  • 40ar/39ar
  • airborne geophysical survey
  • plutons
  • sample location
  • sericite alteration
  • geochronology
  • porphyry
  • cretaceous
  • lime hills quadrangle
  • mineral deposit
  • mining
  • minerals
  • faults
  • styx river
  • molybdenite
  • tertiary
  • pyrrhotite
  • geology
  • bedrock geology
  • jurassic
  • ar-ar
  • economic geology
  • gold
  • analyses and sampling
  • hornblende
  • copper
  • fracturing
  • ore deposit model
  • plutonic rocks
  • sericite
  • lab methods
  • age dates
  • k-feldspar
  • alaska range
  • mineralogy
  • muscovite
  • miocene
  • volcanic rocks
  • analytical results
  • mineral prospect
  • quartz

Topics

  • Local Government

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