40Ar/39Ar geochronology data from the Tanacross and Eagle quadrangles, Alaska

Description

40Ar/39Ar geochronology data from the Tanacross and Eagle quadrangles, Alaska, Raw Data File 2023-23, provides 40Ar/39Ar geochronology data from igneous and metamorphic rocks in or adjacent to the DGGS Western Tanacross and Taylor Mountain geologic mapping project areas. Western Tanacross and Taylor Mountain geologic mapping projects aim to produce more accurate and integrated modern geologic maps and supporting datasets to promote mineral resource exploration in eastern Interior Alaska. The Tanacross and southern Eagle quadrangles are within the Yukon Tanana Uplands, which DGGS and USGS identified as having the potential to host deposits of multiple critical minerals, as well as gold, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, and silver. Most of the known mineralization in the region is related to Mesozoic-Paleogene magmatism. Igneous rocks intrude a composite metamorphic province that includes parautochthonous North America and the allochthonous Yukon Tanana Terrane, which are multiply deformed and apparently juxtaposed along low-angle faults. Samples were collected (2009, 2018, 2019, 2021) for 40Ar/39Ar geochronology to understand the crystallization ages of igneous rocks, the exhumation history of metamorphic rocks, and the timing of mineralization. The 22 40Ar/39Ar ages reported here include six mineralization/alteration ages, one volcanic crystallization age, seven metamorphic cooling ages from the Yukon-Tanana terrane (YTT), and eight metamorphic cooling ages from parautochthonous North American rocks (pNA). The analytical data tables associated with this report are available in digital format as comma-separated value (CSV) files. These data are available from the DGGS website: http://doi.org/10.14509/31085.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 https://doi.org/10.14509/31085
0 https://doi.org/10.14509/31013
0 table https://doi.org/10.14509/31085
0 https://doi.org/10.14509/30038
0 https://doi.org/10.14509/30735
0 https://doi.org/10.14509/30539
0 https://doi.org/10.14509/30471

Tags

  • paleozoic
  • mosquito fork of the fortymile river
  • goodpaster mining district
  • chicken metamorphic complex
  • methods
  • tok mining district
  • fortymile mining district
  • 40ar/39ar
  • mesozoic
  • rocks
  • exhumation
  • sample location
  • geochronology
  • augen gneiss
  • cretaceous
  • mineral resources
  • isotopes
  • trachybasalt
  • minerals
  • vein deposit
  • geologic
  • analyses
  • fortymile river assemblage
  • bedrock
  • geology
  • metamorphic
  • bedrock geology
  • dggs
  • ingle creek
  • skarn
  • gold creek
  • jurassic
  • ar-ar
  • alteration products
  • igneous rocks
  • analyses and sampling
  • yukon-tanana terrane
  • ladue river unit
  • metamorphism
  • lab methods
  • age dates
  • mcelfish creek
  • orthogneiss
  • k-feldspar
  • yukon-tanana upland
  • metamorphic rocks
  • schist
  • exploration
  • taylor mountain
  • analytical results
  • lake george assemblage
  • igneous
  • analytical lab results
  • lilliwig creek
  • jarvis belt

Topics

  • Local Government

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