Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resources (ASTAR) project 2023 field station location data and descriptions: Point Lay region, North Slope, Alaska

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Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resources (ASTAR) project 2023 field station location data and descriptions: Point Lay region, North Slope, Alaska, Raw Data File 2026-1, provides field locations, observations, and descriptions for 478 sites collected between July 24 and August 5, 2023, in the Point Lay and Wainwright 1:250,000 scale quadrangles in northwestern Alaska, across an approximately 21,187 km2 (8,180 mi2) area. Geologists from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) and ASRC Consulting & Environmental Services, LLC (ACES) documented the character and distribution of bedrock and unconsolidated surface materials and collected sediment samples to investigate landforms and the shallow subsurface distribution of rock and sediment. This work was completed in support of a sand and gravel resource assessment for the Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resources (ASTAR) project. These field data constitute one of two data products produced for the 2023 field season and support a reconnaissance level evaluation of potential construction material resources on the North Slope. The dataset complements Hubbard and others (2026), which provides lab-based descriptions of 160 samples collected during the same campaign. Because information on local construction material resources is limited, these field observations provide useful insights into the distribution and characteristics of surface materials for community planning and land management decisions. These data are provided as a Raw Data File under an open end-user license and are available on the DGGS website: http://doi.org/10.14509/31805.

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