Description
Preliminary Interpretive Report 2019-3, Bedrock-geologic map, Alaska Highway corridor, Tetlin Junction, Alaska to Canada border, shows the distribution of bedrock units exposed at or near the surface in the corridor along the Alaska Highway in parts of the Tanacross A-1, A-2, A-3, and B-3 and Nabesna C-1, D-1, and D-2 quadrangles. It is the easternmost of three bedrock-geologic maps along the Alaska Highway corridor. It is part of a multi-year project conducted by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) between 2006 and 2013. The project focused on investigating and reporting the geology and geologic hazards of the corridor. Bedrock units were mapped and structural elements were measured in the field; where bedrock units are covered by surficial units and vegetation, units were interpreted using airborne-magnetic and electromagnetic surveys published by DGGS in 2006. Rock names were assigned based on field and petrographic observations, modal-mineral percentages, and interpretations of geochemical data. The complete report, geodatabase, and ESRI fonts and style files are available from the DGGS website: http://doi.org/10.14509/30038.
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Tags
- actinolite
- alaska highway corridor
- alcan
- allanite
- amphibolite
- apatite
- batholith
- beaver creek
- bedrock
- big john lake
- big lake
- bitters creek
- calcite
- cemetery lake
- charlieskin creek
- charlieskin village
- chisana mining district
- chisana river
- chlorite
- conglomerate
- contact
- correlation
- cretaceous
- damundtali lake
- deadman lake
- desper creek
- devonian
- discontinuity
- eliza lake
- epidote
- exploration
- faults
- feldspar
- felsic
- fish camp lake
- fish lake
- folding
- folds
- fortymile mining district
- gardiner creek
- garnet
- gems
- gems ncgmp09
- geologic
- geologic map
- geology
- glacial
- gneiss
- granite
- granodiorite
- graphite
- grass lake
- greenschist
- greenstone
- hidden lake
- high cache
- hornblende
- hornfels
- hudeuc lake
- igneous
- igneous rocks
- interpretation
- island lake
- joe lake
- kalutna river
- kathakne
- kathakne village
- ladue river
- lake george assemblage
- lamprophyre
- leaf lake
- little scottie creek
- long lake
- magnetite
- marble
- mark creek
- metabasite
- metamorphic
- metamorphism
- mica
- midway lake
- mineralogy
- minerals
- mirror creek
- mississippian
- moose creek
- muscovite
- nabesna river
- nabesna slough
- nabesna village
- northway
- northway junction
- northway village
- nuziamundcho lake
- open creek
- orthogneiss
- pauline lakes
- permian
- plagioclase
- plutonic
- plutons
- porcupine grass lake
- porphyry
- pullin lake
- pyrite
- quartz
- resources
- rhyolite
- rocks
- round lake
- sandstone
- schist
- scottie creek
- sericite
- shashamund lake
- silver
- silver creek
- skate lake
- south fork ladue river
- steve lake
- stuver creek
- swan lake
- sweetwater creek
- tanana river
- tectonics
- tenmile creek
- tenmile lake
- terranes
- tertiary
- tetlin river
- tlechegn lake
- tlocogn lake
- tok mining district
- tourmaline
- triassic
- tsilchin lake
- tuff
- tushaday lake
- ultramafic
- volcanic
- willow lake
- yarger lake
- zircon