Description
During the 2019 field season, geologists from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) conducted 1:100,000-scale geologic mapping and sampling of a 1,900-square-mile area in the eastern Tanacross and Nabesna quadrangles. The area lies approximately 15 miles east of Tok and 12 miles north of Northway. The area is of present and historical interest for its potential mineral resources, including porphyry copper-molybdenum-gold, intrusion-related gold, volcanogenic massive sulfides, and rare-earth-element enriched mineralization. It encompasses prospects including Oreo, Ladue, Pushbush, Honks, Goodrich, and Mount Fairplay. The majority of the area was previously mapped at reconnaissance 1:250,000 scale by the USGS during the 1960s. The purpose of this project is to produce a more accurate and modern geologic map and supporting data that will promote mineral discovery in eastern Interior Alaska. This report provides locations, field descriptions of rocks, and magnetic susceptibility measurements from rock outcrop and/or hand samples throughout the map area. The data associated with this report are available in digital format as a comma-separated value (CSV) file. All files can be downloaded from the DGGS website: http://doi.org/10.14509/30268.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| report and digital data | Unknown | CSDGM IMPORT ERROR: No digtinfo/formcont | Open resource |
| Web Resource | Unknown | Open resource |
Tags
- beaver creek
- big creek
- chicken creek
- damundtali lake
- deep creek
- dennison fork
- exploration
- field notes
- gardiner creek
- geologic
- geology
- goodrich prospect
- honks prospect
- ladue prospect
- ladue river
- magnetic data
- magnetics
- magnetic susceptibility
- mcarthur creek
- mccord creek
- mineral assessment
- mineral exploration
- mineral resources
- minerals
- mount fairplay
- mount fairplay prospect
- oreo prospect
- prindle volcano
- pushbush prospect
- resource assessment
- resource information
- sample location
- scottie creek
- swamp creek
- yellow water creek