Major-oxide, minor-oxide, and trace-element geochemical data from rocks and stream sediments in the Wrangellia mineral assessment area, Gulkana, Healy, Mount Hayes, and Talkeetna Mountains quadrangles, Alaska

Mineral-resources geologists from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) carried out a helicopter-supported geological and geochemical resource assessment project in the Gulkana, Healy, Mount Hayes, and Talkeetna Mountains quadrangles from July 29 through August 16, 2013. The objectives of this assessment were to improve the publicly-available geological, geophysical, and geochemical data in the area of known occurrences in the Mount Hayes Quadrangle, and to extend this coverage and any gained insight westward into the less-explored extension of the Wrangellia terrane. This program of stream-sediment, pan-concentrate, and rock sampling was conducted as part of the State's Strategic Minerals Assessment project, an initiative designed to evaluate Alaska's potential for rare-earth elements, PGEs, and other similarly supply-challenged resources. Highlights of this project include identification, sampling, and characterization of previously unmapped mafic to ultramafic intrusions and Nikolai Greenstone, modern geochemical characterizations of Ni-Cu-Co-PGE, skarn, vein, and basalt-hosted Cu mineralization, and documentation of regional-scale patterns in PGE enrichment across western Wrangellia. The analytical data tables associated with this report are being released in digital format as comma-delimited text (CSV) files.