Alaska Highway corridor bedrock geology

Project Details

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• Project ID:

  1177

• Nickname/Abbreviation:

  AK Highway (minerals)

• Parent Project:

  Alaska highway, gas pipeline, and infrastructure corridors geology and geologic hazards

• Status:

  Complete

• Description:

  Bedrock geology and mineral-resource assessment along the Alaska Highway corridor from Delta Junction to the Canada border; funded mostly by the State of Alaska as a Capital Improvement Project CIP and some supplmental funding for bedrock mapping and analyses from STATEMAP grant no. 07HQAG0076. The project area for segment #3 (Tetlin Junction to the Canada border) is also part of the Yukon-Tanana Uplands compilation map funded by grant no. G21AC10706

• Project Date(s):

  2007 - 2013

• Primary Contact:

  Werdon, Melanie B.

• DGGS section:

  Admin

• Project Participants:

  Rainer J. Newberry, Richard D. Reger, Diana N. Solie, David J. Szumigala, Melanie B. Werdon, Richard R. Lessard, Lawrence K. Freeman, Brent A. Elliott, Joseph E. Andrew

Publications

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PIR 2019-2

Werdon, M.B., Solie, D.N., Andrew, J.E., Freeman, L.K., Newberry, R.J., Szumigala, D.J., and Elliott, B.A., 2019, Bedrock-geologic map, Alaska Highway corridor, Dot Lake to Tetlin Junction, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2019-2, 14 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360. https://doi.org/10.14509/30037

PIR 2019-3

Solie, D.N., Werdon, M.B., Freeman, L.K., Newberry, R.J., Szumigala, D.J., Speeter, G.G., and Elliott, B.A., 2019, Bedrock-geologic map, Alaska Highway corridor, Tetlin Junction, Alaska to Canada border: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2019-3, 16 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360. https://doi.org/10.14509/30038

PIR 2019-1

Werdon, M.B., Solie, D.N., Newberry, R.J., Freeman, L.K., Elliott, B.A., and Lessard, R.R., 2019, Bedrock-geologic map, Alaska Highway corridor, Little Gerstle River to Dot Lake, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2019-1, 12 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360. https://doi.org/10.14509/30036

RDF 2013-8

Solie, D.N., Layer, P.W., Werdon, M.B., Newberry, R.J., Freeman, L.K., and Lessard, R.R., 2013, 40Ar/39Ar data, Alaska Highway corridor from Delta Junction to Canada border, parts of Mount Hayes, Tanacross, and Nabesna quadrangles, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2013-8, 35 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/26841

RDF 2013-9

Solie, D.N., O'Sullivan, P.B., Werdon, M.B., and Lessard, R.R., 2013, Apatite fission track data, Alaska Highway corridor, Mount Hayes Quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2013-9, 17 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/26861

RDF 2008-2 v. 1.0.1

Solie, D.N., Werdon, M.B., Newberry, R.J., Freeman, L.K., and Lessard, R.R., 2008, Major-oxide, minor-oxide, trace-element and geochemical data from rocks collected in the Alaska Highway corridor Mount Hayes Quadrangle, Alaska in 2006 and 2007: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2008-2 v. 1.0.1, 23 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/16021

Annual Reports

AR 2014-B

DGGS Staff, 2015, Mineral Resources FY15 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2014: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2014-B, p. 39-51. https://doi.org/10.14509/29181

AR 2013-B

DGGS Staff, 2014, Mineral Resources FY14 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2013: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2013-B, p. 41-52. https://doi.org/10.14509/27002

AR 2012-B

DGGS Staff, 2013, Mineral Resources FY13 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2012: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2012-B, p. 34-39. https://doi.org/10.14509/24786

AR 2011-B

Werdon, M.B., Burns, L.E., Freeman, L.K., Griesel, G.A., Athey, J.E., Elliott, B.A., and Szumigala, D.J., 2012, Mineral Resources FY12 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2011: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2011-B, p. 37-48. https://doi.org/10.14509/23304

AR 2010-B

Werdon, Melanie, Athey, J.E., Burns, L.E., Elliott, B.A., Freeman, L.K., Griesel, G.A., and Szumigala, D.J., 2011, Mineral Resources FY11 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2010: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2010-B, p. 42-53. https://doi.org/10.14509/22182