Mineral Resources Section projects

Project Details

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• Project ID:

  1620

• Nickname/Abbreviation:

  Mineral Resources

• Status:

  Ongoing

• Description:

  Project record for samples or field stations that are related to or collected by the Minerals Section but the specific project is undetermined. Also serves as the umbrella project for all Mineral Resources section programs and projects.

• Project Date(s):

  1980 - present

• Primary Contact:

  Werdon, Melanie B.

• DGGS section:

  Mineral Resources

• Alternate Url:

  Find out more...

• Project Participants:

• Active Related Sub-Projects:

  • • Alaska highway, gas pipeline, and infrastructure corridors geology and geologic hazards - (2006)
  •      • Northway landslide dendrogeomorphology - (2013)
  • • Alaska mineral industry report - (1981)
  • • Alaska strategic and critical minerals assessment - (2011)
  •      • Ray Mountains - (2012)
  • • Richardson mining district geologic mapping - (2017)
  • • Earth Mapping Resources Initiative - (2019)
  •      • Eastern Tanacross - (2019)
  •      • Western Tanacross (Mosquito) - (2020)
  •      • Taylor Mountain (Goldfish) - (2021)
  •      • Mount Harper - Richardson - (2022)
  •      • Chena - Pogo Mine - (2023)

• Completed/Inactive Related Sub-Projects:

  • • Chandler Lake Quadrangle stream sediment sampling - (2019)
  • • Northeast Tanacross - (2017)
  • • Tok River - (2016)
  • • Moran - (2011)
  • • Livengood South - (2010)
  • • Slate Creek-Mentasta Slana - (2009)
  • • East Bonnifield - (2008)
  • • Northeastern Fairbanks Mining District, Circle Quadrangle - (2007)
  • • Casadapega River Bluff area, Solomon Quadrangle - (2006)
  • • Liberty Bell - (2005)
  • • Council and Solomon mining districts, Solomon and Bendeleben quadrangles - (2004)
  • • Kobuk-Seward Peninsula - (2004)
  • • Livengood Mining District, Livengood C-3 and C-4 quadrangles - (2003)
  • • Salcha River-Pogo - (2002)
  • • Fortymile Mining District, Eagle A-2 Quadrangle - (2000)
  • • Iron Creek - (1999)
  • • Helm Bay geologic mapping - (1992)

Related Publications

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There are no publications related to the Mineral Resources Section projects project at this time.

Posters and Presentations

Werdon, M.B., 2023

Werdon, M.B., 2023, 2022 Alaska mining industry update (presentation): Association for Mineral Exploration Roundup, Vancouver, BC, Canada, January 23-26, 2023: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 29 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30952

Athey, J.E., 2017

Athey, J.E., 2017, Building digital infrastructure for Alaska's mineral industry: A conversation on public-private resource leveraging (presentation): Alaska Miners Association Annual Convention, Anchorage, Alaska, November 5-11, 2017: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 28 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29842