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:

  Twelker, Evan

• DGGS section:

  Mineral Resources

• Alternate Url:

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• Project Participants:

• Active Related Sub-Projects:

  • • Alaska mineral industry report - (1981)
  •      • Alaska mineral resources map - (1998)
  • • Alaska strategic and critical minerals assessment - (2011)
  •      • Ray Mountains - (2012)
  • • Richardson mining district geologic mapping - (2017)
  • • Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) - (2019)
  •      • Eastern Tanacross - (2019)
  •      • Western Tanacross (Mosquito) - (2020)
  •      • Taylor Mountain - (2021)
  •      • Mount Harper - Richardson - (2022)
  •      • Chena - Pogo Mine - (2023)
  •      • Steese White Mountains area - (2024)
  •      • Tolovana - (2025)

• 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)
  • • Alaska highway, gas pipeline, and infrastructure corridors geology and geologic hazards - (2006)
  • • Liberty Bell - (2005)
  • • Land Selection 2003-2005 - (2004)
  • • Council and Solomon mining districts, Solomon and Bendeleben quadrangles - (2004)
  • • Delta mineral belt - (2003)
  • • Livengood Mining District, Livengood C-3 and C-4 quadrangles - (2003)
  • • Salcha River-Pogo - (2002)
  • • Fortymile Mining District, Eagle A-2 Quadrangle - (2000)
  • • Alaska Resource Data File - (2000)
  • • Iron Creek - (1999)
  • • Helm Bay geologic mapping - (1992)
  • • Land Selection 1991 - (1991)
  • • Mental Health Trust Land Selection - (1987)
  • • Steese-White Mountains 1980s - (1986)

Publications

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SR 78

Szumigala, D.J., 2026, Critical minerals, strategic minerals and minerals in Alaska: A perspective towards future growth (A report to the Alaska State Legislature regarding critical minerals): Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Special Report 78, 86 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31965

Posters and Presentations

Szumigala, D.J., 2026

Szumigala, D.J., 2026, 2025 Alaska mining industry overview - ready to rumble (presentation): Association for Mineral Exploration Roundup 2026, Vancouver, BC, Canada, January 26-29, 2026: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 40 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/32058

Szumigala, D.J., 2025

Szumigala, D.J., 2025, 2025 Alaska critical minerals: Hype, hope, and reality (presentation): AEMA Annual Convention, Sparks, Nevada, December 10, 2025: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 27 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31797

Szumigala, D.J., 2025

Szumigala, D.J., 2025, 2025 Alaska mining industry overview - ready to rumble (presentation): American Exploration & Mining Association 131st Annual Meeting, Sparks, Nevada, December 10, 2025: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 40 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31798

Szumigala, D.J., 2025

Szumigala, D.J., 2025, Alaska mining industry overview - Rocking the Arctic (presentation): Association for Mineral Exploration Roundup 2025, Vancouver, BC, Canada, January 20-23, 2025: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 38 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31473

Szumigala, D.J. and Twelker, Evan, 2024

Szumigala, D.J., and Twelker, Evan, 2024, Antimony in Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 2 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31431

Szumigala, D.J., 2024

Szumigala, D.J., 2024, 2024 Alaska mining industry update (presentation): Association for Mineral Exploration Roundup, Vancouver, BC, Canada, January 22-25, 2024: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 32 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31151

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