Scientific data near [63.54887,-150.89240]

Search area extends approximately 17.8 km east-west and 40.0 km north-south.

Geographic context

Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
Denali	Borough
Alaska	state
United States	country
North America	continent
Land	continent
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS
Mt Mckinley C-2	1:63,360 Alaska quadrangle
Denali	1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units)
Kantishna River	hydrologic unit
190405	hydrologic accounting unit
Southwest Alaska	hydrologic subregion
Alaska	hydrologic region
Areas administered by US Federal agencies
Denali National Park	National Park
National Park NPS	Type of land area
NPS	Federal land areas administered by NPS

Geology of US states

Digital geologic maps of the US states with consistent lithology, age, GIS database structure, and format

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Map symbol	Lithology	Unit name
Dmi	Metamorphic	Metamorphosed mafic igneous rocks
Pzarqm	Metamorphic	Pelitic and quartzose schist of the Alaska Range
Qs	Unconsolidated	Unconsolidated surficial deposits, undivided
Qs	Unconsolidated	Unconsolidated surficial deposits, undivided
Qs	Unconsolidated	Unconsolidated surficial deposits, undivided
Tng	Sedimentary	Nenana Gravel
w		Water

Airborne geophysical surveys

Aerial surveys of magnetic anomaly and gamma ray emission; older surveys were analog record which have been digitized, newer surveys collected data in digital form.

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ID	Data type	Description
Eagle-Talkeetna (Mount McKinley)	M-D	Eagle-Talkeetna (Mount McKinley) 19942 line km with spacing 9.60 km over parts of AK
Mt Mc Kinley	M/R-D	Mt Mc Kinley 2116 line km with spacing 9.60 km over parts of AK

Estimates of undiscovered mineral resources

National Mineral Resource Assessment 1998: Estimates of the number of undiscovered mineral resources of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc within identified permissive tracts (geographic areas in which mineral deposits may form).

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Tract	Deposit Type	Mineralization age
AK-SC20	Porphyry Cu, BC-Ak type
AK-SC24	Plutonic porphyry Au
AK-SC25	Placer Au
AK-SC07	Au-Sb veins
AK-SC14	Kuroko massive sulfide
AK-SC27	Polymetallic vein
AK-SC08	Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins

The continental crust

Seventy-seven major components of the North American continent were delineated at a general scale (1:5,000,000); including the general composition, geological environment, and types of primary metals endowments that can be expected in each domain.

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Domain	Crust type	Region
Yukon-Tanana lower	Passive margin	Alaska

Radiometric ages of rocks from Alaska

Radiometric ages of rocks or minerals sampled from Alaska. The data were collected from professional publications and/or received from researchers and used by permission.

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Record	Type	Comment
76BT270

Alaska Geochemical Database, Version 2.0 (AGDB2)--including "best value" data compilations for rock, sediment, soil, mineral, and concentrate sample media

Geochemical analyses of rocks, mineral separates, bulk samples from lake and stream sediments, heavy mineral concentrates, and soils collected by USGS from 1962 to 2009.

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Lab ID	Sample medium	Description
BFE010	concentrate	panned C1 fraction
BFE552	concentrate	panned C1 fraction
BFN554	concentrate	panned C3 fraction
C222097	soil
C222098	soil
C222099	soil
C222100	soil
C222101	soil
C222102	soil
C275579	sediment
C275580	sediment
CGJ279	mineral
CGJ280	mineral
CGJ281	mineral
CGJ282	mineral
CGJ283	mineral
CGJ323	mineral
CGJ324	mineral
CGJ325	mineral
CGJ326	mineral
CGJ327	mineral
CGJ328	mineral
CGJ329	mineral
CGJ330	mineral
CGJ331	mineral
CGJ332	mineral
CGJ756	concentrate	panned C3 fraction
D152132	concentrate	panned C3 fraction
D152659	concentrate	panned C3 fraction
D248161	soil
D248479	soil
M201278	rock	metamorphic schist
M201279	rock	metamorphic semischist
M201280	rock	metamorphic schist

Geochemistry of stream sediments in the US from the NURE-HSSR database

National-scale geochemical analysis of stream sediments and soils in the US collected and analyzed under the National Uranium Resource Evaluation program.

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Sample ID	Date collected	Sample type
7010065	1977-07-16	Wet stream sediment sample dried at less than or equal to 100øC and sieved to -100 mesh through stainless steel sieves.
7010066	1977-07-16	Wet natural-pond (or lake in Alaska) sediment sample dried at less than or equal to 100øC and sieved to -100 mesh through stainless steel sieves.
7010251	1977-07-16	Wet natural-pond (or lake in Alaska) sediment sample dried at less than or equal to 100øC and sieved to -100 mesh through stainless steel sieves.
7010390	1977-07-19	Wet natural-pond (or lake in Alaska) sediment sample dried at less than or equal to 100øC and sieved to -100 mesh through stainless steel sieves.
7010391	1977-07-19	Wet stream sediment sample dried at less than or equal to 100øC and sieved to -100 mesh through stainless steel sieves.
7010392	1977-07-19	Wet stream sediment sample dried at less than or equal to 100øC and sieved to -100 mesh through stainless steel sieves.
7010436	1977-07-20	Wet natural-pond (or lake in Alaska) sediment sample dried at less than or equal to 100øC and sieved to -100 mesh through stainless steel sieves.

Geochemistry of water samples in the US from the NURE-HSSR database

National-scale geochemical analysis of water samples in the US collected and analyzed under the National Uranium Resource Evaluation program.

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Sample ID	Date collected	Sample type
3010734	1977-07-16	Stream water sample acidified to a pH of less than or equal to 1 with reagent-grade nitric acid.
3010735	1977-07-16	Natural-pond (or lake in Alaska) water sample acidified to a pH of less than or equal to 1 with reagent-grade nitric acid.
3010941	1977-07-16	Natural-pond (or lake in Alaska) water sample acidified to a pH of less than or equal to 1 with reagent-grade nitric acid.
3011080	1977-07-19	Natural-pond (or lake in Alaska) water sample acidified to a pH of less than or equal to 1 with reagent-grade nitric acid.
3011081	1977-07-19	Stream water sample acidified to a pH of less than or equal to 1 with reagent-grade nitric acid.
3011082	1977-07-19	Stream water sample acidified to a pH of less than or equal to 1 with reagent-grade nitric acid.
3011125	1977-07-20	Natural-pond (or lake in Alaska) water sample acidified to a pH of less than or equal to 1 with reagent-grade nitric acid.

National Geochemical Database: Rock

Geochemical analysis of rock samples collected and analyzed by the USGS. This dataset includes and supersedes rock data formerly released as "Geochemistry of igneous rocks in the US extracted from the PLUTO database"

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Sample ID	Rock type	Rock name
M201278	metamorphic	schist
M201279	metamorphic	schist
M201280	metamorphic	schist

Mineral Resource Data System

MRDS describes metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references.

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Site name	Development	Commodities
White Hawk Prospect	Occurrence	AG AU
Eureka Creek Placer	Producer	AU PB SB
Glacier Creek Placer	Producer	AU PB
Keystone Claim	Occurrence	AU AG PB ZN W
Last Chance Mine	Past Producer	SB AU AG
Glacier Creek	Past Producer	AU PB AG
Glen, West Fork	Prospect	AG AU PB ZN
Quigley Ridge Galena	Past Producer	AG AU PB ZN
Water Level Prospect	Occurrence	AG PB
Banjo Mine, Red Top Mining Company	Past Producer	AU AG PB ZN W CU
Little Annie Mine	Past Producer	AG AU PB ZN CU
Little Maude Prospect	Occurrence	AG AU PB CU
Lucky Strike Prospect	Occurrence	AU AG PB ZN CU
Frances Prospect	Occurrence	AU AG CU
Pennsylvania Claim	Occurrence	AU AG PB ZN W
Galena Mine	Past Producer	AG AU PB CU ZN
Gold Dollar Mine	Past Producer	AG AU PB ZN SB CU
Quigley Ridge	Past Producer	AG SB CU AU PB W ZN
Golden Eagle Mine	Past Producer	AG AU PB ZN CU
Jupiter-Mars	Past Producer	AU CU PB AG
Keystone - Pennsylvania	Prospect	AU CU PB AG ZN
Yellow Creek	Past Producer	AU PB
Eureka Creek	Past Producer	AU SB PB AG
Caribou Creek	Past Producer	AU SB W
Banjo Mine	Past Producer	AU PB AG
Moose Creek	Past Producer	AU AG
Eureka Bosart	Past Producer	PB AU AG ZN
Silver Pick	Prospect	ZN CU AU PB AG
Twenty-Two Gulch	Past Producer	AU PB
Lucky Strike	Prospect	AU AG
Upper Bosart	Prospect	AG SB CU PB ZN
Florence Lode	Prospect	CU PB AG ZN
Polly Wonder Prospect	Occurrence	AG AU PB ZN CU
Eureka Claim	Occurrence	CU PB
Florence Prospect	Occurrence	AG PB CU ZN
Gold King Prospect	Occurrence	AU AG PB ZN
North Star Prospect	Occurrence	AG PB ZN
Silver Pick Prospect	Occurrence	AG AU PB ZN
Sulphide Occurrence	Occurrence	AU
Weiler Mine	Producer	AU AG PB ZN
Twenty-Two Gulch Placer	Past Producer	AU PB
Yellow Creek Placer	Producer	AU PB
Little Annie	Past Producer	AU AG ZN
Saddle	Prospect	AU AG
Weiler	Past Producer	AU SB CU PB AG ZN
Busia Mountain	Prospect	SB AU AG
Twenty-Two, Yellow Creeks	Past Producer	AU AG
Sulphide	Prospect	AU PB AG ZN
White Hawk	Prospect	CU SB AU PB AG ZN
Martha Q Mine	Past Producer	AG AU PB ZN
Gold Dollar	Past Producer	AU PB AG
Pittsburg	Occurrence	AU
Water Level	Occurrence	CU SB AU PB AG ZN
Chloride Lode	Prospect	AU CU PB AG ZN
Eureka Lode	Prospect	AU CU PB AG ZN
Unnamed Occurrence	Occurrence	PB SB CU AU AG ZN
Unnamed Occurrence	Occurrence	CU SB AU PB AG ZN
Flat Creek	Occurrence	AU
Flat Creek Lode	Prospect	AU
Last Chance Creek	Past Producer	AU
Unnamed Occurrence	Occurrence	AG AU PB ZN CU
Snowshoe Creek	Prospect	AU
Unnamed Prospect	Prospect	PB CU AG ZN
Bosart Prospect	Occurrence	AG PB ZN AU
Unnamed Occurrence	Occurrence	AU AG
Unnamed Prospect	Occurrence	SB
Unnamed Occurrence	Occurrence	PB ZN
Unnamed Prospect	Prospect	PB SB CU AU AG ZN
Unnamed Occurrence	Occurrence	AG PB ZN
Crevice Creek Lode	Prospect	SB
Unnamed Occurrence	Occurrence	ZN SB CU AU PB AG
Unnamed Prospect	Prospect	ZN CU AU PB AG
Tugboat Annie	Prospect	AU CU AG
Unnamed Occurrence	Occurrence	CU PB AG ZN
Wonder Lake	Prospect	STN_C
Waterloo	Prospect	CU SB AU PB AG ZN

Alaska Resource Data File

A comprehensive database of Alaskan mineral deposits compiled from the published literature and from unpublished reports and data from industry, the US Bureau of Land Management, and USGS.

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Site	Status	Commodities
Glacier Creek	Inactive	Au
White Hawk	Inactive	Ag;Au
Upper Caribou Creek	Inactive	Ag;Au
Last Chance; Caribou	Inactive	Sb
Chlorine; Saddle; Grizzly No 1	Inactive	Au
Unnamed (Glacier Creek below Eig...	Inactive	Fe
Twentytwo Gulch (Twentytwo Pup; ...	Inactive	Au
Upper Bosart	Inactive	Ag
Bosart	Inactive	Ag
Yellow Creek	Inactive	Au
Florence	Inactive	Ag;Pb
Kantishna Hills placer deposts	Inactive	Au
Unnamed (lower Ruby Creek)	Inactive	Ag;Pb
Kantishna Hills lode deposits	Inactive	Ag;Au
Waterloo	Inactive	Ag
Banjo (Hardrock and Tugboat Anni...	Inactive	Ag;Au
Wieler (Parky; Greiss; Silver Ki...	Inactive	Ag;Au
Chloride	Inactive	Ag;Au
Unnamed (southwest flank of Wick...	Inactive	Ag
Jupiter-Mars (Damon and Pythias)	Inactive	Au
Unnamed (southwest flank of Wick...	Inactive	Au
Doherty	Inactive	Au?
Eureka	Inactive	Cu
Pittsburgh	Inactive	Au
Gold Dollar and Golden Eagle	Inactive	Ag;Au
Gold King; East Gold King; Blue ...	Inactive	Ag;Au
Pennsylvania; Keystone	Inactive	Au
Merry Widow and Silver King	Inactive	Ag;Cu;Pb
Friday Creek	Inactive	Au
Polly Wonder	Inactive	Au
Little Annie and Little Annie No...	Inactive	Ag;Au
Friday; Star (North Star)	Inactive	Ag;Au
Little Maud	Inactive	Ag;Au;Pb
Silver Pick; Silver Pick No. 2	Inactive	Ag;Au
Martha Q	Inactive	Ag
Eureka Creek	Inactive	Au
Unnamed (ridge between Moose Cre...	Inactive	Zn
Francis	Inactive	Ag;Au
Sulphide	Inactive	Au
Water Level	Inactive	Ag
Galena	Inactive	Ag;Au
Eureka Stibnite (Pick claim grou...	Inactive	Sb
Unnamed (west part of ridge betw...	Inactive	Au
Lucky Strike	Inactive	Ag;Au
Lucky Tuesday	Inactive	Sb
Chlorine; Saddle; Grizzly No 1	Inactive	Au
Upper Caribou Creek	Inactive	Ag;Au
Glacier Creek	Inactive	Au
Last Chance; Caribou	Inactive	Sb
Unnamed (Glacier Creek below Eig...	Inactive	Fe
Twentytwo Gulch (Twentytwo Pup; ...	Inactive	Au
Yellow Creek	Inactive	Au
Upper Bosart	Inactive	Ag
Bosart	Inactive	Ag
Florence	Inactive	Ag;Pb
Kantishna Hills placer deposts	Inactive	Au
Unnamed (lower Ruby Creek)	Inactive	Ag;Pb
Kantishna Hills lode deposits	Inactive	Ag;Au
Waterloo	Inactive	Ag
Banjo (Hardrock and Tugboat Anni...	Inactive	Ag;Au
Wieler (Parky; Greiss; Silver Ki...	Inactive	Ag;Au
Chloride	Inactive	Ag;Au
Unnamed (southwest flank of Wick...	Inactive	Ag
Francis	Inactive	Ag;Au
Jupiter-Mars (Damon and Pythias)	Inactive	Au
Unnamed (southwest flank of Wick...	Inactive	Au
Doherty	Inactive	Au?
Eureka	Inactive	Cu
Pittsburgh	Inactive	Au
Gold Dollar and Golden Eagle	Inactive	Ag;Au
Gold King; East Gold King; Blue ...	Inactive	Ag;Au
Pennsylvania; Keystone	Inactive	Au
Merry Widow and Silver King	Inactive	Ag;Cu;Pb
Friday Creek	Inactive	Au
Sulphide	Inactive	Au
Polly Wonder	Inactive	Au
Little Annie and Little Annie No...	Inactive	Ag;Au
Friday; Star (North Star)	Inactive	Ag;Au
Little Maud	Inactive	Ag;Au;Pb
Silver Pick; Silver Pick No. 2	Inactive	Ag;Au
Martha Q	Inactive	Ag
Eureka Creek	Inactive	Au
Water Level	Inactive	Ag
White Hawk	Inactive	Ag;Au
Galena	Inactive	Ag;Au
Unnamed (ridge between Moose Cre...	Inactive	Zn
Eureka Stibnite (Pick claim grou...	Inactive	Sb
Unnamed (west part of ridge betw...	Inactive	Au
Lucky Strike	Inactive	Ag;Au
Lucky Tuesday	Inactive	Sb

National Geochemical Database: Soil

Geochemical analysis of soil samples from the National Geochemical Database. Primarily inorganic elemental concentrations, most samples are from the continental US and Alaska.

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Sample ID	Sample source	Sample notes
D248161	tundra/alpine tundra
D248479	forest/scattered timberland

National Geochemical Database: Concentrate

Geochemistry of concentrates from the National Geochemical Database. Primarily inorganic elemental concentrations, most samples are from the continental US and Alaska.

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Sample ID	Sample source	Sample notes
BFE010	stream/river	stream
BFE552	stream/river	stream
BFN554	stream/river	stream
CGJ756	stream/river	Glacier Ck-Yellow Ck, AKCONC 1022;; stream
D152132	stream/river	stream
D152659	stream/river	stream

Global assessment of undiscovered copper resources

Deposits, prospects, and permissive tracts for porphyry and sediment-hosted copper resources worldwide, with estimates of undiscovered copper resources.

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Tract name	Deposit type	Geology
Yukon-Tanana Upland	porphyry copper	Kluane Arc and Tertiary Kuskokwim Mountains volcanic-plutonic belt (continuation of Canadian Cordilleran continental arc); north of the Denali Fault
Western Alaska Range	porphyry copper	Cretaceous porphyry prospects along the Kahiltna Basin-Peninsula terrane boundary
Pacific Margin	porphyry copper	Cretaceous through middle Tertiary volcanic and intrusive rocks representing a series of continental- and island-arc systems accreted and superimposed onto the paleomargin of northeast Asia.