Scientific data near [63.57335,-155.93607]

Search area extends approximately 4.5 km east-west and 10.0 km north-south.

Geographic context

Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
Yukon-Koyukuk	Census area
Alaska	state
United States	country
North America	continent
Land	continent
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS
Medfra C-6	1:63,360 Alaska quadrangle
Medfra	1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units)
Upper Innoko River	hydrologic unit
190408	hydrologic accounting unit
Southwest Alaska	hydrologic subregion
Alaska	hydrologic region

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
JMct	Sedimentary	Cherty tuff and breccia
Kmvi	Igneous - Volcanic	Mafic to intermediate volcano-plutonic complexes
Kvgc	Sedimentary	Volcanic graywacke and conglomerate
Qs	Unconsolidated	Unconsolidated surficial deposits, undivided
TKgd	Igneous - Plutonic	Granodiorite to quartz monzodiorite

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
West-Central Alaska	M-D	West-Central Alaska 21360 line km with spacing 9.60 km over parts of AK
Medfra '78	M-D	Medfra '78 10702 line km with spacing 1.60 km over parts of AK
Medfra	M/R-D	Medfra 2245 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-WC16	Plutonic porphyry Au
AK-WC22	Polymetallic vein
AK-WC17	Placer Au

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
Farewell-Innoko-Idono	Continental arc	Alaska

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
CCS610	rock	igneous unspecified
CDS081	rock	igneous felsite
CDS082	rock	igneous dacite porphyry
CDS083	rock	metamorphic hornfels
CDS084	rock	igneous felsite
CDS085	rock	metamorphic hornfels
CDS086	rock	igneous dacite porphyry
CDS282	sediment
CED271	concentrate	panned C2 fraction

National geochemical survey database

National-scale geochemical analysis of stream sediments and soils in the US, from existing data, reanalysis of existing samples, and new sampling. Goal for sample density is one per 289 square km.

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Sample ID	Material	Source
C-158523	Sediment	Pond, Natural, wet

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
7015233	1977-08-16	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.

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
3016336	1977-08-16	Natural-pond (or lake in Alaska) water sample acidified to a pH of less than or equal to 1 with reagent-grade nitric acid.

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
CCS610	igneous	unspecified
CDS081	igneous	felsite
CDS082	igneous	dacite porphyry
CDS083	metamorphic	hornfels
CDS084	igneous	felsite
CDS085	metamorphic	hornfels
CDS086	igneous	dacite porphyry

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
Wyoming Lode	Prospect	AU SB AS HG
Wyoming Creek	Prospect	SB HG

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
Wyoming Lode	Inactive	Au;Sb

National Geochemical Database: Sediment

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

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Sample ID	Sample source	Sample notes
C158523	surface
CDS282	stream/river	stream

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
CED271	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
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.