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Bedrock geologic map of the Ladue River-Mount Fairplay area, Tanacross and Nabesna quadrangles, Alaska

Metadata Updated: July 5, 2023

The Mineral Resources section of the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) conducted bedrock geologic mapping of a 4,800-sq-km (1,860-sq-mi) area of eastern Interior Alaska, including Mount Fairplay and the Ladue River drainage. The area lies north of the Alaska Highway and is approximately 65 km (40 mi) east of Tok, Alaska; it runs west from the Alaska-Yukon border to encompass the Taylor Highway. DGGS and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) staff identified this area as having the potential to host deposits of critical minerals, including rare earth elements (REE), uranium, niobium, zirconium, tin, tungsten, bismuth, and rhenium, as well as conventional mineral resources including gold, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, and silver. Most of the known mineralization in the area is related to Cretaceous-Paleogene magmatism, which spans a broad diversity of compositions and ranges in scale from batholiths to shallowly emplaced dikes to volcanic rocks. The igneous rocks intrude a composite metamorphic province that includes both parautochthonous North America and components of the allochthonous Yukon Tanana Terrane, now juxtaposed against one another by Jurassic-Cretaceous low-angle faults and subsequently disrupted by multiple generations of Cretaceous-Cenozoic high-angle faults. Our map interpretation relies on observations of outcrop, subcrop, and float, and we make extensive use of airborne magnetic (Emond and others, 2015) and magnetic-electromagnetic surveys for interpolation between field stations. Our mapping of high-angle faults relies on tilt-derivative processing of aeromagnetic data, low resistivity anomalies in electromagnetic surveys, photo and topographic lineaments, and lithologic discontinuities between ridges. Rock names were assigned based on field and petrographic observations, modal-mineral percentages, and interpretations of geochemical data. Age determinations and interpretation of cross-cutting relationships were facilitated by 40Ar/39Ar and Zircon U-Pb geochronologic analysis. The complete report, geodatabase, and ESRI fonts and style files are available from the DGGS website: http://doi.org/10.14509/30735.

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Metadata Date July 21, 2021
Metadata Created Date July 5, 2023
Metadata Updated Date July 5, 2023
Reference Date(s) January 1, 2021 (publication)
Frequency Of Update notPlanned

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Harvested from Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date July 21, 2021
Metadata Created Date July 5, 2023
Metadata Updated Date July 5, 2023
Reference Date(s) January 1, 2021 (publication)
Responsible Party Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
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Access Constraints Use Constraints: Any hard copies or published datasets utilizing these datasets shall clearly indicate their source. If the user has modified the data in any way, the user is obligated to describe the types of modifications the user has made. The user specifically agrees not to misrepresent these datasets, nor to imply that changes made by the user were approved by the State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys. The State of Alaska makes no express or implied warranties (including warranties for merchantability and fitness) with respect to the character, functions, or capabilities of the electronic data or products or their appropriateness for any user's purposes. In no event will the State of Alaska be liable for any incidental, indirect, special, consequential, or other damages suffered by the user or any other person or entity whether from the use of the electronic services or products or any failure thereof or otherwise. In no event will the State of Alaska's liability to the Requestor or anyone else exceed the fee paid for the electronic service or product., Access Constraints: This report, map, and/or dataset is available directly from the State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (see contact information below).
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Licence The State of Alaska makes no expressed or implied warranties (including warranties for merchantability and fitness) with respect to the character, functions, or capabilities of the electronic data or products or their appropriateness for any user's purposes. In no event will the State of Alaska be liable for any incidental, indirect, special, consequential, or other damages suffered by the user or any other person or entity whether from the use of the electronic services or products or any failure thereof or otherwise. In no event will the State of Alaska's liability to the Requestor or anyone else exceed the fee paid for the electronic service or product.
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Temporal Extent Begin 2019-01-01
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