Version History for:
Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF)

Current Citation:
U.S. Geological Survey, 1996, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) (ver 2.0, February 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P96MMRFD
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Version 1.0 published 1996

Original citation: U.S. Geological Survey, 1996, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF)

Overview:
Descriptions of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in the Alaska Resource 
Data File (ARDF) available online for download from a USGS webpage.

Associated Report:
U.S. Geological Survey, 1996, Explanation of fields used in the Alaska Resource Data File of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-79, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr9679

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Version 1.7 published 2018

Overview:
Updates to the Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) and the USGS data download webpage.

Associated Report:
U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File, New and Revised Version 1.7: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225, https://ardf.wr.usgs.gov/ardf_data/1225.pdf

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Version 2.0 posted online February 2024

Overview:
Updates to the Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) repackaged as a USGS data release. Presented in both: (1) a Comma Separated Value (CSV) formatted table, and (2) a Filemaker Pro (.fmp12) formatted file.

Data:
ARDF.csv
ARDF.fmp12
ARDF_quad250names.csv