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Mineralogical and Chemical Data for Heavy-Mineral Concentrate Samples Collected in the Taylor Mountains Quadrangle, Alaska, 2004-2008

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Data for 819 pan concentrated stream-sediment samples, nonmagnetic heavy-mineral concentrate (HMC) samples, and chemical data for 93 of HMC samples is presented in data file geology_mineralogy_geochemistry_TaylorMtns_Alaska_Wang.csv. The samples were collected in 2004-2008 as part of a reconnaissance geochemical geological survey of drainage basins mostly in the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale quadrangle in southwestern Alaska. Samples were collected from first- or second-order streams, as shown on USGS 1:63,360-scale maps. The data reported here are from hand lens inspection of the panned concentrate samples in the field, microscopic examination of the non-magnetic fraction of the HMC samples in the lab, and chemical analyses by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-AES-MS) of selected nonmagnetic HMC samples. Details of sample processing and analysis are provided in the supplemental document Supplemental_Info_Methods_Collection_Processing_Analytical.pdf. For citations regarding other analysis and samples collected during the survey see the references provided in supplemental documentation Supplemental_Info_Citations_Related_Datasets.pdf.

Author(s): Tripp, R. B.; Bailey, E. A.; Lee, G. K.; Benzel, W. M.; Wang, B.; Pongratz, A. L.

Suggested Citation:
Tripp, R. B., Bailey, E. A., Lee, G. K., Benzel, W. M., Wang, B. and Pongratz, A. L., 2021, Mineralogical and chemical data for heavy-mineral concentrate samples collected in the Taylor Mountains Quadrangle, Alaska, 2004-2008: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P94K1YXT.

Referenced Publication(s):

Bailey, E. A., G. K. Lee, S. H. Mueller, B. Wang, Z. A. Brown, and G. A. Beischer. 2007. Major- and Trace-element Data from Stream-sediment and Rock Samples collected in the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale Quadrangle, Alaska [revised]. USGS Open-File Report 2007-1196, v.1.1. doi:10.3133/ofr20071196


DataID: 408 | doi:10.5066/P94K1YXT | Date Posted Online: 2021-06-23 | Last Updated: 2021-06-23 15:36:28

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