AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Analyses of historic U.S. Bureau of Mines samples for geochemical trace-element and rare-earth-element data from the Zane Hills pluton, northwestern Alaska

This report and digital data release presents 40 new geochemical analyses on historic U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) samples, including 33 rock and 7 heavy mineral concentrate (pan concentrate) samples. These samples were originally collected by the USBM as part of their critical and strategic minerals project, which investigated the rare-earth-element and uranium mineral potential of the Zane Hills area, northwestern Alaska. Historic USBM sample materials were retrieved by DGGS from the DGGS Geologic Materials Center (GMC), where the USBM samples were transferred as part of the federally funded Minerals Data and Information Rescue in Alaska (MDIRA) program in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The text and analytical data and tables associated with this report are being released in digital format as PDF files and .csv files. We provide analytical data, detection limits and, when available, the method documentation provided to us by the lab. We also provide the sample location in geographic coordinates, the sample material cited by the originating literature, a reference to the originating report, and the type of sample material that was obtained from the archive and sent to the lab.

Tags: analyses and sampling, base metals, critical minerals, economic geology, economic study, exploration, geochemical surveys, geochemistry, geology, heavy metals, mineral assessment, mineral deposit, mineral development, mineral localities, mineral prospect, mineral resources, minerals, non-metals, platinum group elements, precious metals, rare earth elements, ree, resource assessment, resource information, resources, strategic and critical minerals assessment project, strategic minerals, trace elements, trace geochemical, trace metals
Organization: State of Alaska
Shoreline change at Alaska coastal communities, Shishmaref, Alaska

The Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys has analyzed long-term shoreline change at 48 Alaska communities. Shoreline datasets were compiled from previously published U.S. Geological Survey assessments and created from historical and recent aerial images by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys. Shorelines were analyzed to calculate shoreline change rates every 25 meters along coastlines and tidally influenced riverbanks using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS; Himmelstoss and others, 2018). The geodatabase for each community includes shoreline positions, the alongshore baseline used to cast transects, and transects that include shoreline change rates and statistics. All files can be downloaded free of charge from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys website (http://doi.org/10.14509/30552).

Tags: aerial, aerial photography, alaska, coastal, dggs, emergency preparedness, engineering, environmental, erosion, flood, floodplain, geology, hazards, inundation, marine geology, outreach, sea level changes, shelf, shishmaref, shoreface, storm surge, surface, tides, topography, water
Organization: State of Alaska
High-resolution lidar data for infrastructure corridors, Wiseman Quadrangle, Alaska

In advance of design, permitting, and construction of a pipeline to deliver North Slope natural gas to out-of-state customers and Alaska communities, the Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) has acquired lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) data along proposed pipeline routes, nearby areas of infrastructure, and regions where significant geologic hazards have been identified. Lidar data will serve multiple purposes, but have primarily been collected to (1) evaluate active faulting, slope instability, thaw settlement, erosion, and other engineering constraints along proposed pipeline routes, and (2) provide a base layer for the state-federal GIS database that will be used to evaluate permit applications and construction plans. The dataset represents all classified laser returns from the lidar survey and their associated geospatial coordinates.

Tags: alaska, alaska highway corridor, alaska pipeline, gasline, geomorphology, lidar, lidar las file format, point cloud data, proposed natural gas pipeline, remote sensing, state of, trans-alaska pipeline, wiseman quadrangle
Organization: State of Alaska
High-resolution lidar data for infrastructure corridors, Beechey Point Quadrangle, Alaska

In advance of design, permitting, and construction of a pipeline to deliver North Slope natural gas to out-of-state customers and Alaska communities, the Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) has acquired lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) data along proposed pipeline routes, nearby areas of infrastructure, and regions where significant geologic hazards have been identified. Lidar data will serve multiple purposes, but have primarily been collected to (1) evaluate active faulting, slope instability, thaw settlement, erosion, and other engineering constraints along proposed pipeline routes, and (2) provide a base layer for the state-federal GIS database that will be used to evaluate permit applications and construction plans. The dataset represents all classified laser returns from the lidar survey and their associated geospatial coordinates.

Tags: alaska, alaska highway corridor, alaska pipeline, beechey point quadrangle, gasline, geomorphology, lidar, lidar las file format, point cloud data, proposed natural gas pipeline, remote sensing, state of, trans-alaska pipeline
Organization: State of Alaska
Major-oxide and trace-element geochemical data from rocks collected in the Richardson mining district, Big Delta Quadrangle, Alaska

During the 2018 field season, geologists from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) conducted geologic mapping and sampling of part of the Richardson mining district southeast of Fairbanks, including parts of the Big Delta B-5 and B-6 quadrangles. The project area has produced approximately 122,000 ounces of gold (Singh and others, 2017), mostly from placer mines, and it includes the Richardson, Tower, and Hilltop lode gold exploration properties. Rock outcrop accounts for much less than one percent of the study area, consequently, many of the rock samples were collected from up to 1-meter-deep pits dug with shovels into rocky colluvial deposits below the surficial loess. Highlights of the geochemical results include 43.3 and 9.77 parts per million (ppm) gold sampled from arsenopyrite-bearing quartz veins at the Hilltop prospect. At the Democrat prospect, formerly the site of small-scale mining, a sample of sulfide-rich material returned 3,790 ppm silver and 4.72 ppm gold. Other samples from the Democrat prospect assayed 6.81 and 5.01 ppm gold. The analytical data tables associated with this report are available in digital format as comma-separated value (CSV) files. All files can be downloaded from the DGGS website (http://doi.org/10.14509/30119).

Tags: analyses, analyses and sampling, analytical lab results, analytical results, banner creek, base metals, big delta quadrangle, buckeye creek, canyon creek, chemistry, delta creek, democrat creek, economic geology, exploration, geochemical data, geochemical surveys, geochemistry, geologic, geology, junction creek, lab methods, major oxides, metals, methods, mineral assessment, mineral deposit, mineral localities, mineral prospect, mineral resources, minerals, mining, minor oxides, mosquito creek, non-metals, ore deposit, ores, precious metals, prospecting sites, resource assessment, resource information, resources, richardson mining district, sample location, shamrock creek, shaw creek, shaw pond, tenderfoot creek, trace elements, trace geochemical, trace metals
Organization: State of Alaska
U-Pb zircon ages from bedrock samples collected in the Tanacross and Nabesna quadrangles, eastern Alaska

This Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) Preliminary Interpretive Report presents uranium-lead (U-Pb) ages of zircons from 37 igneous and metamorphic samples collected during the 2019 field season in support of a 4,800-sq-km (1,860-sq-mi) bedrock geologic map of eastern Interior Alaska surrounding 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 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) staff identified this area as having underexplored 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. The goal of this U-Pb isotopic study is to better understand the Devonian through Paleogene magmatic and tectonic events, which have been linked to most of the known mineralization in the Yukon-Tanana Uplands. The Mount Fairplay and Ladue River areas are characterized by amphibolite- to greenschist-facies metamorphic rocks-the Lake George assemblage, Ladue River unit, and the Klondike assemblage-which have Mississippian-Devonian and Permian protolith ages. Voluminous volcanic and plutonic rocks of varying composition and texture from the mid-Cretaceous (ca. 100-115 Ma), Late Cretaceous (ca. 65-71 Ma), and Paleogene (ca. 57-58 Ma) magmatic episodes were observed to be emplaced in both the Lake George and Ladue River metamorphic units. Alaska DGGS and the USGS staff have identified both generations of Cretaceous magmatism as having potential to host deposits of the critical minerals mentioned above. All components of this data release are available on the DGGS website: http://doi.org/10.14509/30732.

Tags: allochthon, amphibolite, analyses, bedrock, big creek, big timber creek, chicken creek, correlation, cretaceous, dennison fork, devonian, dggs, diorite, fortymile mining district, geochronology, geologic, geology, gneiss, granite, granodiorite, greenschist, igneous, igneous rocks, interpretation, isotopes, jarvis belt, klondike assemblage, ladue river, ladue river unit, lake george assemblage, lead, logging cabin creek, mcarthur creek, mesozoic, metamorphic, metamorphic rocks, metamorphism, metavolcanic rocks, methods, mineralogy, minerals, mining, mississippian, molybdenum, moosehorn ridge, mount fairplay, orthogneiss, paleogene, paleozoic, permian, phanerozoic, plutonic, plutons, porphyry, precambrian, proterozoic, provenance, rhyolite, rocks, schist, south fork ladue river, terranes, triassic, tuff, tungsten
Organization: State of Alaska
Shoreline change at Alaska coastal communities, Alakanuk, Alaska

The Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys has analyzed long-term shoreline change at 48 Alaska communities. Shoreline datasets were compiled from previously published U.S. Geological Survey assessments and created from historical and recent aerial images by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys. Shorelines were analyzed to calculate shoreline change rates every 25 meters along coastlines and tidally influenced riverbanks using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS; Himmelstoss and others, 2018). The geodatabase for each community includes shoreline positions, the alongshore baseline used to cast transects, and transects that include shoreline change rates and statistics. All files can be downloaded free of charge from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys website (http://doi.org/10.14509/30552).

Tags: aerial, aerial photography, alakanuk, alaska, coastal, dggs, emergency preparedness, engineering, environmental, erosion, flood, floodplain, geology, hazards, inundation, marine geology, outreach, sea level changes, shelf, shoreface, storm surge, surface, tides, topography, water
Organization: State of Alaska
U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotope, age, and trace-element data from zircons at four sites in the western Alaska Range and Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska

This Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) Raw Data File presents U-Pb geochronology and Lu-Hf isotopic compositions, age-dating results, and additional trace-elemental composition of zircons from four granitoids sampled during investigations by DGGS geologists in the western Alaska Range and the Talkeetna Mountains. The purpose of the Lu-Hf and U-Pb isotopic study was to better understand the Jurassic through early Tertiary magmatic and tectonic evolution of the Alaska Range and the significance of that magmatism for the formation of metallic mineral deposits. The U-Pb isotopic data also serve to further refine the crystallization age of plutons, which were previously ambiguous in 40Ar/39Ar geochronology studies.

Tags: age dates, alaska range, analyses, analyses and sampling, analytical lab results, analytical results, bedrock, cretaceous, geochemistry, geochronology, geologic, geology, geophysics, granite, hafnium, isotopes, jurassic, lab methods, lead, lime hills quadrangle, lutetium, methods, mineralogy, minerals, paleocene, plutonic, plutons, resources, rocks, statemap project, talkeetna mountains, talkeetna mountains quadrangle, tertiary, trace elements, u-pb, uranium, wrangellia terrane, zircon
Organization: State of Alaska
Regional tsunami hazard assessment for selected communities on Kodiak Island, Alaska

We assess potential tsunami hazard for the following seven coastal communities on Kodiak Island, Alaska: Akhiok, Chiniak, Karluk, Larsen Bay, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie, and Port Lions. The primary tsunami hazard for these communities is considered to be near-field, with a major threat originating from tsunamigenic earthquakes along the Alaska-Aleutian megathrust. We numerically model tsunamis generated by nine different megathrust earthquakes, analyze tsunami wave dynamics, and develop tsunami hazard maps for the seven communities. The hypothetical tsunami scenarios examined simulate Mw 9.0 megathrust earthquakes with a slip distribution in the 5-54 km (3-34 mi) depth range along the Alaska-Aleutian megathrust. The maximum runup heights are 14 m (46 ft) in Akhiok, 31 m (102 ft) in Chiniak, 11 m (36 ft) in Karluk, 18 m (59 ft) in Larsen Bay, 27 m (89 ft) in Old Harbor, 26 m (85 ft) in Ouzinkie, and 34 m (112 ft) in Port Lions. Results presented here are intended to provide guidance to local emergency management agencies in initial tsunami inundation assessment, evacuation planning, and public education for mitigation of future tsunami hazards. The complete report and digital data are available from the DGGS website: http://doi.org/10.14509/30195.

Tags: active fault, akhiok, alitak bay, bathymetry, brookers lagoon, chiniak, chiniak bay, chiniak lake, chiniak point, chiniak river, coastal, coastal and river, earthquake, earthquake related slope failure, emergency preparedness, engineering, engineering geology, environmental, fault displacement, faulting, faults, flood, geologic, geologic hazards, geological process, geology, geotechnical, gulf of alaska, hazards, holocene, inundation, isthmus point, karluk, karluk river, kodiak island, kodiak mining district, land subsidence, larsen bay, marine geology, modeling, neotectonics, old harbor, ouzinkie, pacific ocean, port lions, sawmill lake, seismic hazards, shelikof strait, sitkalidak strait, subsidence, surface, tectonics, topography, tsunami
Organization: State of Alaska
High-resolution lidar data for infrastructure corridors, Chandalar Quadrangle, Alaska

In advance of design, permitting, and construction of a pipeline to deliver North Slope natural gas to out-of-state customers and Alaska communities, the Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) has acquired lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) data along proposed pipeline routes, nearby areas of infrastructure, and regions where significant geologic hazards have been identified. Lidar data will serve multiple purposes, but have primarily been collected to (1) evaluate active faulting, slope instability, thaw settlement, erosion, and other engineering constraints along proposed pipeline routes, and (2) provide a base layer for the state-federal GIS database that will be used to evaluate permit applications and construction plans. Bare-earth digital elevation models (DEM) represent the earth's surface with all vegetation and human-made structures removed.

Tags: alaska, alaska highway corridor, alaska pipeline, bare-earth digital elevation model (dem), chandalar quadrangle, gasline, geomorphology, lidar, proposed natural gas pipeline, raster image, remote sensing, state of, trans-alaska pipeline
Organization: State of Alaska
High-resolution lidar data for infrastructure corridors, Gulkana Quadrangle, Alaska

In advance of design, permitting, and construction of a pipeline to deliver North Slope natural gas to out-of-state customers and Alaska communities, the Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) has acquired lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) data along proposed pipeline routes, nearby areas of infrastructure, and regions where significant geologic hazards have been identified. Lidar data will serve multiple purposes, but have primarily been collected to (1) evaluate active faulting, slope instability, thaw settlement, erosion, and other engineering constraints along proposed pipeline routes, and (2) provide a base layer for the state-federal GIS database that will be used to evaluate permit applications and construction plans. This digital surface model (mean_DSM) represents mean above-ground height of vegetation returns.

Tags: alaska, alaska highway corridor, alaska pipeline, digital surface model (dsm), gasline, geomorphology, gulkana quadrangle, lidar, mean vegetation elevation (dsm), proposed natural gas pipeline, raster image, remote sensing, state of, trans-alaska pipeline, vegetation metric
Organization: State of Alaska
Photogrammetric digital surface models and orthoimagery of Potter Creek, December 6, 2018

The State of Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) produced digital surface models (DSMs) and orthorectified aerial imagery (orthoimagery) over selected locations in the greater Anchorage area following the Mw 7.1 November 30, 2018, Anchorage earthquake. We selected areas of interest (AOIs) based on initial damage reports from the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in order to document earthquake effects. Aerial photographs collected December 5-6, 2018, were processed using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) photogrammetric techniques to create sub-meter DSMs and orthoimagery. This digital data set covers Potter Creek and was collected on December 6, 2018. These data document ground conditions immediately following the 2018 Mw 7.1 Anchorage earthquake. For the purposes of open access to elevation and orthoimagery data sets throughout Alaska, this collection is being released as a Raw Data File with an open end-user license. The data and the data acquisition report are available from the DGGS website: https://elevation.alaska.gov/, http://doi.org/10.14509/30280.

Tags: aerial photography, anchorage, digital surface model (dsm), earthquake related hazards, earthquake related slope failure, elevation, engineering, fracturing, geologic, geologic hazards, geological process, geology, geomorphology, geotechnical, hazards, orthoimagery, photogrammetry, raster image, structure from motion, surficial geology, topography
Organization: State of Alaska
Major-oxide and trace-element geochemical data from rocks collected in 2014 in the Wrangellia mineral assessment area, Talkeetna Mountains C-4, C-3, and B-4 quadrangles, Alaska

The mineral-resources group from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) carried out a geologic mapping project in the Talkeetna Mountains C-4, C-3, and B-4 quadrangles from July 23 through August 3, 2014. This project is a part of a multi-year project focusing on improving the publicly-available geological and geochemical data and assessing the mineral potential of the less-explored extension of the western Wrangellia terrane. This program of geologic mapping and rock sampling was conducted as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program and the state of Alaska's Strategic Minerals Assessment project, an initiative designed to evaluate Alaska's potential for rare-earth elements, PGEs (platinum group elements), and other similarly supply-challenged resources. Highlights of this project include identification, sampling, and characterization of a broad section of the Wrangellia stratigraphy, including Late Triassic rocks of the Ni-Cu-Co-PGE- and Cu-Ag-mineralized Wrangellia large igneous province as well as modern geochemical characterizations of skarn, vein, and basalt-hosted Cu mineralization. This data set includes four samples with elevated gold, ranging from 0.5 to 0.875 ppm, with one of these samples also containing elevated Cu (1.18 percent). Twelve samples have elevated copper, ranging from 1000 to 7900 parts per million, and two samples contain a significant copper spike (13 and 19.65 percent) and elevated silver (42 and 48 parts per million). The analytical data tables associated with this report are being released in digital format as comma-delimited text (CSV) files.

Tags: copper, cretaceous, eagle creek formation, geochemical data, geochemical surveys, gold, greenstone, iron creek, jurassic, kahiltna terrane, major oxides, mesozoic, mineral assessment, nikolai greenstone, paleogene, paleozoic, platinum group elements, rare earth elements, silver, skolai group, statemap project, stephan lake, strategic and critical minerals assessment project, talkeetna arc, talkeetna mountains, talkeetna mountains quadrangle, talkeetna river, tetelna volcanics, trace elements, triassic, tsisi creek, wrangellia terrane
Organization: State of Alaska
Storm impact survey data for selected Alaska coastal communities in response to Extra-Tropical Cyclone Merbok, September 2022

Storm impact survey data for selected Alaska coastal communities in response to Extra-Tropical Cyclone Merbok, September 2022, Raw Data File 2022-14, presents Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) high-water mark (HWM) locations and elevations, coastal profile transects, observed erosion evidence, and ground elevation points for the communities of Golovin, Hooper Bay, Newtok, Nome, Shaktoolik, Stebbins, and Teller, Alaska. These data were collected in the wake of Extra-Tropical Storm Merbok between September 19 and September 23, 2022 by Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), with assistance from the Alaska Division of Mining, Land and Water (DMLW) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The GNSS positional data were collected to assess coastal impacts from the storm. The data are available from the DGGS website: http://doi.org/10.14509/30909.

Tags: beach deposits, climate, climate change, coastal, coastal and river, coastal erosion, dggs, engineering, engineering geology, environment, environmental, geologic, geologic hazards, geological process, geology, geotechnical, holocene, inundation, project report, sea level changes, sea level rise, seward peninsula, southwest alaska, storm deposit, storm surge, surface, surface water, surficial, surficial geology, teller, topography, water
Organization: State of Alaska