BARROW

BARTER

ISLAND FLAXMAN

BEECHEY ISLAND

POINT

MEADE

RIVER

HARRISON

BAY TESHEKPUK

DEMARCATION

POINT POINT

LAY

MT

MICHELSON LOOKOUT SAGAVANIRKTOK

RIDGE UMIAT IKPIKPUK

RIVER

TABLE

MTN

ARCTIC PHILIP

SMITH MTS HOWARD

PASS

CHANDLER

LAKE

KILLIK

RIVER

COLEEN

CHRISTIAN

AMBLER CHANDALAR

RIVER WISEMAN SURVEY

PASS

BLACK

RIVER FORT

SELAWIK YUKON BEAVER SHUNGNAK HUGHES BETTLES

CIRCLE

CANDLE KATEEL LIVENGOOD

RIVER MELOZITNA TANANA

BIG

NORTON DELTA

BAY FAIRBANKS NULATO KANTISHNA

RIVER RUBY

MT

HAYES UNALAKLEET HEALY OPHIR MT

MCKINLEY MEDFRA

GULKANA HOLY

CROSS

TALKEETNA

IDITAROD TALKEETNA MTS MCGRATH

VALDEZ 144°

144°

150°

150°

156°

162° 156°

70°

70°

68°

68°

66°

66°

64°

64°

62°

62°

EXPLANATION

Unknown

HIGH POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

MEDIUM POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

LOW POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

Boundary of Central

Yukon Planning Area

Plate 1 of 12

REE-Th-Y-Nb (-U-Zr)

[Estimated mineral resource potential and Estimated resource potential

certainty for REE-Th-Y-Nb (-U-Zr) deposits 

associated with peralkaline-to-carbonatitic 

intrusive rocks]

GIS-based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit 

Types, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska

By

James V. Jones III, Susan M. Karl, Keith A. Labay, Nora B. Shew, Matthew Granitto, Timothy S. Hayes, Jeffrey L. 

Mauk, Jeanine M. Schmidt, Erin Todd, Bronwen Wang, Melanie B. Werdon, and Douglas B. Yager

2015

ALASKA

NORTH AMERICAN VERTICAL DATUM OF 1988 MAP LOCATION

SCALE 1:3 825 000

50 0 50 100 150 200 MILES

50 0 50 100 150 200 KILOMETERS

Alaska Albers Equal Area Conic projection

North American Datum of 1983

Prepared in cooperation with the

Alaska Division of Geolgical & Geophysical Surveys

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Open-File Report 2015-1021
Y U K O N R I V E R

Y U K O N

R I V E R

Copper River

Tanana River

Kuskokw

mi River

Koyukuk River

Kobuk River

Noatak River

Colville River

Roy Creek

Tofty

Ruby batholith

Hogatza

igneous belt Tofty

igneous belt

Sischu-Prindle

igneous belt

B R O O K S

ALASKA

RANGE

R A N G E

ARCTIC OCEAN

Zane

Hills

Kaiyuh

Mountains

Okpilak Ri ver

Mount

Prindle

Sischu

Mountain

Yukon-Tanana

uplands

Yu kon-Koy u k u k bas i n

Indian

Mountain

Roughtop

Mountain

Hogatza River

Big Creek

Limestone

Mountain

Darby Moun at ni s

Selawik Hills

BARROW

BARTER

ISLAND FLAXMAN

WAINWRIGHT BEECHEY ISLAND

POINT

MEADE

RIVER

HARRISON

BAY TESHEKPUK

DEMARCATION

POINT POINT

LAY

MT

MICHELSON UTUKOK

RIVER LOOKOUT SAGAVANIRKTOK

RIDGE UMIAT IKPIKPUK

RIVER

TABLE

MTN

MISHEGUK ARCTIC

MTN

PHILIP

SMITH MTS HOWARD

PASS

CHANDLER

LAKE

KILLIK

RIVER

COLEEN

BAIRD CHRISTIAN

MTS AMBLER CHANDALAR

RIVER WISEMAN SURVEY

PASS

BLACK

RIVER FORT

SELAWIK YUKON BEAVER SHUNGNAK HUGHES BETTLES

CIRCLE

CANDLE KATEEL LIVENGOOD

RIVER MELOZITNA TANANA

BIG

NORTON DELTA

BAY FAIRBANKS NULATO KANTISHNA

RIVER RUBY

MT

HAYES UNALAKLEET HEALY OPHIR MT

MCKINLEY MEDFRA

GULKANA HOLY

CROSS

TALKEETNA

IDITAROD TALKEETNA MTS MCGRATH

VALDEZ 144°

144°

150°

150°

156°

162° 156°

70°

70°

68°

68°

66°

66°

64°

64°

62°

62°

EXPLANATION

Unknown

HIGH POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

MEDIUM POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

LOW POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

Boundary of Central

Yukon Planning Area

Physiographic boundary

Deposit location

Plate 2 of 12

REE-Th-Y-Nb (-U-Zr)

[Annotated mineral resource potential map Annotated map of resource potential

for REE-Th-Y-Nb (-U-Zr) deposits 

associated with peralkaline-to-carbonatitic 

intrusive rocks]

GIS-based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit 

Types, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska

By

James V. Jones III, Susan M. Karl, Keith A. Labay, Nora B. Shew, Matthew Granitto, Timothy S. Hayes, Jeffrey L. 

Mauk, Jeanine M. Schmidt, Erin Todd, Bronwen Wang, Melanie B. Werdon, and Douglas B. Yager

2015

ALASKA

NORTH AMERICAN VERTICAL DATUM OF 1988 MAP LOCATION

SCALE 1:3 825 000

50 0 50 100 150 200 MILES

50 0 50 100 150 200 KILOMETERS

Alaska Albers Equal Area Conic projection

North American Datum of 1983

Prepared in cooperation with the

Alaska Division of Geolgical & Geophysical Surveys

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Open-File Report 2015-1021
BARROW

BARTER

ISLAND FLAXMAN

BEECHEY ISLAND

POINT

MEADE

RIVER

HARRISON

BAY TESHEKPUK

DEMARCATION

POINT POINT

LAY

MT

MICHELSON LOOKOUT SAGAVANIRKTOK

RIDGE UMIAT IKPIKPUK

RIVER

TABLE

MTN

ARCTIC PHILIP

SMITH MTS HOWARD

PASS

CHANDLER

LAKE

KILLIK

RIVER

COLEEN

CHRISTIAN

AMBLER CHANDALAR

RIVER WISEMAN SURVEY

PASS

BLACK

RIVER FORT

SELAWIK YUKON BEAVER SHUNGNAK HUGHES BETTLES

CIRCLE

CANDLE KATEEL LIVENGOOD

RIVER MELOZITNA TANANA

BIG

NORTON DELTA

BAY FAIRBANKS NULATO KANTISHNA

RIVER RUBY

MT

HAYES UNALAKLEET HEALY OPHIR MT

MCKINLEY MEDFRA

GULKANA HOLY

CROSS

TALKEETNA

IDITAROD TALKEETNA MTS MCGRATH

VALDEZ 144°

144°

150°

150°

156°

162° 156°

70°

70°

68°

68°

66°

66°

64°

64°

62°

62°

EXPLANATION

Unknown

HIGH POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

MEDIUM POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

LOW POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

Boundary of Central

Yukon Planning Area

Plate 3 of 12

[Estimated mineral resource potential 

and certainty for placer and 

paleoplacer Au]

Au (placer and paleoplacer)

Estimated resource potential

GIS-based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit 

Types, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska

By

James V. Jones III, Susan M. Karl, Keith A. Labay, Nora B. Shew, Matthew Granitto, Timothy S. Hayes, Jeffrey L. 

Mauk, Jeanine M. Schmidt, Erin Todd, Bronwen Wang, Melanie B. Werdon, and Douglas B. Yager

2015

ALASKA

NORTH AMERICAN VERTICAL DATUM OF 1988 MAP LOCATION

SCALE 1:3 825 000

50 0 50 100 150 200 MILES

50 0 50 100 150 200 KILOMETERS

Alaska Albers Equal Area Conic projection

North American Datum of 1983

Prepared in cooperation with the

Alaska Division of Geolgical & Geophysical Surveys

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Open-File Report 2015-1021
Y U K O N R I V E R

Y U K O N

R I V E R

Copper River

Tanana River

Kuskokw

mi River

Koyukuk River

Kobuk River

Noatak River

Colville River

Hot Springs

district

B R O O K S

ALASKA

RANGE

R A N G E

ARCTIC OCEAN

Zane

Hills

Kaiyuh

Mountains

Okpilak Ri ver

Mount

Prindle

Sischu

Mountain

Yukon-Tanana

uplands

Yu kon-Koy u k u k bas i n

Indian

Mountain

Roughtop

Mountain

Hogatza River

Big Creek

Limestone

Mountain

Darby Moun at ni s

Selawik Hills

BARROW

BARTER

ISLAND FLAXMAN

WAINWRIGHT BEECHEY ISLAND

POINT

MEADE

RIVER

HARRISON

BAY TESHEKPUK

DEMARCATION

POINT POINT

LAY

MT

MICHELSON UTUKOK

RIVER LOOKOUT SAGAVANIRKTOK

RIDGE UMIAT IKPIKPUK

RIVER

TABLE

MTN

MISHEGUK ARCTIC

MTN

PHILIP

SMITH MTS HOWARD

PASS

CHANDLER

LAKE

KILLIK

RIVER

COLEEN

BAIRD CHRISTIAN

MTS AMBLER CHANDALAR

RIVER WISEMAN SURVEY

PASS

BLACK

RIVER FORT

SELAWIK YUKON BEAVER SHUNGNAK HUGHES BETTLES

CIRCLE

CANDLE KATEEL LIVENGOOD

RIVER MELOZITNA TANANA

BIG

NORTON DELTA

BAY FAIRBANKS NULATO KANTISHNA

RIVER RUBY

MT

HAYES UNALAKLEET HEALY OPHIR MT

MCKINLEY MEDFRA

GULKANA HOLY

CROSS

TALKEETNA

IDITAROD TALKEETNA MTS MCGRATH

VALDEZ 144°

144°

150°

150°

156°

162° 156°

70°

70°

68°

68°

66°

66°

64°

64°

62°

62°

EXPLANATION

Unknown

HIGH POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

MEDIUM POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

LOW POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

Boundary of Central

Yukon Planning Area

Physiographic boundary

Plate 4 of 12

[Annotated mineral resource potential 

map for placer and paleoplacer Au]

Au (placer and paleoplacer)

Annotated map of resource potential

GIS-based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit 

Types, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska

By

James V. Jones III, Susan M. Karl, Keith A. Labay, Nora B. Shew, Matthew Granitto, Timothy S. Hayes, Jeffrey L. 

Mauk, Jeanine M. Schmidt, Erin Todd, Bronwen Wang, Melanie B. Werdon, and Douglas B. Yager

2015

ALASKA

NORTH AMERICAN VERTICAL DATUM OF 1988 MAP LOCATION

SCALE 1:3 825 000

50 0 50 100 150 200 MILES

50 0 50 100 150 200 KILOMETERS

Alaska Albers Equal Area Conic projection

North American Datum of 1983

Prepared in cooperation with the

Alaska Division of Geolgical & Geophysical Surveys

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Open-File Report 2015-1021
BARROW

BARTER

ISLAND FLAXMAN

BEECHEY ISLAND

POINT

MEADE

RIVER

HARRISON

BAY TESHEKPUK

DEMARCATION

POINT POINT

LAY

MT

MICHELSON LOOKOUT SAGAVANIRKTOK

RIDGE UMIAT IKPIKPUK

RIVER

TABLE

MTN

ARCTIC PHILIP

SMITH MTS HOWARD

PASS

CHANDLER

LAKE

KILLIK

RIVER

COLEEN

CHRISTIAN

AMBLER CHANDALAR

RIVER WISEMAN SURVEY

PASS

BLACK

RIVER FORT

SELAWIK YUKON BEAVER SHUNGNAK HUGHES BETTLES

CIRCLE

CANDLE KATEEL LIVENGOOD

RIVER MELOZITNA TANANA

BIG

NORTON DELTA

BAY FAIRBANKS NULATO KANTISHNA

RIVER RUBY

MT

HAYES UNALAKLEET HEALY OPHIR MT

MCKINLEY MEDFRA

GULKANA HOLY

CROSS

TALKEETNA

IDITAROD TALKEETNA MTS MCGRATH

VALDEZ 144°

144°

150°

150°

156°

162° 156°

70°

70°

68°

68°

66°

66°

64°

64°

62°

62°

EXPLANATION

Unknown

HIGH POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

MEDIUM POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

LOW POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

Boundary of Central

Yukon Planning Area

Plate 5 of 12

[Estimated mineral resource potential and 

certainty for PGE (-Co-Cr-Ni-Ti-V) 

deposits associated with mafic-toultramafic intrusive rocks]

PGE (-Co-Cr-Ni-Ti-V)

Estimated resource potential

GIS-based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit 

Types, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska

By

James V. Jones III, Susan M. Karl, Keith A. Labay, Nora B. Shew, Matthew Granitto, Timothy S. Hayes, Jeffrey L. 

Mauk, Jeanine M. Schmidt, Erin Todd, Bronwen Wang, Melanie B. Werdon, and Douglas B. Yager

2015

ALASKA

NORTH AMERICAN VERTICAL DATUM OF 1988 MAP LOCATION

SCALE 1:3 825 000

50 0 50 100 150 200 MILES

50 0 50 100 150 200 KILOMETERS

Alaska Albers Equal Area Conic projection

North American Datum of 1983

Prepared in cooperation with the

Alaska Division of Geolgical & Geophysical Surveys

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Open-File Report 2015-1021
Y U K O N R I V E R

Y U K O N

R I V E R

Copper River

Tanana River

Kuskokw

mi River

Koyukuk River

Kobuk River

Noatak River

Colville River

B R O O K S

ALASKA

RANGE

R A N G E

ARCTIC OCEAN

Zane

Hills

Kaiyuh

Mountains

Okpilak Ri ver

Mount

Prindle

Sischu

Mountain

Yukon-Tanana

uplands

Yu kon-Koy u k u k bas i n

Indian

Mountain

Roughtop

Mountain

Hogatza River

Big Creek

Limestone

Mountain

Darby Moun at ni s

Selawik Hills

BARROW

BARTER

ISLAND FLAXMAN

WAINWRIGHT BEECHEY ISLAND

POINT

MEADE

RIVER

HARRISON

BAY TESHEKPUK

DEMARCATION

POINT POINT

LAY

MT

MICHELSON UTUKOK

RIVER LOOKOUT SAGAVANIRKTOK

RIDGE UMIAT IKPIKPUK

RIVER

TABLE

MTN

MISHEGUK ARCTIC

MTN

PHILIP

SMITH MTS HOWARD

PASS

CHANDLER

LAKE

KILLIK

RIVER

COLEEN

BAIRD CHRISTIAN

MTS AMBLER CHANDALAR

RIVER WISEMAN SURVEY

PASS

BLACK

RIVER FORT

SELAWIK YUKON BEAVER SHUNGNAK HUGHES BETTLES

CIRCLE

CANDLE KATEEL LIVENGOOD

RIVER MELOZITNA TANANA

BIG

NORTON DELTA

BAY FAIRBANKS NULATO KANTISHNA

RIVER RUBY

MT

HAYES UNALAKLEET HEALY OPHIR MT

MCKINLEY MEDFRA

GULKANA HOLY

CROSS

TALKEETNA

IDITAROD TALKEETNA MTS MCGRATH

VALDEZ 144°

144°

150°

150°

156°

162° 156°

70°

70°

68°

68°

66°

66°

64°

64°

62°

62°

EXPLANATION

Unknown

HIGH POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

MEDIUM POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

LOW POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

Boundary of Central

Yukon Planning Area

Physiographic boundary

Plate 6 of 12

[Annotated mineral resource potential map 

for PGE (-Co-Cr-Ni-Ti-V) deposits 

associated with mafic-to-ultramafic 

intrusive rocks]

PGE (-Co-Cr-Ni-Ti-V)

Annotated map of resource potential

GIS-based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit 

Types, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska

By

James V. Jones III, Susan M. Karl, Keith A. Labay, Nora B. Shew, Matthew Granitto, Timothy S. Hayes, Jeffrey L. 

Mauk, Jeanine M. Schmidt, Erin Todd, Bronwen Wang, Melanie B. Werdon, and Douglas B. Yager

2015

ALASKA

NORTH AMERICAN VERTICAL DATUM OF 1988 MAP LOCATION

SCALE 1:3 825 000

50 0 50 100 150 200 MILES

50 0 50 100 150 200 KILOMETERS

Alaska Albers Equal Area Conic projection

North American Datum of 1983

Prepared in cooperation with the

Alaska Division of Geolgical & Geophysical Surveys

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Open-File Report 2015-1021
BARROW

BARTER

ISLAND FLAXMAN

BEECHEY ISLAND

POINT

MEADE

RIVER

HARRISON

BAY TESHEKPUK

DEMARCATION

POINT POINT

LAY

MT

MICHELSON LOOKOUT SAGAVANIRKTOK

RIDGE UMIAT IKPIKPUK

RIVER

TABLE

MTN

ARCTIC PHILIP

SMITH MTS HOWARD

PASS

CHANDLER

LAKE

KILLIK

RIVER

COLEEN

CHRISTIAN

AMBLER CHANDALAR

RIVER WISEMAN SURVEY

PASS

BLACK

RIVER FORT

SELAWIK YUKON BEAVER SHUNGNAK HUGHES BETTLES

CIRCLE

CANDLE KATEEL LIVENGOOD

RIVER MELOZITNA TANANA

BIG

NORTON DELTA

BAY FAIRBANKS NULATO KANTISHNA

RIVER RUBY

MT

HAYES UNALAKLEET HEALY OPHIR MT

MCKINLEY MEDFRA

GULKANA HOLY

CROSS

TALKEETNA

IDITAROD TALKEETNA MTS MCGRATH

VALDEZ 144°

144°

150°

150°

156°

162° 156°

70°

70°

68°

68°

66°

66°

64°

64°

62°

62°

EXPLANATION

Unknown

HIGH POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

MEDIUM POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

LOW POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

Boundary of Central

Yukon Planning Area

Plate 7 of 12

[Estimated mineral resource potential 

and certainty for carbonate-hosted Cu 

(-Co-Ag-Ge-Ga) deposits]

Carbonate-hosted Cu (-Co-Ag-Ge-Ga)

Estimated resource potential

GIS-based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit 

Types, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska

By

James V. Jones III, Susan M. Karl, Keith A. Labay, Nora B. Shew, Matthew Granitto, Timothy S. Hayes, Jeffrey L. 

Mauk, Jeanine M. Schmidt, Erin Todd, Bronwen Wang, Melanie B. Werdon, and Douglas B. Yager

2015

ALASKA

NORTH AMERICAN VERTICAL DATUM OF 1988 MAP LOCATION

SCALE 1:3 825 000

50 0 50 100 150 200 MILES

50 0 50 100 150 200 KILOMETERS

Alaska Albers Equal Area Conic projection

North American Datum of 1983

Prepared in cooperation with the

Alaska Division of Geolgical & Geophysical Surveys

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Open-File Report 2015-1021
Y U K O N R I V E R

Y U K O N

R I V E R

Copper River

Tanana River

Kuskokw

mi River

Koyukuk River

Kobuk River

Noatak River

Colville River

Brooks Range

foreland

Ambler Schist

belt

Sheep Creek

belt

Ruby Creek

Belt of Nikolai basaltic

Cu occurances

Limestone

Mountain belt

B R O O K S

ALASKA

RANGE

R A N G E

ARCTIC OCEAN

Zane

Hills

Kaiyuh

Mountains

Okpilak Ri ver

Mount

Prindle

Sischu

Mountain

Yukon-Tanana

uplands

Yu kon-Koy u k u k bas i n

Indian

Mountain

Roughtop

Mountain

Hogatza River

Big Creek

Limestone

Mountain

Darby Moun at ni s

Selawik Hills

BARROW

BARTER

ISLAND FLAXMAN

WAINWRIGHT BEECHEY ISLAND

POINT

MEADE

RIVER

HARRISON

BAY TESHEKPUK

DEMARCATION

POINT POINT

LAY

MT

MICHELSON UTUKOK

RIVER LOOKOUT SAGAVANIRKTOK

RIDGE UMIAT IKPIKPUK

RIVER

TABLE

MTN

MISHEGUK ARCTIC

MTN

PHILIP

SMITH MTS HOWARD

PASS

CHANDLER

LAKE

KILLIK

RIVER

COLEEN

BAIRD CHRISTIAN

MTS AMBLER CHANDALAR

RIVER WISEMAN SURVEY

PASS

BLACK

RIVER FORT

SELAWIK YUKON BEAVER SHUNGNAK HUGHES BETTLES

CIRCLE

CANDLE KATEEL LIVENGOOD

RIVER MELOZITNA TANANA

BIG

NORTON DELTA

BAY FAIRBANKS NULATO KANTISHNA

RIVER RUBY

MT

HAYES UNALAKLEET HEALY OPHIR MT

MCKINLEY MEDFRA

GULKANA HOLY

CROSS

TALKEETNA

IDITAROD TALKEETNA MTS MCGRATH

VALDEZ 144°

144°

150°

150°

156°

162° 156°

70°

70°

68°

68°

66°

66°

64°

64°

62°

62°

EXPLANATION

Unknown

HIGH POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

MEDIUM POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

LOW POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

Boundary of Central

Yukon Planning Area

Physiographic boundary

Deposit location

Plate 8 of 12

[Annotated mineral resource potential 

map for carbonate-hosted Cu 

(-Co-Ag-Ge-Ga) deposits]

Carbonate-hosted Cu (-Co-Ag-Ge-Ga)

Annotated map of resource potential

GIS-based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit 

Types, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska

By

James V. Jones III, Susan M. Karl, Keith A. Labay, Nora B. Shew, Matthew Granitto, Timothy S. Hayes, Jeffrey L. 

Mauk, Jeanine M. Schmidt, Erin Todd, Bronwen Wang, Melanie B. Werdon, and Douglas B. Yager

2015

ALASKA

NORTH AMERICAN VERTICAL DATUM OF 1988 MAP LOCATION

SCALE 1:3 825 000

50 0 50 100 150 200 MILES

50 0 50 100 150 200 KILOMETERS

Alaska Albers Equal Area Conic projection

North American Datum of 1983

Prepared in cooperation with the

Alaska Division of Geolgical & Geophysical Surveys

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Open-File Report 2015-1021
BARROW

BARTER

ISLAND FLAXMAN

BEECHEY ISLAND

POINT

MEADE

RIVER

HARRISON

BAY TESHEKPUK

DEMARCATION

POINT POINT

LAY

MT

MICHELSON LOOKOUT SAGAVANIRKTOK

RIDGE UMIAT IKPIKPUK

RIVER

TABLE

MTN

ARCTIC PHILIP

SMITH MTS HOWARD

PASS

CHANDLER

LAKE

KILLIK

RIVER

COLEEN

CHRISTIAN

AMBLER CHANDALAR

RIVER WISEMAN SURVEY

PASS

BLACK

RIVER FORT

SELAWIK YUKON BEAVER SHUNGNAK HUGHES BETTLES

CIRCLE

CANDLE KATEEL LIVENGOOD

RIVER MELOZITNA TANANA

BIG

NORTON DELTA

BAY FAIRBANKS NULATO KANTISHNA

RIVER RUBY

MT

HAYES UNALAKLEET HEALY OPHIR MT

MCKINLEY MEDFRA

GULKANA HOLY

CROSS

TALKEETNA

IDITAROD TALKEETNA MTS MCGRATH

VALDEZ 144°

144°

150°

150°

156°

162° 156°

70°

70°

68°

68°

66°

66°

64°

64°

62°

62°

EXPLANATION

Unknown

HIGH POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

MEDIUM POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

LOW POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

Boundary of Central

Yukon Planning Area

Plate 9 of 12

[Estimated mineral resource potential 

and certainty for sandstone-hosted U 

(-V-Cu) deposits]

Sandstone-hosted U (-V-Cu)

Estimated resource potential

GIS-based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit 

Types, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska

By

James V. Jones III, Susan M. Karl, Keith A. Labay, Nora B. Shew, Matthew Granitto, Timothy S. Hayes, Jeffrey L. 

Mauk, Jeanine M. Schmidt, Erin Todd, Bronwen Wang, Melanie B. Werdon, and Douglas B. Yager

2015

ALASKA

NORTH AMERICAN VERTICAL DATUM OF 1988 MAP LOCATION

SCALE 1:3 825 000

50 0 50 100 150 200 MILES

50 0 50 100 150 200 KILOMETERS

Alaska Albers Equal Area Conic projection

North American Datum of 1983

Prepared in cooperation with the

Alaska Division of Geolgical & Geophysical Surveys

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Open-File Report 2015-1021
Y U K O N R I V E R

Y U K O N

R I V E R

Copper River

Tanana River

Kuskokw

mi River

Koyukuk River

Kobuk River

Noatak River

Colville River

Death Valley

Darby pluton

Ruby batholith

Hogatza

igneous belt

B R O O K S

ALASKA

RANGE

R A N G E

ARCTIC OCEAN

Zane

Hills

Kaiyuh

Mountains

Okpilak Ri ver

Mount

Prindle

Sischu

Mountain

Yukon-Tanana

uplands

Yu kon-Koy u k u k bas i n

Indian

Mountain

Roughtop

Mountain

Hogatza River

Big Creek

Limestone

Mountain

Darby Moun at ni s

Selawik Hills

BARROW

BARTER

ISLAND FLAXMAN

WAINWRIGHT BEECHEY ISLAND

POINT

MEADE

RIVER

HARRISON

BAY TESHEKPUK

DEMARCATION

POINT POINT

LAY

MT

MICHELSON UTUKOK

RIVER LOOKOUT SAGAVANIRKTOK

RIDGE UMIAT IKPIKPUK

RIVER

TABLE

MTN

MISHEGUK ARCTIC

MTN

PHILIP

SMITH MTS HOWARD

PASS

CHANDLER

LAKE

KILLIK

RIVER

COLEEN

BAIRD CHRISTIAN

MTS AMBLER CHANDALAR

RIVER WISEMAN SURVEY

PASS

BLACK

RIVER FORT

SELAWIK YUKON BEAVER SHUNGNAK HUGHES BETTLES

CIRCLE

CANDLE KATEEL LIVENGOOD

RIVER MELOZITNA TANANA

BIG

NORTON DELTA

BAY FAIRBANKS NULATO KANTISHNA

RIVER RUBY

MT

HAYES UNALAKLEET HEALY OPHIR MT

MCKINLEY MEDFRA

GULKANA HOLY

CROSS

TALKEETNA

IDITAROD TALKEETNA MTS MCGRATH

VALDEZ 144°

144°

150°

150°

156°

162° 156°

70°

70°

68°

68°

66°

66°

64°

64°

62°

62°

EXPLANATION

Unknown

HIGH POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

MEDIUM POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

LOW POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

Boundary of Central

Yukon Planning Area

Physiographic boundary

Deposit location

Plate 10 of 12

[Annotated mineral resource potential 

map for sandstone-hosted U (-V-Cu) 

deposits]

Sandstone-hosted U (-V-Cu)

Annotated map of resource potential

GIS-based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit 

Types, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska

By

James V. Jones III, Susan M. Karl, Keith A. Labay, Nora B. Shew, Matthew Granitto, Timothy S. Hayes, Jeffrey L. 

Mauk, Jeanine M. Schmidt, Erin Todd, Bronwen Wang, Melanie B. Werdon, and Douglas B. Yager

2015

ALASKA

NORTH AMERICAN VERTICAL DATUM OF 1988 MAP LOCATION

SCALE 1:3 825 000

50 0 50 100 150 200 MILES

50 0 50 100 150 200 KILOMETERS

Alaska Albers Equal Area Conic projection

North American Datum of 1983

Prepared in cooperation with the

Alaska Division of Geolgical & Geophysical Surveys

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Open-File Report 2015-1021
BARROW

BARTER

ISLAND FLAXMAN

BEECHEY ISLAND

POINT

MEADE

RIVER

HARRISON

BAY TESHEKPUK

DEMARCATION

POINT POINT

LAY

MT

MICHELSON LOOKOUT SAGAVANIRKTOK

RIDGE UMIAT IKPIKPUK

RIVER

TABLE

MTN

ARCTIC PHILIP

SMITH MTS HOWARD

PASS

CHANDLER

LAKE

KILLIK

RIVER

COLEEN

CHRISTIAN

AMBLER CHANDALAR

RIVER WISEMAN SURVEY

PASS

BLACK

RIVER FORT

SELAWIK YUKON BEAVER SHUNGNAK HUGHES BETTLES

CIRCLE

CANDLE KATEEL LIVENGOOD

RIVER MELOZITNA TANANA

BIG

NORTON DELTA

BAY FAIRBANKS NULATO KANTISHNA

RIVER RUBY

MT

HAYES UNALAKLEET HEALY OPHIR MT

MCKINLEY MEDFRA

GULKANA HOLY

CROSS

TALKEETNA

IDITAROD TALKEETNA MTS MCGRATH

VALDEZ 144°

144°

150°

150°

156°

162° 156°

70°

70°

68°

68°

66°

66°

64°

64°

62°

62°

EXPLANATION

Unknown

HIGH POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

MEDIUM POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

LOW POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

Boundary of Central

Yukon Planning Area

Plate 11 of 12

[Estimated mineral resource potential and 

certainty for Sn-W-Mo (-Ta-In-fluorspar) 

deposits in specialized granites]

Sn-W-Mo (-Ta-In-fluorspar)

Estimated resource potential

GIS-based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit 

Types, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska

By

James V. Jones III, Susan M. Karl, Keith A. Labay, Nora B. Shew, Matthew Granitto, Timothy S. Hayes, Jeffrey L. 

Mauk, Jeanine M. Schmidt, Erin Todd, Bronwen Wang, Melanie B. Werdon, and Douglas B. Yager

2015

ALASKA

NORTH AMERICAN VERTICAL DATUM OF 1988 MAP LOCATION

SCALE 1:3 825 000

50 0 50 100 150 200 MILES

50 0 50 100 150 200 KILOMETERS

Alaska Albers Equal Area Conic projection

North American Datum of 1983

Prepared in cooperation with the

Alaska Division of Geolgical & Geophysical Surveys

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Open-File Report 2015-1021
Y U K O N R I V E R

Y U K O N

R I V E R

Copper River

Tanana River

Kuskokw

mi River

Koyukuk River

Kobuk River

Noatak River

Colville River

Ruby batholith

Hogatza

igneous belt Tofty

igneous belt

Sischu-Prindle

igneous belt

Stepovich

Spruce Hen

Illinois Creek

Waterpump Creek

B R O O K S

ALASKA

RANGE

R A N G E

ARCTIC OCEAN

Zane

Hills

Kaiyuh

Mountains

Okpilak Ri ver

Mount

Prindle

Sischu

Mountain

Yukon-Tanana

uplands

Yu kon-Koy u k u k bas i n

Indian

Mountain

Roughtop

Mountain

Hogatza River

Big Creek

Limestone

Mountain

Darby Moun at ni s

Selawik Hills

BARROW

BARTER

ISLAND FLAXMAN

WAINWRIGHT BEECHEY ISLAND

POINT

MEADE

RIVER

HARRISON

BAY TESHEKPUK

DEMARCATION

POINT POINT

LAY

MT

MICHELSON UTUKOK

RIVER LOOKOUT SAGAVANIRKTOK

RIDGE UMIAT IKPIKPUK

RIVER

TABLE

MTN

MISHEGUK ARCTIC

MTN

PHILIP

SMITH MTS HOWARD

PASS

CHANDLER

LAKE

KILLIK

RIVER

COLEEN

BAIRD CHRISTIAN

MTS AMBLER CHANDALAR

RIVER WISEMAN SURVEY

PASS

BLACK

RIVER FORT

SELAWIK YUKON BEAVER SHUNGNAK HUGHES BETTLES

CIRCLE

CANDLE KATEEL LIVENGOOD

RIVER MELOZITNA TANANA

BIG

NORTON DELTA

BAY FAIRBANKS NULATO KANTISHNA

RIVER RUBY

MT

HAYES UNALAKLEET HEALY OPHIR MT

MCKINLEY MEDFRA

GULKANA HOLY

CROSS

TALKEETNA

IDITAROD TALKEETNA MTS MCGRATH

VALDEZ 144°

144°

150°

150°

156°

162° 156°

70°

70°

68°

68°

66°

66°

64°

64°

62°

62°

EXPLANATION

Unknown

HIGH POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

MEDIUM POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

LOW POTENTIAL

High certainty

Medium certainty

Low certainty

Boundary of Central

Yukon Planning Area

Physiographic boundary

Deposit location

Plate 12 of 12

[Annotated mineral resource potential 

map for Sn-W-Mo (-Ta-In-fluorspar) 

deposits in specialized granites]

Sn-W-Mo (-Ta-In-fluorspar)

Annotated map of resource potential

GIS-based Identification of Areas with Mineral Resource Potential for Six Selected Deposit 

Types, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska

By

James V. Jones III, Susan M. Karl, Keith A. Labay, Nora B. Shew, Matthew Granitto, Timothy S. Hayes, Jeffrey L. 

Mauk, Jeanine M. Schmidt, Erin Todd, Bronwen Wang, Melanie B. Werdon, and Douglas B. Yager

2015

ALASKA

NORTH AMERICAN VERTICAL DATUM OF 1988 MAP LOCATION

SCALE 1:3 825 000

50 0 50 100 150 200 MILES

50 0 50 100 150 200 KILOMETERS

Alaska Albers Equal Area Conic projection

North American Datum of 1983

Prepared in cooperation with the

Alaska Division of Geolgical & Geophysical Surveys

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Open-File Report 2015-1021