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##### U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1386

# Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples Collected in 2006 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale Quadrangle, Alaska

### *By* Edward P. Klimasauskas, Marti L. Miller, and Dwight C. Bradley

### 2007

*Location of samples collected in the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale quadrangle (black box shows quadrangle boundaries), Alaska, by the USGS in 2006 (from figure 2).*

### Introduction

The Kuskokwim mineral belt of Bundtzen and Miller (1997) forms an important metallogenic region in southwestern Alaska that has yielded more than 3.22 million ounces of gold and 400,000 ounces of silver. Precious-metal and related deposits in this region associated with Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary igneous complexes extend into the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale quadrangle. The U.S. Geological Survey is in the process of conducting a mineral resource assessment of this region. This report presents analytical data collected during the third year of this multiyear study. A total of 138 rock geochemistry samples collected during the 2006 field season were analyzed using the ICP-AES/MS42, ICP-AES10, fire assay, and cold vapor atomic absorption methods described in more detail below. Analytical values are provided in percent (% or pct: 1 gram per 100 grams), parts per million (ppm: 1 gram per 1,000,000 grams), or parts per billion (ppb: 1 gram per 1,000,000,000 grams) as indicated in the column heading of the data table. Data are provided for download in Excel (*.xls), comma delimited (*.csv), dBase 4 (*.dbf) and as a point coverage in ArcInfo interchange (*.e00) formats 

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USGS Open-File Report 2007-1196 Major and Trace-Element Data from Stream-Sediment and Rock Samples Collected in the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-Scale Quadrangle, Alaska, by Elizabeth A. Bailey, Gregory K. Lee, Seth H. Mueller, Bronwen Wang, Zoe Ann Brown, and Greg A. Beischer

USGS Open-File Report 2006-1175 Aqueous Geochemical Data from the Analysis of Stream Water Samples Collected in August 2004—Taylor Mountains 1:250,000 Scale Quadrangle, Alaska, by Bronwen Wang, Seth Mueller, Elizabeth Bailey, and Greg Lee.

USGS Open-File Report 2006-1070 Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples Collected in 2004 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale Quadrangle, Alaska, by Edward P. Klimasauskas, Marti L. Miller, Dwight C. Bradley, Sue M. Karl, James F. Baichtal, and Robert B. Blodgett.

USGS Open-File Report 2006-1306 Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples Collected in 2005 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale Quadrangle, Alaska, by Edward P. Klimasauskas, Marti L. Miller, Dwight C. Bradley, Tom K. Bundtzen, and Travis L. Hudson.

USGS Open-File Report 2006-1361 Aqueous Geochemical Data From the Analysis of Stream-Water Samples Collected in June and July 2005—Taylor Mountains 1:250,000 Scale Quadrangle, Alaska, by Bronwen Wang, Seth Mueller, Sarah Stetson, Elizabeth Bailey, and Greg Lee.

For questions about the content of this report, contact Ed Klimasauskas

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