Data and results for GIS-based identification of areas that have resource potential for sediment-hosted Pb-Zn deposits in Alaska

This data release contains the analytical results and the evaluated source data files of a geospatial analysis for identifying areas in Alaska that may have potential for sediment-hosted Pb-Zn (lead-zinc) deposits. The spatial analysis is based on queries of statewide source datasets Alaska Geochemical Database (AGDB3), Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF), and Alaska Geologic Map (SIM3340) within areas defined by 12-digit HUCs (subwatersheds) from the National Watershed Boundary dataset. The packages of files available for download are: 1. The results in geodatabase format are in SedPbZn_Results_gdb.zip. The analytical results for sediment-hosted Pb-Zn deposits are in a polygon feature class which contains the points...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), geochemistry, lead, sediment, zinc

Global Distribution of Selected Mines, Deposits, and Districts of Critical Minerals

The point and polygon layers within this geodatabase present the global distribution of selected mineral resource features (deposits, mines, districts, mineral regions) for 22 minerals or mineral commodities considered critical to the economy and security of the United States as of 2017. These data complement the report by Schulz and others (2017) which provides national and global information on 23 critical minerals - antimony (Sb), barite (barium, Ba), beryllium (Be), cobalt (Co), fluorite or fluorspar (fluorine, F), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), graphite (carbon, C), hafnium (Hf), indium (In), lithium (Li), manganese (Mn), niobium (Nb), platinum-group elements (PGE), rare-earth elements (REE), rhenium (Re), selenium...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Asia, China, Korea, Republic of, USGS PP1802, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... antimony, barium, beryllium, cobalt, critical mineral resource, deposit type, economic geology, fLD10 = North America, fLD20 = Central America, fLD30 = South America, fLD40 = Europe, fLD50 = Africa, fLD60 = Australia and New Zealand, fLD80 = Asia Minor and Middle East, fLD90 = Southeast Asia, fluorine, gallium, geoenvironmental model, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, hafnium, lithium, manganese, mine sites, mineral commodity, mineral deposits, mineral occurrence, mineral resources, mining, niobium, nonfuel mineral resources, platinum-group elements, rare-earth elements, reserves, resource, rhenium, selenium, tantalum, tellurium, tin, titanium, vanadium, web map services, zirconium, Fewer tags

Selected Whole-Rock and Sediment Geochemistry Reanalysis Data Additions to the Alaska Geochemical DataBase (AGDB) from Archived Samples, Alaska

This data release contains elemental concentration data from the reanalysis of 13,930 archived stream-sediment sample and associated stream sediment reference material and 968 archived rock samples and associated rock reference material. All archived material was from samples that were collected in Alaska. Samples were retrieved from the USGS Mineral Program's sample archive in Denver, CO. Sample processing consisted of splitting the appropriate aliquot for the requested analyses. Sample splitting was performed in the USGS Mineral Program's sample prep facilities. 13,800 samples were analyzed using a multi-element analytical method involving decomposition of the sample by sodium peroxide and elemental analysis by...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Alaska Range, Aleutian Islands, Aleutian Range, Alexander Archipelago, All tags... Bering Sea, Brooks Range, Chugach Mountains, Geochemistry, Gulf of Alaska, Kuskokwim Mountains, Mineral Resources, Seward Peninsula, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Wrangell Mountains, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, boron, cadmium, calcium, cerium, cesium, chemical analysis, chromium, cobalt, copper, dysprosium, earth science, earth sciences, erbium, europium, ferric iron, ferrous iron, gadolinium, gallium, geochemistry, geochemistry, geoscientificInformation, germanium, gold, hafnium, holmium, indium, iron, lanthanum, lead, lithium, lutetium, magnesium, manganese, mercury, mineral resources, mineralogy, molybdenum, neodymium, nickel, niobium, palladium, potassium, praseodymium, rhenium, rubidium, samarium, scandium, selenium, silicon, silver, sodium, strontium, sulfur, tantalum, tellurium, terbium, thallium, thorium, thulium, tin, titanium, tungsten, uranium, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags

Simulated inundation extent and depth at Whittier, Alaska resulting from the hypothetical rapid motion of landslides into Barry Arm Fjord, Prince William Sound, Alaska

Summary This data release contains postprocessed model output from simulations of hypothetical rapid motion of landslides, subsequent wave generation, and wave propagation. A modeled tsunami wave was generated by rapid motion of unstable material into Barry Arm Fjord. This wave propagated through Prince William Sound and then into Passage Canal east of Whittier. Here we consider only the largest wave-generating scenario presented by Barnhart and others (2021a, 2021b) and use a simulation setup similar to that work. The results presented here are not identical to those presented in Barnhart and others (2021a, 2021b) because the results in this data release were obtained using an expanded dataset of topography and...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Raster, Shapefile; Tags: Alaska, Barry Arm, D-Claw, Geomorphology, Marine Geology, All tags... Prince William Sound, Simulation results, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Whittier, Alaska, biota, inundation, landslide, tsunami, Fewer tags

01 - Results for GIS-based Identification of Areas that have Resource Potential for Sediment-hosted Pb-Zn Deposits in Alaska

Compressed file SedPbZn_Results_gdb.zip contains the analytical results of a geospatial analysis for identifying areas in Alaska that may have potential for sediment-hosted Pb-Zn (lead-zinc) deposits. The spatial analysis is based on queries of statewide source datasets Alaska Geochemical Database (AGDB3), Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF), and Alaska Geologic Map (SIM3340) within areas defined by 12-digit HUCs (subwatersheds) from the National Watershed Boundary dataset. An ArcMap mxd file, layer file, and geodatabase with cartographic layers is provided for users to view the analytical results in ArcMap. Additional files include FGDC metadata, a pdf showing the query parameters for the analysis, and a README file....

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alaska, Mineral deposits, lead, zinc

Data and results for GIS-based identification of areas that have resource potential for lode gold deposits in Alaska

This data release contains the analytical results and evaluated source data files of geospatial analyses for identifying areas in Alaska that may be prospective for different types of lode gold deposits, including orogenic, reduced-intrusion-related, epithermal, and gold-bearing porphyry. The spatial analysis is based on queries of statewide source datasets of aeromagnetic surveys, Alaska Geochemical Database (AGDB3), Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF), and Alaska Geologic Map (SIM3340) within areas defined by 12-digit HUCs (subwatersheds) from the National Watershed Boundary dataset. The packages of files available for download are: 1. LodeGold_Results_gdb.zip - The analytical results in geodatabase polygon feature...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Alaska, Alaska lode gold geology, Alaska lode gold geology geochemistry, Economic Geology, Epithermal, All tags... Geochemistry, Geochemistry, Geographic Information System (GIS), Geology, Gold, Lode gold, Mineral resources, Orogenic, Porphyry, Prospectivity mapping, Reduced intrusion-related gold, United States, Fewer tags

Digitized Legacy Maps of Surficial Geology and Morphology of the Central Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska

This dataset represents a digitized version of the Rawlinson 1993 surficial geologic map of the Flaxman Island and Beechy Point quadrangles, and portions of the Mount Michelson and Harrison Bay quadrangles at 1:63,360 scale. In this newly digitized version of the map, the original maps were scanned, georeferenced, and projected into GIS. Approximately 100-200 typographic and labelling errors from the paper version were corrected with inputs from the original author (corrections completed in 2024). However, this digitized product still adheres to the 1993 interpretation of the surficial geology. Original descriptions of the map units can be found with the 1993 publication (https://doi.org/10.14509/2484). The original...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Alluvial deposits, Arctic, Arctic coastal plains, Beechy Point, All tags... Canning River, Colville River, Flaxman Island, Geomorphology, GeoscientificInformation, Harrison Bay, Holocene, Hulahula River, ImageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Kuparuk River, Mineral Resources, Mt. Michelson, Quaternary, Sagavanirktok River, Surficial geology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Fewer tags

[Geological Data] Shapefiles of ancient and modern passive margins for the world

Two shapefiles mapping the locations of ancient and modern passive margin boundaries are presented. These data are a digital recreation of the work originally published by Bradley (2008). The ancient passive margin data were used as an evidential layer to map prospectivity for sediment-hosted Pb-Zn mineral systems (Lawley and others, 2022). The ancient passive margins dataset includes additional attributes related to the boundary's orogenic setting and history, the length of the boundary, its estimated lifespan, and its modern-day country location. Although only ancient passive margin boundaries were analyzed for the United States, Canada, and Australia for this study, boundaries for the world are included in the...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: CMMI, Critical Minerals Mapping Initiative, Exploring for the Future Program, GA, GGGSC, All tags... GSC, Geological Survey of Canada, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Geoscience Australia, MRP, Mineral Resources Program, TGI, Targeted Geoscience Initiative, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, ancient passive margin, geoscientificInformation, modern passive margin, passive margin, tectonics, Fewer tags

02 - Source Data for GIS-based Identification of Areas that have Resource Potential for Sediment-hosted Pb-Zn Deposits in Alaska

Compressed file sedPbZn_SourceData_gdb.zip contains the GIS datasets and Python scripts used to calculate the estimated potential and certainty that sediment-hosted Pb-Zn (lead-zinc) deposits might be present in an area in Alaska. The statewide datasets include: Alaska Geochemical Database (AGDB3), Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF), lithology layers created from Alaska Geologic Map (SIM3340), and 12-digit HUCs, subwatersheds from the National Watershed Boundary dataset. FGDC metadata for all datasets are included. In addition, files are included for the user to modify the parameters of the analysis. These include two Python scripts, 1) used to score ARDF sites for sediment-hosted Pb-Zn potential, and 2) to evaluate...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: geochemistry, geologic map, lead, mineral resource, watershed, All tags... zinc, Fewer tags

Alaska Geochemical Database Version 4.0 (AGDB4) including best value data compilations for rock, sediment, soil, mineral, and concentrate sample media

The Alaska Geochemical Database Version 4.0 (AGDB4) contains geochemical data compilations in which each geologic material sample has one best value determination for each analyzed species, greatly improving efficiency of use. The relational database includes historical geochemical data archived in the USGS National Geochemical Database (NGDB), the Atomic Energy Commission National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance databases, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) Geochemistry database. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Mines and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management are included as well. The data tables describe historical and new quantitative...

Tags: AGDB, AMRAP, Alaska Geochemical Database, Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program, Alaska Range, All tags... Aleutian Range, Alexander Archipelago, Brooks Range, Chugach Mountains, Economic Geology, Geochemistry, Heavy Mineral Program, Kuskokwim Mountains, Mineral Resources, Seward Peninsula, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wrangell Mountains, aluminum, analytical chemistry, antimony, arsenic, ash, barium, beryllium, bismuth, boron, bound or essential water, bromine, bulk density, cadmium, calcium, calcium carbonate, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbonate carbon, cerium, cesium, chemical analysis, chlorine, chromium, cobalt, copper, dysprosium, environmental geochemistry, erbium, europium, exploration geochemistry, f02013=Eastern Aleutian Islands, f02016=Western Aleutian Islands, fOC4101=Gulf of Alaska, fOC4102=Bering Sea, fUS02=Alaska, fUS=United States, ferric iron, ferrous iron, fluorine, gadolinium, gallium, geochemical data, geochemistry, geoscientificInformation, germanium, gold, hafnium, heavy-mineral concentrate chemistry, holmium, hydrogen, indium, iodine, iridium, iron, lanthanum, lead, lithium, loss on ignition, lutetium, magnesium, manganese, mercury, mineral resources, mineralogical data, mineralogy, moisture or nonessential water, molybdenum, neodymium, nickel, niobium, nitrate, nitrogen, organic carbon, osmium, pH, palladium, phosphorus, platinum, potassium, powder density, praseodymium, pyritic sulfur, rhenium, rhodium, rock chemistry, rubidium, ruthenium, samarium, scandium, sediment chemistry, selenium, silicon, silver, sodium, soil chemistry, strontium, sulfate, sulfide, sulfur, tantalum, tellurium, terbium, thallium, thorium, thulium, tin, titanium, total water, tungsten, uranium, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags

Gridded Pre-2015 Bathymetry Data for Icy Bay and Taan Fiord, Alaska

This data release provides a gridded compilation of bathymetry data collected prior to the 2015 landslide in Taan Fiord, the northeast arm of Icy Bay, Alaska. The data release consists of a 50-m grid, derived from ten prior surveys covering both Taan Fiord and Icy Bay.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: ASC, Alaska, Alaska Science Center, Bathymetry, Bathymetry and elevation, All tags... CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, EHP, Earthquake Hazards Program, Elevation, Icy Bay, LHP, Landslide Hazards Program, Marine Geology, Oceans, Seismology, Singlebeam echo sounder, Taan Fiord, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Fewer tags

03 - Appendices for GIS-Based Identification of Areas that have Resource Potential for Sediment-hosted Pb-Zn Deposits in Alaska

Compressed file sedPbZn_Appendices.zip contains the appendix files 2, 3, and 4 associated with U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) publication Open-File Report 2020-1147. Appendix 2 provides the scoring criteria of the Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF), listing keywords for different ARDF fields and the weighting factor for each word. Appendix 3 lists the ARDF sites with the resulting scores of the keyword searches. Appendix 4 charts out the queries used on the Geologic Map of Alaska to create different lithology datasets. The appendices are each provided as XLSX and CSV files. Also included is a CSV with the results of the scoring analysis showing for each subwatershed (HUC12) the score for each source data layer, total...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service

Alaska Geochemical Database Version 3.0 (AGDB3) including best value data compilations for rock, sediment, soil, mineral, and concentrate sample media

The Alaska Geochemical Database Version 3.0 (AGDB3) contains new geochemical data compilations in which each geologic material sample has one best value determination for each analyzed species, greatly improving speed and efficiency of use. Like the Alaska Geochemical Database Version 2.0 before it, the AGDB3 was created and designed to compile and integrate geochemical data from Alaska to facilitate geologic mapping, petrologic studies, mineral resource assessments, definition of geochemical baseline values and statistics, element concentrations and associations, environmental impact assessments, and studies in public health associated with geology. This relational database, created from databases and published...

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: AGDB, AMRAP, Alaska Geochemical Database, Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program, Alaska Range, All tags... Aleutian Range, Alexander Archipelago, Brooks Range, Chugach Mountains, Geochemistry, Heavy Mineral Program, Kuskokwim Mountains, Mineralogy, Praseodymium, Seward Peninsula, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wrangell Mountains, aluminum, analytical chemistry, antimony, arsenic, ash, barium, beryllium, bismuth, boron, bound or essential water, bromine, bulk density, cadmium, calcium, calcium carbonate, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbonate carbon, cerium, cesium, chemical analysis, chlorine, chromium, cobalt, copper, dysprosium, environmental geochemistry, erbium, europium, exploration geochemistry, f02013=Eastern Aleutian Islands, f02016=Western Aleutian Islands, fOC4101=Gulf of Alaska, fOC4102=Bering Sea, fUS02=Alaska, fUS=United States, ferric iron, ferrous iron, fluorine, gadolinium, gallium, geochemical data, geochemistry, geoscientificInformation, germanium, gold, hafnium, heavy-mineral concentrate chemistry, holmium, hydrogen, indium, iodine, iridium, iron, lanthanum, lead, lithium, loss on ignition, lutetium, magnesium, manganese, mercury, mineral resources, mineralogical data, mineralogy, moisture or nonessential water, molybdenum, neodymium, nickel, niobium, nitrate, nitrogen, organic carbon, osmium, pH, palladium, phosphorus, platinum, potassium, powder density, pyritic sulfur, rhenium, rhodium, rock chemistry, rubidium, ruthenium, samarium, scandium, sediment chemistry, selenium, silicon, silver, sodium, soil chemistry, strontium, sulfate, sulfide, sulfur, tantalum, tellurium, terbium, thallium, thorium, thulium, tin, titanium, total water, tungsten, uranium, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, zirconium, Fewer tags