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  • Alaska DGGS geochemical data Northeast Tanacross project 2018

    DGGS publishes data from Tanacross survey

    Updated Sep 25, 2020

    Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Oct. 30 published major-oxide and trace-element geochemical data from rocks collected from the Northeast Tanacross project in 2018. From June 19 through July 15, 2018, geologists from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) carried out a geologic mapping and geochemical sampling project in the Northeast Tanacross map area – Tanacross D-1 and parts of C-1 and D-2 quadrangles – adjacent to the For...

  • Tanacross quadrangle western Yukon claim staking map Oreo Mountain

    Majors quietly move into eastern Alaska

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 25, 2020

    While claim staking and mineral exploration has rocketed in Yukon's famed White Gold and Klondike districts, this prolific action nearly comes to a halt at the territory's western border with Alaska. This has given rise to a tongue-in-cheek theory that there must be a major fault separating the mineral rich lands in western Yukon from the barren lands west of the border. This "Border Fault" apparently does exist. It is not, however, a major geological structure separating...