Mineral-resources personnel from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys carried out a geological field survey, including mapping and sampling in the eastern part of the Bonnifield mining district in the Fairbanks A-1, A-2, Healy D-1 and D-2 quadrangles, Alaska from June 16 to July 18, 2008. The fieldwork provides basic information critical to building an understanding of Alaska geology and is part of an integrated program of airborne geophysical surveys followed by geological mapping. During 2008, 242 rock samples were collected for geochemical trace-element analysis, 106 rock samples were collected for whole rock (major- and minor-oxide and petrogenetically important trace element) analyses, and 7 samples were collected for analysis of non-carbonate carbon content.

Mineral-resources personnel from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys carried out a geological field survey, including mapping and sampling, in the eastern part of the Bonnifield mining district in the Fairbanks A-1 and A-2, and the Healy D-1 and D-2 quadrangles, Alaska, from June 16 through July 18, 2008. The fieldwork provides basic information critical to building an understanding of Alaska's geology and is part of an integrated program of airborne geophysical surveys followed by geological mapping. Specifically, this work provides geologic context for geophysical surveys conducted in 2006. To represent a typical lithology, igneous or possible meta-igneous samples were collected and analyzed for major- and minor-oxide and petrogenetically important trace elements as a supplement to previously published geochemical data. The analyses were used to determine composition of the samples as well as potential original tectonic setting. Radiometric age analyses from some of these rocks have been published. Interpretation and synthesis of this data has been presented in professional and trade meetings. The analytical tables associated with this data release are available in digital format as comma-separated value (CSV) files.

Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) personnel collected rock samples while mapping the bedrock geology along a 12-mile-wide swath following the Alaska Highway between Delta Junction and the eastern edge of the Mount Hayes quadrangle near Dot Lake, Alaska. This mapping is one component of the multi-year DGGS project studying the geology, geohazards and resources along the proposed gas pipeline corridor from Delta Junction to the Canadian border. In 2006, we collected 10 samples for whole rock (major- and minor-oxides, and petrogenetically important trace-elements) analysis. In 2007, we collected 111 samples for whole rock analysis and 36 rock samples for geochemical trace-element analysis. Analytical data from these rock samples are tabulated in this publication.

Mineral-resources personnel from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys conducted reconnaissance sampling of the William Henry Bay area in the Juneau C-4 and D-4 quadrangles, August 9-13, 2011. This sampling project was part of a statewide assessment of Alaska's potential for rare-earth element mineralization. During the William Henry Bay field project 46 rock, sediment, and heavy-mineral concentrate samples were collected for geochemical analysis (geochemical, major oxide, minor oxide, trace element, and rare earth elements).

Major-oxide and trace-element geochemical data from rocks collected near the Dalton Highway, Yukon River crossing, Alaska, Raw Data File 2025-29, provides major-oxide and trace-element geochemical data from rocks collected near the Dalton Highway, Yukon River Crossing, Alaska. Geologists from the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) conducted fieldwork between June and July 2016 in the Livengood D-6, C-6, and northern B-6 quadrangles, as part of the Yukon River Crossing Capital Improvement Project. The study area spans about 567 mi2 (1,458 km2) and includes a geologically complex and vulnerable segment of the Trans Alaska Pipeline and Dalton Highway. The project seeks to improve understanding of the local geology and evaluate the potential for slope instability near the Yukon River highway crossing, where a 2012 landslide occurred west of the bridge's south abutment. The team collected igneous and metamorphic rock samples and conducted whole-rock geochemical analyses, including major oxide and trace element concentrations, to define map units and assess lithologic variability relevant to slope stability and infrastructure risk. These data are provided as a Raw Data File under an open end-user license and are available on the DGGS website: http://doi.org/10.14509/31737.

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).

Late Triassic mafic to ultramafic intrusions in the Wrangellia terrane are host to magmatic sulfide nickel-copper-cobalt and platinum-group element (PGE) mineralization. DGGS's mineral-resources group carried out a geologic mapping project in the eastern Denali Highway region between Watana Creek and Paxson from July 29 through August 7, 2015. This project is part of a multi-year effort 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; other data resulting from this project include geophysical surveys and several geochemical datasets. This program of geologic mapping and rock sampling was conducted as part of the State of Alaska's Strategic and Critical Minerals Assessment project, an initiative designed to evaluate Alaska's potential for rare-earth elements, PGEs, and other similarly supply-challenged resources. Highlights of this project include identification, sampling, and characterization of a broad section of Wrangellia stratigraphy, including Late Triassic ultramafic and mafic intrusions thought to be a part of the Ni-Cu-Co-PGE- and Cu-Ag-mineralized Wrangellia large igneous province. This dataset includes four samples with high copper values (1.6 to 4.62 percent) and elevated silver values (10.15 to 18.25 ppm) and two samples have elevated copper (1,400 and 4,610 ppm); those samples are scattered throughout the area. Two samples from the Caribou Dome area show elevated platinum (0.113 and 0.101 ppm) and palladium (0.141 and 0.193 ppm). The analytical data tables associated with this report are being released in digital format as comma-delimited text (CSV) files.

Mineral-resources geologists from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) carried out a helicopter-supported geological and geochemical resource assessment project in the Gulkana, Healy, Mount Hayes, and Talkeetna Mountains quadrangles from July 29 through August 16, 2013. The objectives of this assessment were to improve the publicly-available geological, geophysical, and geochemical data in the area of known occurrences in the Mount Hayes Quadrangle, and to extend this coverage and any gained insight westward into the less-explored extension of the Wrangellia terrane. This program of stream-sediment, pan-concentrate, and rock sampling was conducted as part of the State's Strategic Minerals Assessment project, an initiative designed to evaluate Alaska's potential for rare-earth elements, PGEs, and other similarly supply-challenged resources. Highlights of this project include identification, sampling, and characterization of previously unmapped mafic to ultramafic intrusions and Nikolai Greenstone, modern geochemical characterizations of Ni-Cu-Co-PGE, skarn, vein, and basalt-hosted Cu mineralization, and documentation of regional-scale patterns in PGE enrichment across western Wrangellia. The analytical data tables associated with this report are being released in digital format as comma-delimited text (CSV) files.

Major-oxide and trace-element analyses of rock samples from the West Susitna area STATEMAP project, Cook Inlet, Alaska, Raw Data File 2025-21, provides whole-rock geochemical analyses, including major-oxide and trace-element concentrations, from bedrock samples that DGGS staff collected during the 2024 field season as part of the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys' (DGGS) West Susitna STATEMAP project. The project is a 1:50,000-scale geologic mapping initiative to characterize geology, assess geologic hazards, and investigate tectonic features within a region of increasing interest for resource development, alternative energy, and recreation. The study area lies in the West Susitna region of southcentral Alaska. It spans approximately 500 mi2 across the Tyonek C-3, C-4, D-4, and D-5 quadrangles, including ~50 miles of the proposed West Susitna Access Corridor that connects Anchorage to the Happy River Valley on the western margin of the Susitna Basin. Major- and trace-element geochemical analyses were obtained for plutonic and volcanic rocks to define map units and determine the magmatic history of the area. These data are provided as a Raw Data File under an open end-user license and are available on the DGGS website: http://doi.org/10.14509/31725.