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January 1, 2005

Porphyry copper deposit density Porphyry copper deposit density

Estimating numbers of undiscovered mineral deposits has been a source of unease among economic geologists yet is a fundamental task in considering future supplies of resources. Estimates can be based on frequencies of deposits per unit of permissive area in control areas around the world in the same way that grade and tonnage frequencies are models of sizes and qualities of undiscovered...

Authors

Donald Singer, Vladimir Berger, W. Menzie, Byron Berger

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

January 1, 2005

Alaska resource data file: Naknek quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Naknek quadrangle

No abstract available.

Authors

Frederic Wilson, Stan Church, Damon Bickerstaff

Ecosystems Mission Area, Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, Alaska Science Center

January 1, 2005

Alaska resource data file: Melozitna quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Melozitna quadrangle

No abstract available.

Authors

David Szumigala, Garth Graham

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Alaska Science Center

January 1, 2005

View_SPECPR Software, Installation Procedure, and User's Guide (Version 1.1) View_SPECPR Software, Installation Procedure, and User's Guide (Version 1.1)

No abstract available.

Authors

Raymond F. Kokaly

Mineral Resources Program, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Spectroscopy Lab

January 1, 2005

Statistical guides to estimating the number of undiscovered mineral deposits: an example with porphyry copper deposits Statistical guides to estimating the number of undiscovered mineral deposits: an example with porphyry copper deposits

Estimating numbers of undiscovered mineral deposits is a fundamental part of assessing mineral resources. Some statistical tools can act as guides to low variance, unbiased estimates of the number of deposits. The primary guide is that the estimates must be consistent with the grade and tonnage models. Another statistical guide is the deposit density (i.e., the number of deposits per...

Authors

Donald Singer, W. D. Menzie

January 1, 2005

Chapter I: Geology of a Middle Tertiary Clay Deposit in thePatagonia Mountains near Harshaw, Santa Cruz County, Southeastern Arizona Chapter I: Geology of a Middle Tertiary Clay Deposit in thePatagonia Mountains near Harshaw, Santa Cruz County, Southeastern Arizona

A middle Tertiary rhyolite tuff on the northeast side of the Patagonia Mountains in Santa Cruz County, southeastern Arizona contains lenses of calcareous low-swelling montmorillonite clay, as much as 10 to 15 m thick. The presence of the tuff has been known for years, but the clay has not been described previously. The clay lenses, which are virtually silt- and sand-free, were probably...

Authors

Brenda Houser

Mineral Resources Program

December 31, 2004

Preliminary geologic map of the Nevada and Arizona parts of the Mount Manchester quadrangle Preliminary geologic map of the Nevada and Arizona parts of the Mount Manchester quadrangle

This map was prepared as part of the STATEMAP component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey.

Authors

Kyle House, Keith Howard, Philip Pearthree, John Bell

December 31, 2004

Origin of the Bering Sea salient Origin of the Bering Sea salient

Our investigations in Alaska and Russia show that the curved orogen of the Bering Strait region is a composite feature that formed as a result of multiple superimposed events and cannot be related to latest Cretaceous–early Tertiary east-west shortening. Relations interpreted to record east-west shortening include the Chukchi syntaxis, deformation on Seward and Chukotka Peninsulas, the...

Authors

J.M. Amato, J. Toro, Thomas Moore

November 1, 2004

Alaska resource data file: Iditarod quadrangle Alaska resource data file: Iditarod quadrangle

No abstract available.

Authors

Thomas K. Bundtzen, Marti Miller, Charles Hawley

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, Alaska Science Center

November 1, 2004

Alaska resource data file: Sleetmute quadrangle, Alaska Alaska resource data file: Sleetmute quadrangle, Alaska

No abstract available.

Authors

Thomas K. Bundtzen, Marti Miller

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, Alaska Science Center

August 1, 2004

Alaska resource data file: Mount Hayes quadrangle, Alaska Alaska resource data file: Mount Hayes quadrangle, Alaska

No abstract available.

Authors

William Ellis, Charles Hawley, Samuel Dashevsky

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, Alaska Science Center

August 1, 2004

Preliminary report on using imaging spectroscopy to map ultramafic rocks, serpentinites, and tremolite-actinolite-bearing rocks in California Preliminary report on using imaging spectroscopy to map ultramafic rocks, serpentinites, and tremolite-actinolite-bearing rocks in California

Airborne Visible/InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) data were collected in approximately 3- kilometer-wide swaths over selected areas in El Dorado and Plumas Counties that contain serpentinite and ultramafic rocks as part of an experiment to determine if potentially asbestos-bearing rocks could be identified spectrally. M ineral maps created from the AVIRIS data were used...

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Gregg Swayze, Chris Higgins, John Clinkenbeard, Raymond F. Kokaly, Roger Clark, Gregory Meeker, Stephen Sutley

Mineral Resources Program, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver Microbeam Laboratory, Spectroscopy Lab