Marti L Miller
Research on the geology, tectonics, and mineral resources of southwestern Alaska and Prince William Sound.
Professional Experience
2003 - Present Associate Center Director for Geology, USGS Alaska Science Center and Regional Geologic and Mineral Deposit Data for Alaska's Economic Development. This umbrella project focuses on various parts of Alaska where collection and interpretation of new geologic, geochemical, and (or) geophysical data help define undiscovered metallic resources.
1998-2002 Leader, Kuskokwim Mineral Belt Study. Evaluated the lithologic, geochemical, structural, and tectonic controls of mineralization in the 190,000-km2 Kuskokwim Mineral Belt.
1995-1996 Team Leader and Principal Investigator, Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Calista Native Corporation to study the geology and metallic resources of the Stuyahok area, Holy Cross quadrangle.
1993-1995 Team Leader, Sleetmute Quadrangle Mineral/Environmental Study.
1984-1992 Team Leader, Mineral Resource Assessment of the Iditarod quadrangle, west-central Alaska.
Education and Certifications
M.S. 1980 Stanford University, California Geology
B.S. 1976 Stanford University, California
Affiliations and Memberships*
Alaska Geological Society
Alaska Miners Association
American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits
Alaskan Geology, Inc., Non-profit, President
Honors and Awards
Star Awards, 1998, 2001, 2002
Special Act Service Award, 199
Science and Products
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Fossil locations and data for the Taylor Mountains, and parts of the Bethel, Goodnews, and Dillingham quadrangles, southwestern Alaska Fossil locations and data for the Taylor Mountains, and parts of the Bethel, Goodnews, and Dillingham quadrangles, southwestern Alaska
Information about fossils collected by U.S. Geological Survey, State of Alaska, academic, and industry geologists that have been reported in literature or archived in reports from the former U.S. Geological Survey Branch of Paleontology and Stratigraphy are compiled on a plate and table in this report to provide comprehensive paleontologic age data for the Taylor Mountains quadrangle...
Authors
Susan M. Karl, R. B. Blodgett, Keith A. Labay, S. E. Box, D. C. Bradley, Marti L. Miller, W. K. Wallace, J.F. Baichtal
Reconnaissance study of the Taylor Mountains pluton, southwestern Alaska Reconnaissance study of the Taylor Mountains pluton, southwestern Alaska
The Taylor Mountains pluton is a Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary (median age 65 + or ? 2 Ma) epizonal, composite biotite granite stock located about 235 km (145 mi) northeast of Dillingham in southwestern Alaska. This 30 km2 (12 mi2) pluton has sharp and discordant contacts with hornfels that developed in Upper Cretaceous clastic sedimentary rocks of the Kuskokwim Group. The three...
Authors
Travis L. Hudson, Marti L. Miller, Edward P. Klimasauskas, Paul W. Layer
Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples Collected in 2006 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale Quadrangle, Alaska Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples Collected in 2006 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale Quadrangle, Alaska
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...
Authors
Edward P. Klimasauskas, Marti L. Miller, Dwight Bradley
Undiscovered locatable mineral resources in the Bay Resource Management Plan Area, southwestern Alaska: A probabilistic assessment Undiscovered locatable mineral resources in the Bay Resource Management Plan Area, southwestern Alaska: A probabilistic assessment
The Bay Resource Management Plan (RMP) area in southwestern Alaska, north and northeast of Bristol Bay contains significant potential for undiscovered locatable mineral resources of base and precious metals, in addition to metallic mineral deposits that are already known. A quantitative probabilistic assessment has identified 24 tracts of land that are permissive for 17 mineral deposit...
Authors
J.M. Schmidt, T.D. Light, L.J. Drew, Frederic H. Wilson, Marti L. Miller, R. W. Saltus
Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples from the Sleetmute 1:250,000-Scale Quadrangle, Alaska Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples from the Sleetmute 1:250,000-Scale Quadrangle, Alaska
This report consists of geochemical data for rock samples collected in the Sleetmute 1:250,000-scale quadrangle by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1993 and 1999. Data were primarily used to conduct a mineral resource assessment of this quadrangle. The analytical results are presented here as digital tabular data with no interpretation.
Authors
Edward P. Klimasauskas, Marti L. Miller, William J. Keith
Geology and origin of epigenetic lode gold deposits, Tintina Gold Province, Alaska and Yukon Geology and origin of epigenetic lode gold deposits, Tintina Gold Province, Alaska and Yukon
More than 50 million ounces of lode gold resources have been defined in the previous 15 years throughout accreted terranes of interior Alaska and in adjacent continental margin rocks of Yukon. The major deposits in this so-called Tintina Gold Province formed around 105 to 90 million years ago in east-central Alaska and Yukon, and around 70 million years ago in southwestern Alaska, late...
Authors
Richard J. Goldfarb, Erin E. Marsh, Craig J. R. Hart, John L. Mair, Marti L. Miller, Craig Johnson
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 50
Fossil locations and data for the Taylor Mountains, and parts of the Bethel, Goodnews, and Dillingham quadrangles, southwestern Alaska Fossil locations and data for the Taylor Mountains, and parts of the Bethel, Goodnews, and Dillingham quadrangles, southwestern Alaska
Information about fossils collected by U.S. Geological Survey, State of Alaska, academic, and industry geologists that have been reported in literature or archived in reports from the former U.S. Geological Survey Branch of Paleontology and Stratigraphy are compiled on a plate and table in this report to provide comprehensive paleontologic age data for the Taylor Mountains quadrangle...
Authors
Susan M. Karl, R. B. Blodgett, Keith A. Labay, S. E. Box, D. C. Bradley, Marti L. Miller, W. K. Wallace, J.F. Baichtal
Reconnaissance study of the Taylor Mountains pluton, southwestern Alaska Reconnaissance study of the Taylor Mountains pluton, southwestern Alaska
The Taylor Mountains pluton is a Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary (median age 65 + or ? 2 Ma) epizonal, composite biotite granite stock located about 235 km (145 mi) northeast of Dillingham in southwestern Alaska. This 30 km2 (12 mi2) pluton has sharp and discordant contacts with hornfels that developed in Upper Cretaceous clastic sedimentary rocks of the Kuskokwim Group. The three...
Authors
Travis L. Hudson, Marti L. Miller, Edward P. Klimasauskas, Paul W. Layer
Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples Collected in 2006 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale Quadrangle, Alaska Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples Collected in 2006 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale Quadrangle, Alaska
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...
Authors
Edward P. Klimasauskas, Marti L. Miller, Dwight Bradley
Undiscovered locatable mineral resources in the Bay Resource Management Plan Area, southwestern Alaska: A probabilistic assessment Undiscovered locatable mineral resources in the Bay Resource Management Plan Area, southwestern Alaska: A probabilistic assessment
The Bay Resource Management Plan (RMP) area in southwestern Alaska, north and northeast of Bristol Bay contains significant potential for undiscovered locatable mineral resources of base and precious metals, in addition to metallic mineral deposits that are already known. A quantitative probabilistic assessment has identified 24 tracts of land that are permissive for 17 mineral deposit...
Authors
J.M. Schmidt, T.D. Light, L.J. Drew, Frederic H. Wilson, Marti L. Miller, R. W. Saltus
Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples from the Sleetmute 1:250,000-Scale Quadrangle, Alaska Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples from the Sleetmute 1:250,000-Scale Quadrangle, Alaska
This report consists of geochemical data for rock samples collected in the Sleetmute 1:250,000-scale quadrangle by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1993 and 1999. Data were primarily used to conduct a mineral resource assessment of this quadrangle. The analytical results are presented here as digital tabular data with no interpretation.
Authors
Edward P. Klimasauskas, Marti L. Miller, William J. Keith
Geology and origin of epigenetic lode gold deposits, Tintina Gold Province, Alaska and Yukon Geology and origin of epigenetic lode gold deposits, Tintina Gold Province, Alaska and Yukon
More than 50 million ounces of lode gold resources have been defined in the previous 15 years throughout accreted terranes of interior Alaska and in adjacent continental margin rocks of Yukon. The major deposits in this so-called Tintina Gold Province formed around 105 to 90 million years ago in east-central Alaska and Yukon, and around 70 million years ago in southwestern Alaska, late...
Authors
Richard J. Goldfarb, Erin E. Marsh, Craig J. R. Hart, John L. Mair, Marti L. Miller, Craig Johnson
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