Chugach Mountains

Project Details

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• Project ID:

  427

• Nickname/Abbreviation:

  Chugach Mountains

• Parent Project:

  Legacy DGGS projects

• Status:

  Complete

• Description:

  Geologic mapping and mineral resource assessment of the north central Chugach mountains area

• Project Date(s):

  1978 - 1983

• Primary Contact:

  Burns, Laurel E.

• DGGS section:

  Mineral Resources

• Project Participants:

  Laurel E. Burns, Tim A. Little, Rainer J. Newberry, Garnet H. Pessel, Mitchell W. Henning, John E. Decker

• Stations/Samples:

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Publications

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PR 94

Burns, L.E., Pessel, G.H., Little, T.A., Pavlis, T.L., Newberry, R.J., Winkler, G.R., and Decker, J.E., 1991, Geology of the northern Chugach Mountains, southcentral Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 94, 63 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360. https://doi.org/10.14509/2275

Little, T.A., 1988

Little, T.A., 1988, Tertiary tectonics of the Border Ranges fault system, north-central Chugach Mountains, Alaska: Sedimentation, deformation and uplift along the inboard edge of a subduction complex: Palo Alto, California, Stanford University, Ph.D. dissertation, 565 p., illust., maps (7 folded in pocket).

PDF 86-7

Pavlis, T.L., 1986, Geologic map of the Anchorage C-5 Quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Public Data File 86-7, 57 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:63,360. https://doi.org/10.14509/1182

PDF 86-28

Little, T.A., Pessel, G.H., Newberry, R.J., Decker, J.E., Burns, L.E., and Flynn, L.R., 1986, Geologic map of parts of the Anchorage C-4, C-5 and D-4 quadrangles, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Public Data File 86-28, 1 sheet, scale 1:25,000. https://doi.org/10.14509/1202

RI 86-23

Newberry, R.J., 1986, Mineral resources of the northcentral Chugach Mountains, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 86-23, 44 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/2422

McMillin, S.L., 1984

McMillin, S.L., 1984, The geology, alteration, and sulfide mineralization of Sheep Mountain, Matanuska Valley, south-central Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks, M.S. thesis, 112 p., illust., maps.

Serfes, M.E., 1984

Serfes, M.E., 1984, The Wolverine Creek fault system: A newly recognized terrane boundary in the western Chugach Mountains of southern Alaska: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Lehigh University, M.S. thesis, 67 p.

Monteverde, D.H., 1984

Monteverde, D.H., 1984, Tonalite and trondhjemite plutonism in the western Chugach Mountains, southern Alaska: An example of near trench magmatism: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Lehigh University, M.S. thesis, 82 p.

Burns, L.E., 1983

Burns, L.E., 1983, The Border Ranges ultramafic and mafic complex: Plutonic core of an intraoceanic island arc: Palo Alto, California, Stanford University, Ph.D. dissertation, 150 p., illust., maps.

RI 83-10

Burns, L.E., Little, T.A., Newberry, R.J., Decker, J.E., and Pessel, G.H., 1983, Preliminary geologic map of parts of the Anchorage C-2, C-3, D-2, and D-3 quadrangles, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 83-10, 3 sheets, scale 1:25,000. https://doi.org/10.14509/2349

Pavlis, T.L., 1982

Pavlis, T.L., 1982, Deformation along a late Mesozoic convergent margin: The Border Ranges fault system, southern Alaska: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Ph.D. dissertation, 177 p., illust., maps.

AOF 121

Pessel, G.H., Henning, M.W., and Burns, L.E., 1981, Preliminary geologic map of parts of the Anchorage C-1, C-2, D-1, and D-2 quadrangles, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Alaska Open-File Report 121, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360. https://doi.org/10.14509/38