Analyses of historic U.S. Bureau of Mines samples for geochemical trace-element and rare-earth-element data from the Selawik Hills, northwestern Alaska

Abstract

This report and digital data release presents 40 new geochemical analyses on historic U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) samples, including 33 rock and 7 heavy mineral concentrate (pan concentrate) samples. These samples were originally collected by the USBM as part of their critical and strategic minerals project, which investigated the rare-earth-element and uranium mineral potential of the Zane Hills area, northwestern Alaska. Historic USBM sample materials were retrieved by DGGS from the DGGS Geologic Materials Center (GMC), where the USBM samples were transferred as part of the federally funded Minerals Data and Information Rescue in Alaska (MDIRA) program in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The text and analytical data and tables associated with this report are being released in digital format as PDF files and .csv files. We provide analytical data, detection limits and, when available, the method documentation provided to us by the lab. We also provide the sample location in geographic coordinates, the sample material cited by the originating literature, a reference to the originating report, and the type of sample material that was obtained from the archive and sent to the lab.