USGS B 1287

Geology and ore deposits of the central York Mountains, western Seward Peninsula, Alaska

• Authors:

  Sainsbury, C.L.

• Publication Date:

  1969

• Publisher:

  U.S. Geological Survey 

• Ordering Info:

  USGS Publications Warehouse

• Quadrangle(s):

  Teller

• Stations/Samples:

  View list

• Citation ID:

  3665

Bibliographic Reference

Sainsbury, C.L., 1969, Geology and ore deposits of the central York Mountains, western Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1287, 101 p., 6 sheets, scale 1:63,360.

Publication Products

• Report Information

  • b1287.pdf (18.0 M)

• Maps & Other Oversized Sheets

  • Plate 1, Geologic map and structure sections of the central York Mountains, scale 1:63,360 (8.5 M)
  • Plate 2, Diagram showing variation in oxides in igneous rocks of the York Mountains (84.0 K)
  • Plate 3, Geologic map of beryllium deposits on Camp Creek, Lost River area (4.9 M)
  • Plate 4, Geologic maps of beryllium deposits on Rapid River (3.6 M)
  • Plate 5, Geologic map of beryllium and tin deposits in Lost River valley (4.6 M)
  • Plate 6, Geologic map of tin and beryllium deposits on Tin Creek (3.3 M)

• Geospatial & Analytical Data

  These data products comply with our published AK GeMS standard. Download the ak_gems_db product to receive the full AK GeMS database and associated files. Download the gems_db (a.k.a. fed_gems_db) product to receive the data converted into the GeMS standard published by the USGS. Download the gems_shp (a.k.a. fed_gems_shp) product to receive simple shapefile representations of the data. For further information see the AK GeMS Database Project Page.

  Geology and ore deposits of the central York Mountains	Data File Format	File Size	Info
  Download b1287_central_york_mountains_ak_gems	Vector data	16.2 M	Metadata - Read me
  Download b1287_central_york_mountains_gems	Vector data	15.1 M	Metadata - Read me
  Download b1287_central_york_mountains_gems_shapefile	Shapefile	1.4 M	Metadata - Read me

Keywords

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