DGGS Preliminary Interpretive Report Publications

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This category is intended for the timely release of maps and reports with preliminary interpretation of geology or analytical data. It includes reports by DGGS staff, scientists from other organizations, and contractor reports containing technical interpretations of analytical data. Maps and reports have been reviewed by one or two people for technical content.

PIR 1999-1 Report Map Geospatial Data
Combellick, R.A., 1999, Simplified geologic map and cross sections of central and east Anchorage, Alaska, 13 p., 2 sheets, scale 1 inch = 0.5 miles.
PIR 1999-2 Report Map
LePain, D.L. and Adams, K.E., 1999, Stratigraphy and depositional setting of the Tingmerkpuk sandstone (Neocomian), northwestern De Long Mountains, western Arctic Slope, Alaska, 5 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:127.
PIR 2000-1 Report Map
LePain, D.L., Blodgett, R.B., Clough, J.G., Ryherd, T.J., and Smith, T.N., 2000, Generalized stratigraphy and petroleum potential of the Holitna region, southwest Alaska, 34 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
PIR 2000-2 Report
Tyler, Roger, Scott, A.R., and Clough, J.G., 2000, Coalbed methane potential and exploration targets for rural Alaska communities, 169 p.
PIR 2000-3 Report
Vohden, Jim, 2000, Technical review of the September 1999 groundwater disturbance near Ester, Alaska, 68 p.
PIR 2000-6 Map
Szumigala, D.J., Newberry, R.J., Werdon, M.B., Finseth, B.A., and Pinney, D.S., 2000, Preliminary bedrock geologic map of a portion of the Fortymile mining district, Alaska, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2000-7 Map
Werdon, M.B., Riehle, J.R., Schmidt, J.M., Newberry, R.J., and Pessel, G.H., 2000, Preliminary geologic map of the Iron Creek area, Talkeetna Mountains B-5 Quadrangle, Alaska, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2000-8 Report Map
Mickey, M.B. and Haga, Hideyo, 2000, Biostratigraphy report, 129 outcrop samples, western De Long Mountains (Tingmerkpuk) North Slope, Alaska, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
PIR 2000-9 Report
Mull, C.G., 2000, Summary report on the geology and hydrocarbon potential of the foothills of the northwestern De Long Mountains, western Brooks Range, Alaska, 16 p.
PIR 2001-3A Map Geospatial Data
Werdon, M.B., Newberry, R.J., Szumigala, D.J., and Pinney, D.S., 2001, Geologic map of the Eagle A-2 Quadrangle, Fortymile mining district, Alaska, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2001-3B Map Geospatial Data
Werdon, M.B., Newberry, R.J., and Szumigala, D.J., 2001, Bedrock geologic map of the Eagle A-2 Quadrangle, Fortymile mining district, Alaska, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2001-3C Map Geospatial Data
Pinney, D.S., 2001, Surficial-geologic map of the Eagle A-2 Quadrangle, Fortymile mining district, Alaska, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2001-3D Map Geospatial Data
Pinney, D.S., 2001, Engineering-geologic map of the Eagle A-2 Quadrangle, Fortymile mining district, Alaska, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2001-4 Report
Zippi, P.A., 2001, Palynology of Tertiary Holitna outcrops, McGrath and Talkeetna quadrangles, 22 p.
PIR 2001-5 Map
Werdon, M.B., Newberry, R.J., Szumigala, D.J., and Burns, L.E., 2001, Reconnaissance bedrock geology of the Pogo area, Big Delta B-2 and B-3 Quadrangles, Alaska, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2002-1A Map Geospatial Data
Szumigala, D.J., Newberry, R.J., Werdon, M.B., Athey, J.E., Stevens, D.S.P., Flynn, R.L., Clautice, K.H., and Craw, P.A., 2002, Geologic map of the Eagle A-1 Quadrangle, Fortymile mining district, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2002-1B Map Geospatial Data
Szumigala, D.J., Newberry, R.J., Werdon, M.B., Athey, J.E., Flynn, R.L., and Clautice, K.H., 2002, Bedrock geologic map of the Eagle A-1 Quadrangle, Fortymile mining district, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2002-1C Map Geospatial Data
Stevens, D.S.P. and Burns, P.A.C., 2010, Surficial-geologic map of the Eagle A-1 Quadrangle, Fortymile mining district, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2002-1D Map Geospatial Data
Stevens, D.S.P., 2012, Engineering-geologic map of the Eagle A-1 Quadrangle, Fortymile mining district, Alaska, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2002-2 Map Geospatial Data
Harris, E.E., Mull, C.G., Reifenstuhl, R.R., and Montayne, Simone, 2002, Geologic map of the Dalton Highway (Atigun Gorge to Slope Mountain) area, southern Arctic Foothills, Alaska, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2002-4 Map
Werdon, M.B., Riehle, J.R., Schmidt, J.M., Newberry, R.J., and Pessel, G.H., 2002, Geologic map of the Iron Creek area, Talkeetna Mountains B-5 Quadrangle, Alaska, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2002-5 Report
LePain, D.L., Blodgett, R.B., and Clough, J.G., 2003, Sedimentology and hydrocarbon source rock potential of Miocene-Oligocene strata, McGrath Quadrangle: An outcrop analog for the Holitna Basin, 75 p.
PIR 2003-1 Report
McCarthy, P.J., 2003, Alluvial facies and paleosols in the Cretaceous Nanushuk formation, Kanayut River, North Slope, Alaska, Preliminary results from the 2001 field season, 19 p.
PIR 2003-2 Report
Meyer, J.F. and Boggess, P.L., 2003, Principal facts for gravity data collected in the Copper River Basin area, southcentral Alaska, 12 p.
PIR 2003-3 Report
Meyer, J.F. and Boggess, P.L., 2003, Principal facts for gravity data collected in the Susitna area, southcentral Alaska, 13 p.
PIR 2004-2 Report
Elder, W.P. and Loveland, Andrea, 2004, 2003 Megafossil report from the Chandler Lake Quadrangle, North Slope, Alaska, 5 p.
PIR 2004-3 Report
Athey, J.E. and Craw, P.A., 2004, Geologic maps of the Livengood SW C-3 and SE C-4 quadrangles, Tolovana mining district, Alaska, 24 p.
PIR 2004-3A Map
Athey, J.E., Werdon, M.B., Newberry, R.J., Szumigala, D.J., Craw, P.A., and Hicks, S.A., 2004, Geologic map of the Livengood SW C-3 and SE C-4 quadrangles, Tolovana mining district, Alaska, 1 sheet, scale 1:50,000.
PIR 2004-3B Map Geospatial Data
Athey, J.E., Szumigala, D.J., Newberry, R.J., Werdon, M.B., and Hicks, S.A., 2004, Bedrock geologic map of the Livengood SW C-3 and SE C-4 quadrangles, Tolovana mining district, Alaska, 1 sheet, scale 1:50,000.
PIR 2004-4B Report
Peapples, P.R., 2004, Summary of coalbed methane studies, Delta Junction area, Alaska, 11 p.
PIR 2004-5 Report
Reifenstuhl, R.R. and Loveland, Andrea, 2004, Reservoir characterization study: porosity and permeability of 148 Tertiary to Mississippian age outcrop samples, east-central Brooks Range Foothills and North Slope, Alaska, 21 p.
PIR 2005-1 Report Geospatial Data
Reifenstuhl, R.R., Bailey, R.D., and Finzel, E.S., 2005, Bristol Bay and Alaska Peninsula 2004: Fieldwork and sample analyses compilation report, 20 p.
PIR 2005-2 Report
Finzel, E.S. and McCarthy, P.J., 2005, Architectural analysis of fluvial conglomerate in the Nanushuk Formation, Brooks Range Foothills, Alaska, 18 p.
PIR 2005-3 Report
White, J.G., 2005, Preliminary investigation of the Lisburne Group, upper Nanushuk River region, central Brooks Range, Alaska, 23 p.
PIR 2005-4 Report
Finzel, E.S., Reifenstuhl, R.R., Decker, P.L., and Ridgway, K.D., 2005, Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and hydrocarbon reservoir-source rock potential, using surface and subsurface data, of Tertiary and Mesozoic strata, Bristol Bay Basin and Alaska Peninsula, 69 p.
PIR 2005-5 Report
Meyer, J.F., 2005, Principal facts for gravity data collected in the northern Susitna Basin area, southcentral Alaska, 12 p.
PIR 2005-6 Report Map Geospatial Data
Blodgett, R.B. and Clautice, K.H., 2005, Oil and gas seeps of the Puale Bay - Becharof Lake - Wide Bay region, northern Alaska Peninsula, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
PIR 2005-7 Report Map
Decker, P.L., Finzel, E.S., Ridgway, K.D., Reifenstuhl, R.R., and Blodgett, R.B., 2005, Preliminary summary of the 2005 field season: Port Moller, Herendeen Bay, and Dillingham areas, Bristol Bay Basin, Alaska Peninsula, 55 p., 2 sheets.
PIR 2006-1 Report
Barker, J.C., 2006, Evidence for geothermal tungsten & germanium mineralization in Eocene coal and associated sediments, Fort Hamlin Hills, area, interior, Alaska, 24 p.
PIR 2007-1 Map Geospatial Data
Peapples, P.R., Wallace, W.K., Wartes, M.A., Swenson, R.F., Mull, C.G., Dumoulin, J.A., Harris, E.E., Finzel, E.S., Reifenstuhl, R.R., and Loveland, A.M., 2007, Geologic map of the Siksikpuk River area, Chandler Lake Quadrangle, Alaska, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2007-2 Report Map
Decker, P.L., 2007, Brookian sequence stratigraphic correlations, Umiat Field to Milne Point Field, west-central North Slope, Alaska, 19 p., 1 sheet.
PIR 2008-1 Report
Wartes, M.A. and Decker, P.L., ed., 2008, Preliminary results of recent geologic field investigations in the Brooks Range Foothills and North Slope, Alaska, 206 p.
PIR 2008-2 Report
Blodgett, R.B., Finzel, E.S., Reifenstuhl, R.R., Clautice, K.H., Ridgway, K.D., and Gillis, R.J., 2008, Jurassic through Pliocene age megafossil samples collected in 2005 by the Alaska Divison of Geological & Geophysical Surveys from the Bristol Bay–Port Moller area, Alaska Peninsula, 12 p.
PIR 2008-3A Report Map Geospatial Data
Reger, R.D., Stevens, D.S.P., and Solie, D.N., 2008, Surficial-geologic map, Delta Junction to Dot Lake, Alaska Highway corridor, 48 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2008-3B Map Geospatial Data
Reger, R.D. and Solie, D.N., 2008, Engineering-geologic map, Alaska Highway corridor, Delta Junction to Dot Lake, Alaska, 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2008-3C Report Map Geospatial Data
Reger, R.D. and Solie, D.N., 2008, Reconnaissance interpretation of permafrost, Alaska Highway corridor, Delta Junction to Dot Lake, Alaska, 10 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2008-3D Report Geospatial Data
Carver, G.A., Bemis, S.P., Solie, D.N., and Obermiller, K.E., 2008, Active and potentially active faults in or near the Alaska Highway corridor, Delta Junction to Dot Lake, Alaska, 32 p.
PIR 2009-2 Report
Reger, R.D., 2009, Reinterpretation of the Kaloa deposits near Granite Point, northwestern Cook Inlet, Alaska, 8 p.
PIR 2009-3 Report
Gillis, R.J., LePain, D.L., Ridgway, K.D., and Finzel, E.S., 2009, A reconnaissance view of an unnamed fault near Capps Glacier, northwestern Cook Inlet basin, and its potential as a regional-scale, basin-controlling structure, 9 p.
PIR 2009-4 Report
Finzel, E.S., Gillis, R.J., Ridgway, K.D., and LePain, D.L., 2009, Preliminary evaluation of basin margin exhumation and provenance of Cenozoic strata, Chuitna and Beluga rivers area, Cook Inlet forearc basin, Alaska, 16 p.
PIR 2009-5 Report Map Geospatial Data
Mull, C.G., Harris, E.E., Delaney, P.R., and Swenson, R.F., 2009, Geology of the Cobblestone Creek-May Creek area, east-central Brooks Range Foothills, Alaska, 40 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2009-6A Report Map Geospatial Data
Reger, R.D., Hubbard, T.D., and Carver, G.A., 2011, Surficial geology of Alaska Highway corridor, Robertson River to Tetlin Junction, Alaska, 53 p., 4 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2009-6B Map Geospatial Data
Hubbard, T.D. and Reger, R.D., 2010, Engineering-geologic map of the Alaska Highway corridor, Robertson River to Tetlin Junction, Alaska, 4 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2009-6C Report Map Geospatial Data
Reger, R.D. and Hubbard, T.D., 2010, Reconnaissance interpretation of 1978-1983 permafrost, Alaska Highway corridor, Robertson River to Tetlin Junction, Alaska, 13 p., 4 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2009-7 Map Geospatial Data
Harris, E.E., Delaney, P.R., Mull, C.G., LePain, D.L., and Burns, P.C., 2009, Geologic map of the Kanayut River area, Chandler Lake Quadrangle, Alaska, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2009-8 Report
LePain, D.L., ed., 2009, Preliminary results of recent geologic investigations in the Homer-Kachemak Bay area, Cook Inlet Basin: Progress during the 2006-2007 field season, 187 p.
PIR 2010-1 Report Geospatial Data
Carver, G.A., Bemis, S.P., Solie, D.N., Castonguay, S.R., and Obermiller, K.E., 2010, Active and potentially active faults in or near the Alaska Highway corridor, Dot Lake to Tetlin Junction, Alaska, 42 p.
PIR 2011-1 Report
Koehler, R.D. and Reger, R.D., 2011, Reconnaissance evaluation of the Lake Clark fault, Tyonek area, Alaska, 8 p.
PIR 2012-1A Report Map Geospatial Data
Reger, R.D., Hubbard, T.D., and Gallagher, P.E., 2012, Surficial geology of the Alaska Highway corridor, Tetlin Junction to Canada border, Alaska, 25 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2012-1B Map Geospatial Data
Hubbard, T.D., Reger, R.D., and Gallagher, P.E., 2013, Engineering-geologic map of the Alaska Highway corridor, Tetlin Junction to Canada border, Alaska, 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2012-1C Report Map Geospatial Data
Reger, R.D., Hubbard, T.D., and Gallagher, P.E., 2012, Reconnaissance interpretation of 1978-1981 permafrost, Alaska Highway corridor, Tetlin Junction to Canada border, Alaska, 27 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
PIR 2012-2 Report
Koehler, R.D. and Carver, G.A., 2012, Active and potentially active faults along the Alaska Highway corridor, Tetlin Junction to the Canada border, 23 p.
PIR 2013-1 Report
Gillis, R.J., 2013, Overview of 2012 field studies: Upper Alaska Peninsula and west side of lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, 48 p.
PIR 2013-2 Report
Wartes, M.A., Gillis, R.J., Herriott, T.M., Stanley, R.G., Helmold, K.P., Peterson, C.S., and Benowitz, J.A., 2013, Summary of 2012 reconnaissance field studies related to the petroleum geology of the Nenana Basin, interior Alaska, 13 p.
PIR 2013-3 Report
Kinsman, N.E.M., DeRaps, M.R., and Smith, J.R., 2013, Preliminary evaluation of coastal geomorphology and geohazards on 'Kigiqtam Iglua', an island northeast of Shishmaref, Alaska, 15 p.
PIR 2013-4 Report
Gillis, R.J., Stanley, R.G., LePain, D.L., Mauel, D.J., Herriott, T.M., Helmold, K.P., Peterson, C.S., Wartes, M.A., and Shellenbaum, D.P., 2013, Status of a reconnaissance field study of the Susitna basin, 2011, 8 p.
PIR 2013-5 Report Geospatial Data
Helmold, K.P., LePain, D.L., Wilson, M.D., and Peterson, C.S., 2013, Petrology and reservoir potential of Tertiary and Mesozoic sandstones, Cook Inlet, Alaska: A preliminary analysis of outcrop samples collected during 2007-2010 field seasons, 34 p.