The status of mineral resource information on the major land withdrawals of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971

Open-File Report 72-394
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Abstract

This report is an analysis of the adequacy of the present level of geologic knowledge for making mineral resource potential evaluations of 126 federal land withdrawals made under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The withdrawals considered are Native village and regional deficiency areas (Sec. 11.A.3, ANCSA), classification and national interest study areas for possible inclusion in the four national systems (Sec. 17.d.2) and classification and public interest areas (Sec. 17.d.1). Neither prior withdrawals, utility corridors, state selections, open lands, or Indian Reserves are included. Native village withdrawals are also not included because they were the subject of an earlier report (Cobb, E. H., and Trollman, W. T., 1971).

The present report consists of two sections. The introduction explains the method of preparation and presents a summary table and some general remarks on the mineral potential of Alaska. The second part, the discussion of withdrawals, contains listings of the investigations that have been made and analyses of their adequacy in view of what needs to be known about the withdrawals.


Suggested Citation

Alaskan Geology Branch, 1972, The status of mineral resource information on the major land withdrawals of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-394, Report: iii, 163 p.; 1 Plate: 47.77 x 36.03 inches; 1 Figure: 7.94 x 10.45 inches, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr72394.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title The status of mineral resource information on the major land withdrawals of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 72-394
DOI 10.3133/ofr72394
Year Published 1972
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description Report: iii, 163 p.; 1 Plate: 47.77 x 36.03 inches; 1 Figure: 7.94 x 10.45 inches
Country United States
State Alaska
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