DGGS GMC 458

Geology of the Copper River basin of south-central Alaska, 1977

• Authors:

  Powell, J.D., McBride, R.T.J., and Amoco Oil Co.

• Publication Date:

  Dec 2019

• Publisher:

  Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys 

• Ordering Info:

  This publication is out of print. Reproductions may be available. Download below for free or see our publication sales page to order a hard copy.

• Quadrangle(s):

  Anchorage; Gulkana; McCarthy; Nabesna; Talkeetna Mountains; Valdez

• Related project(s):

  Amoco collection data preservation

• Citation ID:

  30326

Bibliographic Reference

Powell, J.D., McBride, R.T.J., and Amoco Oil Co., 2019, Geology of the Copper River basin of south-central Alaska, 1977: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Geologic Materials Center Data Report 458, 68 p., 17 sheets. https://doi.org/10.14509/30326

Publication Products

• Report Information

  • gmc458.pdf (39.0 M)

• Maps & Other Oversized Sheets

  • Enclosure 1, Gross sand isopach and trend map of the Lower Cretaceous-Nelchina Formation , scale 1 inch = 16,000 feet (17.0 M)
  • Enclosure 2, Facies and trend map, Upper Jurassic-Naknek Formation, scale 1 inch = 16,000 feet (19.0 M)
  • Enclosure 3, Stratigraphic correlation section H-H', east flank Talkeetna Mountains across Copper River basin to southest Wrangell Mountains to upper Chitina Valley-McCarthy area, scale 1 inch = 1000 feet (19.0 M)
  • Enclosure 4, Northwest to southeast stratigraphic Cross Section G-G' of the Lower Cretaceous-Nelchina Formation , scale 1 inch = 100 feet (9.3 M)
  • Enclosure 5, Southwest to northeast stratigraphic Cross Section I-I' of the Upper Jurassic-Naknek Formation (24.0 M)
  • Enclosure 6, West to east surface and subsurface correlation section J-J', from Syncline-Sheep Mountain section to the southwest Wrangell Mountains, scale 1 inch = 400 feet (19.0 M)
  • Enclosure 7, Source rock evaluation map - Tertiary, scale 1 inch = 32,000 feet (8.4 M)
  • Enclosure 8, Source rock evaluation map - Upper Cretaceous, scale 1 inch = 32,000 feet (8.0 M)
  • Enclosure 9, Source rock evaluation map - Lower Cretaceous, scale 1 inch = 32,000 feet (9.1 M)
  • Enclosure 10, Source rock evaluation map - Upper Jurassic, scale 1 inch = 32,000 feet (8.2 M)
  • Enclosure 11, Source rock evaluation map - Middle Jurassic, scale 1 inch = 32,000 feet (8.4 M)
  • Enclosure 12, Source rock evaluation map - Lower Jurassic, scale 1 inch = 32,000 feet (8.3 M)
  • Enclosure 13, Source rock evaluation map - Permian, scale 1 inch = 32,000 feet (7.7 M)
  • Enclosure 17a, Composite stratigraphic section, west Copper River basin (5.5 M)
  • Enclosure 17b, Geologic column for the eastern Copper River basin, Alaska (2.7 M)
  • Enclosure 17c, Composite stratigraphic section (surface log), southwest Wrangell Mountains (7.0 M)
  • Enclosure 17d, Composite stratigraphic section (surface log), Upper Chitina Valley (9.9 M)

Keywords

Analyses and Sampling; GMC Amoco Collection; Oil and Gas Basin; Outcrop Samples; Petroleum Basin Study; Sedimentary Rocks

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