Placer Districts in Alaska

This data contains placer district boundaries. Districts refer to the name of a group of geologically and geographically related placer deposits, as derived from published sources or from general usage. Economic and significant heavy metals are reported for each district.

Data and Resources

Field Value
access_constraints ["Use Constraints: Any hardcopies or published datasets utilizing these data sets shall clearly indicate their source. If the user has modified the data in any way they are obligated to describe the types of modifications they have performed. User specifically agrees not to misrepresent these data sets, nor to imply that changes they made were approved by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.", "Access Constraints: none"]
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contact-email dnr.gispub@alaska.gov
coupled-resource []
dataset-reference-date [{"type": "publication", "value": "2006-03-28"}]
frequency-of-update asNeeded
licence ["The State of Alaska makes no express or implied warranties (including warranties of merchantability\nand fitness) with respect to the character, function, or capabilities of the electronic services\nor products or their appropriateness for any users purposes. In no event will the State of Alaska\nbe liable for any incidental, indirect, special, consequential or other damages suffered by the\nuser or any other person or entity whether from the use of the electronic services or products,\nany failure thereof or otherwise, and in no event will the State of Alaska s liability to the\nrequestor or anyone else exceed the fee paid for the electronic service or product."]
metadata-date 2008-02-04
metadata-language eng; USA
metadata_type geospatial
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spatial_harvester true
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • alaska
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • ckan
  • deposits
  • geo
  • geoss
  • minerals
  • mines
  • mining
  • national
  • north-america
  • placer
  • placer-district
  • resources
  • significant-metalliferous-placer-districts
  • united-states
  • us-geological-survey-bulletin-1786
isopen False
metadata_created 2025-11-21T10:33:09.890917
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T10:33:09.890921
notes This data contains placer district boundaries. Districts refer to the name of a group of geologically and geographically related placer deposits, as derived from published sources or from general usage. Economic and significant heavy metals are reported for each district.
num_resources 2
num_tags 18
title Placer Districts in Alaska