1996 Annual Report on Alaskas Mineral Resources

Schneider, Jill

Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) of 1980, as amended, requires that 'On or before October 1, 1982, and annually thereafter, the President shall transmit to the Congress all pertinent public information relating to minerals in Alaska gathered by the United States Geological Surveys, United States Bureau of Mines, and any other Federal agency.' This is the fifteenth annual report that has been prepared in response to that requirement; current Alaskan mineral projects and events that occurred during 1995 are summarized. For the purpose of this document, the term 'minerals' encompasses both energy resources (oil and gas, coal and peat, uranium, and geothermal) and nonfuel-mineral resources (metallic and industrial minerals). The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM), and Minerals Management Service (MMS) were the principal Federal agencies that published information about energy and mineral resources in Alaska in 1995, and their activities are detailed in this report. Additional agencies in the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) that contributed to this document are the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Park Service (NPS), and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS); the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (FS), and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) also reported on their respective mineral activities. Other sources of public information for this report include State publications, trade and professional journals, presentations at public meetings, and press releases. This report addresses both onshore and offshore areas of Alaska.