In 2001 and 2002, the BLM-Alaska conducted mineral investigations in the 2.9-million-acre Delta River Mining District. The investigations are part of the BLM’s ongoing mineral assessment program of mining districts in Alaska. The BLM’s mineral assessment aims to compile, analyze, and publicize mineral information to facilitate multiple-use management of the area. Mineral information includes mineral occurrence surveying, mapping and sampling; airborne and ground-based geophysics; stream sediment geochemistry; and economic, engineering and environmental analysis. The BLM is scheduled to complete fieldwork for the mineral assessment of the district in 2004 and produce a final report in 2005.

The Delta River Mining District extends across the eastern Alaska Range from about Delta Junction on the north, to Paxson on the south. It is accessible via the Richardson, Denali and Alaska highways. 

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