Field Activity V167BS

Identifier V167BS
Alternate names V-1-67-BS
Purpose Sampling and drilling of the bottom sediments for the distribution of gold.
Description United States Bureau of Mines. Chief Scientists: Alvin Lense, Oleg Terichow, Richard Jenkins. Data (Shipekgrab, scuba, drillcore, drillcore, RayDist, precisionrangingsystem, sextant) of field activity V-1-67-BS in Bering Sea, Alaska from 01/01/1967 to 01/01/1967
Location Alaska
Summary physical data holdings
Info derived Pebble lithology and roundess, texture, stratigraphic and lithologic correlation of drill holes, clay, heavy minerals, pollen, foraminifera, ostracoda, mollusca, and radiocarbon dating studies.
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Alvin Lense (USBM) - Project Chief Oleg Terichow (USBM) - Assistant Project Chief Poston (USBM) - Geophysicist Aldrich (USBM) - Drill Foreman Miller (USBM) - Driller Short (USBM) - Becker Drill Engineer Melhorn (USBM) - Becker Drill Engineer Gary Smyres (USBM) - Extractive Metallurgist Rickel (USBM) - Analytical Chemist Kimrey (USBM) - Mineralogist Dave Hopkins (USGS Western Region) - Project Chief Dick Tagg (USGS Western Region) - Deputy Project Chief Hans Nelson (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Frank Wang (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Leo (USBM) - Electronic Technician Richard Jenkins (USBM) - Mechanical Engineer Tuchek (USBM) - Safety Engineer Stephenson (USBM) - Geophysicist Cruickshank (USBM) - Mining Engineer Bert Barnes (USBM) - Geophysicist
Platform
Virginia City
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1967-01-01
End (port not specified) 1967-01-01
Bounds
West 160.25
East -155.25
North 65.75
South 50.25

Personnel

Organization
United States Bureau of Mines
Crew members
Hopkins, Dave
Scientist, Staff
Nelson, Hans
Scientist, Staff
Tagg, Dick
Scientist, Staff
Wang, Frank
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Alvin Lense, Oleg Terichow, Richard Jenkins
Affiliate staff Alvin Lense (USBM) - Project Chief,Oleg Terichow (USBM) - Assistant Project Chief,Gary Smyres (USBM) - Extractive Metallurgist,Richard Jenkins (USBM) - Mechanical Engineer,Bert Barnes (USBM) - Geophysicist

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Visual Identification, Other
Data type: Navigation, Geology, Submersible Observations

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
scuba Submersible Observations (no data reported)
drillcore Geology (no data reported)
RayDist Navigation (no data reported)
precisionrangingsystem Navigation (no data reported)
sextant Navigation (no data reported)
Shipekgrab Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity