Douglas C Kreiner
Doug Kreiner is the Associate Center Director for Geology for the Alaska Science Center.
Doug joined the USGS in late 2016 following 5 and a half years in the mineral exploration industry. His research involves field-based studies of fluid-rock interactions in the upper crust and the time-space genesis of mineral deposits with a particular interest in the links between regional scale tectonic processes and metallogenesis of Cu and Au dominant systems. Current projects focus on the metallogenic evolution of eastern interior Alaska, characterization, documentation and geochronology of porphyry deposits across Alaska, developing a mineral systems framework for Alaska, and attempting to understand where, how, and why critical mineral enrichments occur in Alaska mineral systems. Kreiner earned a BS in Geosciences and Environmental Studies at Northland College (2004), his M.S. from Colorado State University (2006) and his PhD from University of Arizona (2011).
Professional Experience
2024 - Present Associate Center Director for Geology, USGS Alaska Science Center
2016 - 2024 Research Geologist, USGS Alaska Science Center
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. 2011 University of Arizona
M.S. 2006 Colorado State University
B.S. 2004 Northland College Geosciences and Environmental Studies
Science and Products
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Alaska focus area definition for data acquisition for potential domestic sources of critical minerals in Alaska for antimony, barite, beryllium, chromium, fluorspar, hafnium, magnesium, manganese, uranium, vanadium, and zirconium
Phase 3 of the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) focuses on geologic belts that are favorable for hosting mineral systems that could contain the critical minerals antimony, barite, beryllium, chromium, fluorspar, hafnium, magnesium, manganese, uranium, vanadium, and zirconium. Prior phases of the Earth MRI program in Alaska focused only on rare earth elements, aluminum...
Authors
Douglas C. Kreiner, James V. Jones, George N. D. Case
Geospatial analysis delineates lode gold prospectivity in Alaska
Comprehensive, data-driven geographic information system analyses utilize publicly available lithologic, geochemical, geophysical, and mineral occurrence datasets to delineate gold resource potential in Alaska. These prospectivity analyses successfully identify areas containing known lode gold occurrences, expand areas of high prospectivity around known occurrences, improve the precision...
Authors
Susan M. Karl, Douglas C. Kreiner, George N. D. Case, Keith A. Labay
GIS-based identification of areas that have resource potential for lode gold in Alaska
Several comprehensive, data-driven geographic information system (GIS) analyses were conducted to assess prospectivity for lode gold in Alaska. These analyses use available geospatial datasets of lithologic, geochemical, mineral occurrence, and geophysical data to build models for recognizing different types of gold deposits within physiographic units defined by stream drainage basins...
Authors
Susan M. Karl, Douglas C. Kreiner, George N. D. Case, Keith A. Labay, Nora B. Shew, Matthew Granitto, Bronwen Wang, Eric D. Anderson
Deposit classification scheme for the Critical Minerals Mapping Initiative Global Geochemical Database
A challenge for the global economy is to meet the growing demand for commodities used in today’s advanced technologies. Critical minerals are commodities (for example, elements, compounds, minerals) deemed vital to the economic and national security of individual countries that are vulnerable to supply disruption. The national geological agencies of Australia, Canada, and the United...
Authors
Albert H. Hofstra, Vladimir Lisitsin, Louise Corriveau, Suzanne Paradis, Jan M. Peter, Kathleen Lauzière, Christopher J.M. Lawley, Michael G. Gadd, Jean-Luc Pilote, Ian Honsberger, Evgeniy Bastrakov, David Champion, Karol Czarnota, Michael Doublier, David L. Huston, Oliver Raymond, Simon VanDerWielen, Poul Emsbo, Matthew Granitto, Douglas C. Kreiner
Tectonic and magmatic controls on the metallogenesis of porphyry deposits in Alaska
Porphyry Cu and Mo deposits and occurrences are found throughout Alaska; they formed episodically during repeated subduction and arc-continent collisions spanning the Silurian to Quaternary. Porphyry systems occur in continental-margin and island arcs, which are broadly grouped into pre-accretionary or post-accretionary arcs. Pre-Mesozoic occurrences formed in continental or island arcs...
Authors
Douglas C. Kreiner, James V. Jones, Karen D. Kelley, Garth E. Graham
Ancient rivers and critical minerals in eastern Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
Adrian M. Bender, Richard O. Lease, James V. Jones, Douglas C. Kreiner
Non-USGS Publications**
Kreiner, Douglas C., and Mark D. Barton. "Sulfur-poor intense acid hydrothermal alteration: A distinctive hydrothermal environment." Ore Geology Reviews 88 (2017): 174-187.
Kreiner, Douglas C., and Mark D. Barton. "High-level alteration in iron-oxide (-Cu-Au)(’IOCG’) vein systems, examples near Copiapó Chile." Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, 11th, Antofagasta, Chile, Extended Abstracts (2011): 497-499.
Barton, Mark D., James D. Girardi, Douglas C. Kreiner, Eric Seedorff, Lukas Zurcher, John H. Dilles, Gordon B. Haxel, David A. Johnson, R. C. Steininger, and W. M. Pennell. "Jurassic igneous-related metallogeny of southwestern North America." Great Basin Evolution and Metallogeny: Reno, Nevada, Geological Society of Nevada (2011): 373-396.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
GIS and Data Tables for Focus Areas for Potential Domestic Nonfuel Sources of Rare Earth Elements
In response to Executive Order 13817 of December 20, 2017, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) coordinated with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to identify 35 nonfuel minerals or mineral materials considered critical to the economic and national security of the United States (U.S.). Acquiring information on possible domestic sources of these critical minerals is the basis of the USGS...
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 17
Alaska focus area definition for data acquisition for potential domestic sources of critical minerals in Alaska for antimony, barite, beryllium, chromium, fluorspar, hafnium, magnesium, manganese, uranium, vanadium, and zirconium
Phase 3 of the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) focuses on geologic belts that are favorable for hosting mineral systems that could contain the critical minerals antimony, barite, beryllium, chromium, fluorspar, hafnium, magnesium, manganese, uranium, vanadium, and zirconium. Prior phases of the Earth MRI program in Alaska focused only on rare earth elements, aluminum...
Authors
Douglas C. Kreiner, James V. Jones, George N. D. Case
Geospatial analysis delineates lode gold prospectivity in Alaska
Comprehensive, data-driven geographic information system analyses utilize publicly available lithologic, geochemical, geophysical, and mineral occurrence datasets to delineate gold resource potential in Alaska. These prospectivity analyses successfully identify areas containing known lode gold occurrences, expand areas of high prospectivity around known occurrences, improve the precision...
Authors
Susan M. Karl, Douglas C. Kreiner, George N. D. Case, Keith A. Labay
GIS-based identification of areas that have resource potential for lode gold in Alaska
Several comprehensive, data-driven geographic information system (GIS) analyses were conducted to assess prospectivity for lode gold in Alaska. These analyses use available geospatial datasets of lithologic, geochemical, mineral occurrence, and geophysical data to build models for recognizing different types of gold deposits within physiographic units defined by stream drainage basins...
Authors
Susan M. Karl, Douglas C. Kreiner, George N. D. Case, Keith A. Labay, Nora B. Shew, Matthew Granitto, Bronwen Wang, Eric D. Anderson
Deposit classification scheme for the Critical Minerals Mapping Initiative Global Geochemical Database
A challenge for the global economy is to meet the growing demand for commodities used in today’s advanced technologies. Critical minerals are commodities (for example, elements, compounds, minerals) deemed vital to the economic and national security of individual countries that are vulnerable to supply disruption. The national geological agencies of Australia, Canada, and the United...
Authors
Albert H. Hofstra, Vladimir Lisitsin, Louise Corriveau, Suzanne Paradis, Jan M. Peter, Kathleen Lauzière, Christopher J.M. Lawley, Michael G. Gadd, Jean-Luc Pilote, Ian Honsberger, Evgeniy Bastrakov, David Champion, Karol Czarnota, Michael Doublier, David L. Huston, Oliver Raymond, Simon VanDerWielen, Poul Emsbo, Matthew Granitto, Douglas C. Kreiner
Tectonic and magmatic controls on the metallogenesis of porphyry deposits in Alaska
Porphyry Cu and Mo deposits and occurrences are found throughout Alaska; they formed episodically during repeated subduction and arc-continent collisions spanning the Silurian to Quaternary. Porphyry systems occur in continental-margin and island arcs, which are broadly grouped into pre-accretionary or post-accretionary arcs. Pre-Mesozoic occurrences formed in continental or island arcs...
Authors
Douglas C. Kreiner, James V. Jones, Karen D. Kelley, Garth E. Graham
Ancient rivers and critical minerals in eastern Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
Adrian M. Bender, Richard O. Lease, James V. Jones, Douglas C. Kreiner
Non-USGS Publications**
Kreiner, Douglas C., and Mark D. Barton. "Sulfur-poor intense acid hydrothermal alteration: A distinctive hydrothermal environment." Ore Geology Reviews 88 (2017): 174-187.
Kreiner, Douglas C., and Mark D. Barton. "High-level alteration in iron-oxide (-Cu-Au)(’IOCG’) vein systems, examples near Copiapó Chile." Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, 11th, Antofagasta, Chile, Extended Abstracts (2011): 497-499.
Barton, Mark D., James D. Girardi, Douglas C. Kreiner, Eric Seedorff, Lukas Zurcher, John H. Dilles, Gordon B. Haxel, David A. Johnson, R. C. Steininger, and W. M. Pennell. "Jurassic igneous-related metallogeny of southwestern North America." Great Basin Evolution and Metallogeny: Reno, Nevada, Geological Society of Nevada (2011): 373-396.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
GIS and Data Tables for Focus Areas for Potential Domestic Nonfuel Sources of Rare Earth Elements
In response to Executive Order 13817 of December 20, 2017, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) coordinated with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to identify 35 nonfuel minerals or mineral materials considered critical to the economic and national security of the United States (U.S.). Acquiring information on possible domestic sources of these critical minerals is the basis of the USGS...