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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Evaluation of the analytical methods used to determine the elemental concentrations found in the stream geochemical dataset compiled for Alaska
A recent U.S. Geological Survey data compilation of stream-sediment geochemistry for Alaska contains decades of analyses collected under numerous Federal and State programs. The compiled data were determined by various analytical methods. Some samples were reanalyzed by a different analytical method than the original, resulting in some elements having concentrations reported by multiple...
Authors
Bronwen Wang, Karl J. Ellefsen, Matthew Granitto, Karen D. Kelley, Susan M. Karl, George N. D. Case, Douglas C. Kreiner, Courtney L. Amundson
Focus areas for data acquisition for potential domestic resources of 11 critical minerals in Alaska—Aluminum, cobalt, graphite, lithium, niobium, platinum group elements, rare earth elements, tantalum, tin, titanium, and tungsten, chap. C of U.S. Geologic
Phase 2 of the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) focuses on geologic belts that are favorable for hosting mineral systems that may contain select critical minerals. Phase 1 of the Earth MRI program focused on rare earth elements (REE), and phase 2 adds aluminum, cobalt, graphite, lithium, niobium, platinum-group metals, tantalum, tin, titanium, and tungsten. This report...
Authors
Douglas C. Kreiner, James V. Jones
Systems-deposits-commodities-critical minerals table for the earth mapping resources initiative
To define and prioritize focus areas across the United States with resource potential for 35 critical minerals in a few years’ time, the U.S Geological Survey Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) required an efficient approach to streamline workflow. A mineral systems approach based on current understanding of how ore deposits that contain critical minerals form and relate to...
Authors
Albert H. Hofstra, Douglas C. Kreiner
Links between tectonics, magmatism, and mineralization in the formation of Late Cretaceous porphyry systems in the Yukon-Tanana upland, eastern Alaska, USA
Cretaceous-Paleocene porphyry Cu(±Mo±Au) occurrences are scattered throughout the Yukon-Tanana upland in eastern Alaska. Known occurrences in eastern Alaska are poorly characterized, despite a resurgence in exploration. Porphyry deposits in the upland are emplaced into structurally complex metamorphic rocks representing a variety of tectonic environments, resulting in diverse alteration...
Authors
Douglas C. Kreiner, James V. Jones, Erin Todd, Christopher S. Holm-Denoma, Jonathan Caine, Jeff A. Benowitz
Book review: Discovery of Oyu Tolgoi: A case study of mineral and geological exploration
No abstract available.
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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.
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 17
Evaluation of the analytical methods used to determine the elemental concentrations found in the stream geochemical dataset compiled for Alaska
A recent U.S. Geological Survey data compilation of stream-sediment geochemistry for Alaska contains decades of analyses collected under numerous Federal and State programs. The compiled data were determined by various analytical methods. Some samples were reanalyzed by a different analytical method than the original, resulting in some elements having concentrations reported by multiple...
Authors
Bronwen Wang, Karl J. Ellefsen, Matthew Granitto, Karen D. Kelley, Susan M. Karl, George N. D. Case, Douglas C. Kreiner, Courtney L. Amundson
Focus areas for data acquisition for potential domestic resources of 11 critical minerals in Alaska—Aluminum, cobalt, graphite, lithium, niobium, platinum group elements, rare earth elements, tantalum, tin, titanium, and tungsten, chap. C of U.S. Geologic
Phase 2 of the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) focuses on geologic belts that are favorable for hosting mineral systems that may contain select critical minerals. Phase 1 of the Earth MRI program focused on rare earth elements (REE), and phase 2 adds aluminum, cobalt, graphite, lithium, niobium, platinum-group metals, tantalum, tin, titanium, and tungsten. This report...
Authors
Douglas C. Kreiner, James V. Jones
Systems-deposits-commodities-critical minerals table for the earth mapping resources initiative
To define and prioritize focus areas across the United States with resource potential for 35 critical minerals in a few years’ time, the U.S Geological Survey Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) required an efficient approach to streamline workflow. A mineral systems approach based on current understanding of how ore deposits that contain critical minerals form and relate to...
Authors
Albert H. Hofstra, Douglas C. Kreiner
Links between tectonics, magmatism, and mineralization in the formation of Late Cretaceous porphyry systems in the Yukon-Tanana upland, eastern Alaska, USA
Cretaceous-Paleocene porphyry Cu(±Mo±Au) occurrences are scattered throughout the Yukon-Tanana upland in eastern Alaska. Known occurrences in eastern Alaska are poorly characterized, despite a resurgence in exploration. Porphyry deposits in the upland are emplaced into structurally complex metamorphic rocks representing a variety of tectonic environments, resulting in diverse alteration...
Authors
Douglas C. Kreiner, James V. Jones, Erin Todd, Christopher S. Holm-Denoma, Jonathan Caine, Jeff A. Benowitz
Book review: Discovery of Oyu Tolgoi: A case study of mineral and geological exploration
No abstract available.
Authors
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.