Geology and ground water resources of the Matanuska Valley agricultural area, Alaska
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Geology and coal resources of the western part of the lower Matanuska Valley coal field, Alaska
The lower Matanuska Valley coal field is in southern Alaska 45 miles northeast of the city of Anchorage (fig. 1). The field is in an area bounded on the south by the Matanuska River, on the north by the foothills of the Talkeetna Mountains, and includes on the east and west, respectively, the valleys of Eska Creek and Moose Creek, which head in the Talkeetna Mountains and flow southward to the Matanuska River. The western boundary of the area described is about 8 miles north of Palmer, which is in the heart of an agricultural district.
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Geology and coal resources of the eastern part of the lower Matanuska Valley coal field, Alaska
The lower Matanuska Valley coal field is in south-central Alaska near the head of Cook Inlet, about 60 miles by railroad northeast of Anchorage (fig. 1). It occupies an area roughly 7 miles long and 1 1/2 miles wide that trends northeastward parallel to the front of the Talkeetna Mountains to the north. The eastern part of the field is considered in this report. The western part has recently been described. The two operating coal mines in the area, the Government-owned Eska mine and the privately owned Evan Jones mine, are served by a 23-mile branch line of the Alaska Railroad. The Glenn Highway, a year-round gravel-surfaced road connecting Anchorage with the Richardson Highway and the interior of Alaska, passes about 2 miles south of the mines.
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