AK Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys

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Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys — geologic-map publication index, mineral occurrences (DDS-18), mining districts, volcanoes, and radon observations. Alaska's official state geological survey. No credentials required.

What is AK Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys?

Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) — Alaska's state geological survey. Five curated layers covering ~4,160 geologic-map publications (USGS+DGGS index), 335 significant mineral occurrences (DDS-18 MIL1), 75 mining-district polygons across 14 regions, 53 volcanoes (AVO inventory with hazard-assessment links), and 306 radon-observation polygons. Methods filter by commodity, commodity group, deposit type, property status, past-producer-only, agency (USGS or DGGS), publication scale, title/keyword, district name/region, identity confidence, and bbox/near. Top commodity groups: Gold 115, Polymetallic 73, Porphyry (Cu/Au/Mo) 47. §0 spec drift: geology/statemap_projects and geophysics/Geophysical_Surveys services 500 ("No Layer or Table") — DROPPED from this connector. Volcanoes service rejects outFields=* with gateway error — handler enumerates explicit fields. AK is borough-based (no county column); spatial scoping uses bbox or near. ; responses normalized to WGS84. Last verified live 2026-05-07.

Available Tools

searchMineralOccurrences
DDS-18 mineral occurrences (~335). Filter commodity (substring), commodityGroup (Gold, Polymetallic, REE…), depositType (Porphyry, PlutonicAu…), propertyStatus, pastProducerOnly, bbox/near.
searchGeologicMaps
DGGS+USGS map publication index (~4.16K polygons). Filter agency (USGS or DGGS), maxScaleDenominator, publicationPrefix, title, keyword, digitalOnly, bbox/near.
searchMineralDistricts
Alaska mining-district polygons (~75 across 14 regions). Filter name or region (substring).
searchVolcanoes
Alaska volcano inventory (~53 — AVO). Filter name, identityConfidence (certain | questionable), sinceYear, bbox/near.
getServiceInfo
Schema, record counts, and enum values for any of the 5 services. Pass `service` to scope.

Requirements

Toggle on
Toggle on and use — no setup needed.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Open /mcp and enable AK Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys with the toggle — no credentials needed.

Call searchMineralOccurrences with commodityGroup: 'Gold' to explore Alaska's gold deposits, or searchGeologicMaps with agency: 'DGGS'.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

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Follow these steps to connect AK Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys to Claude:

Step 1: Open Claude Settings

Launch Claude → Click the profile button (bottom left) → Navigate to Settings

Step 2: Access Connectors

Scroll down to the Connectors tab → Navigate to the bottom → Click “Add Custom Connector”

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the Connector

Paste the URL in the “Remote MCP Server URL” text box → Click Add

Step 6: Start Using

Your connector is now ready to use in Claude

Follow these steps to connect AK Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys to ChatGPT:

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Enable Developer mode

Step 2: Create New Connector

Go back to Connectors page → Click “Create” (top right)

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector (descriptions are optional)

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the URL

Paste the URL in the “MCP Server URL” text box

Step 6: Set Authentication

Click the authentication dropdown → Select “No authentication” (PatchOps handles authentication internally)

Step 7: Create the Connector

Click “I understand and want to continue” checkbox → Press Create

Step 8: Using the Connector

Start a new chat → Click the + button (left of text box) → Open dropdown → Hover over three dots labeled “More” → Select your connector

Instructions for connecting AK Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys to GitHub Copilot:

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Detailed setup instructions for GitHub Copilot will be added here.

For other MCP-compatible platforms:

Step 1: Get the Connector URL

Step 2: Add to Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP settings file. Replace the URL with your specific connector URL from the /mcp page:

"AK Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}

Example Configuration

Here’s an example using PatchOps MCP:

"PatchOps-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}