During p a r t o f t h e summer o f 1967 a State D i v i s i o n o f Mines and Minerals f i e l d p a r t y c o l l e c t e d 372 stream sediment samples i n t h e Wood River-Tikchi k Lakes r e g i o n o f southwest Alaska t o a i d i n determining t h e mineral p o t e n t i a l . The samples were analyzed f o r heavy metals by f i e l d t e s t and f o r copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and mercury by the l a b o r a t o r y . The r e s u l t s i n d i c a t e t h a t the mercury a n a l y s i

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... s i s a good geochemical t o o l f o r prospecting i n the region. Zinc appeared t o be t h e b e s t i n d i c a t o r o f the heavy metals group. Geochemical anomal i e s and o t h e r f i e l d evidence i n d i c a t e d the most f a v o r a b l e l o c a t i o n s f o r e x p l o r a t i o n a r e t h e f o l l o w i n g : ( 1 ) Marsh Mountain,(2) t h e south s i d e o f the southeast end o f Lake Aleknagik,(3) t h e r i d g e on t h e south s i d e o f Sunshine Valley, and ( 4 ) t h e r i d g e on the south s i d e o f L i t t l e Togiak Lake.