In Memoriam: Uldis ‘Jake’ Jansons
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By Joseph Kurtak Uldis “Jake” Jansons moved on to that last outcrop in the sky on May 30, 2024. He was born to Drs. Voldemars and Milda Dolfijs Jansons on Feb. 10, 1940 in Jelgava, Latvia. Jake completed his early education in Germany, Fitchburg and Chelsea, Mass., graduating in Queens, New York. He spent his college summers working as a minerals sampler in Ontario and Nova Scotia, Canada, obtaining his BS in geology at St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY. He obtained his master’s degree at the University of Montana, Missoula in 1963. While completing his thesis on the New World Mining District near Cook City, Montana, he worked summers for Bear Creek Exploration Company. It was at Cook City that he met his future wife and soulmate Carol J. Nott on a blind date. They were married Feb. 5, 1966, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Continuing his education, Jake worked at the Laboratory of Isotope Geology at the University of Utah, obtaining his PhD in Geological Engineering in 1971. Jake and Carol moved to Faro, Yukon Territory, Canada where Jake was Chief Exploration Geologist for Cyprus Anvil Mining Corporation from 1971-76. He joined the U.S. Bureau of Mines in Anchorage,
Alaska in 1976 where he was a Supervisory Physical Scientist. During his role with the Bureau, he played an integral role in supervising a series of mineral resource assessments as mandated by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and Alaska National Interest Land Claims Act (ANILCA). He participated in some of the
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first mineral resource studies of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Fieldwork by Jake resulted in the discovery of an extensive belt of lead/zinc-bearing rocks along the north flank of the Alaskan Brooks Range. He also recognized the significance of the Red Dog discovery which would become one of the world’s major zinc mines. Jake was transferred to the Denver office of the Bureau of Mines in 1984 where he was chief Branch of Mineral Land Assessment verifying the mineral resources of 33 states until retirement in 1996. Jake leaves behind his wife, Carol, and numerous nephews and nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents, nephew Pete Jansons, and brother, Dr. Peteris Jansons.
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