Available tools
5 tools| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
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. |
Setup
A few steps to connect your AI agents to AK Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys.
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Toggle Connector On
Open /mcp and enable AK Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys with the toggle, no credentials needed.
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Start Querying
Call searchMineralOccurrences with commodityGroup: 'Gold' to explore Alaska's gold deposits, or searchGeologicMaps with agency: 'DGGS'.
Connect to your AI assistant
Pick the tool your team uses for the exact setup steps.
- 1
Open Claude settings
Launch Claude, click the profile button (bottom left), and go to Settings.
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Access connectors
Open the Connectors tab, scroll to the bottom, and click “Add custom connector”.
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Name your connector
Enter any name you’d like for this connector.
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Get the connector URL
Log in to PatchOps, open the /mcp page, and copy the connector URL you want to use.
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Add the connector
Paste the URL into the “Remote MCP server URL” box and click Add.
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Start using
Your AK Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys connector is ready to use in Claude.