This dataset contains results from three stratigraphic sections of the Hue Shale located in and adjacent to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Alaska. Sample heights were measured with a tape measure in continuous successions. Zircon grains from volcanic ashes were analyzed via laser ablation at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) using a Photon Machines Analyte 193-nm Excimer laser and Nu Instruments Plasma HR MC-ICPMS. Bulk mudstone samples were subject to a variety of analyses. Total organic carbon (TOC) and total carbon (TC) were analyzed using a LECO Carbon Analyzer Model C744, programmed pyrolysis was performed using a HAWK instrument, and organic carbon isotopes of TOC were measured via isotope ratio mass spectrometry using a Thermo-Scientific MAT 253, all run at the USGS Petroleum Geochemistry Research Laboratory. Elemental abundances were determined on samples fused at 750 degrees C with sodium peroxide and dissolved in dilute nitric acid via inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) and ICP-MS by Agat Laboratories. The study was funded by the Energy Resources Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).