Morgana

The Morgana is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Morgana

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Calc-silicate alteration.

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Old prospect pits that revealed gold mineralization were followed up with soil sampling and reverse circulation drilling in 1997.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = This description

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Carbonaceous, schist-hosted, gold-bearing quartz veins and gouge.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Altered, carbonaceous schist in old prospect pits assayed 60 ppb gold. The highest assay of approximately 520 soil samples was 725 ppb gold. Six reverse circulation holes were drilled in the area and returned assays of 60 feet of 154 ppb gold and 10 feet of 140 ppb gold (D. McCoy, written commun., 1999).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Freeman, C.J., and Schaefer, Janet, 1999: Alaska Resource Data File, Livengood quadrangle: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-574, 464 p.

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