Morgana

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Alteration
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10307735
Record type	Site
Current site name	Morgana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-147.37096, 65.09468 (WGS84)
Relative position	SW1/4SW1/4 sec.9, T. 3 N., R. 2 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The coordinates given are for the southeast corner of a soil grid; it is about a mile north of the junction of Wolf and Goose Creeks. The property is accessed by the Fairbanks-Circle trail, a seasonal four-wheel-drive road. An ATV trail turns off the Fairbanks-Circle trail at about mile 1.1 and continues to the NW for about 2 miles to the grid.

Geographic coordinates:

-147.37096, 65.09468 (WGS84)

Relative position

SW1/4SW1/4 sec.9, T. 3 N., R. 2 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The coordinates given are for the southeast corner of a soil grid; it is about a mile north of the junction of Wolf and Goose Creeks. The property is accessed by the Fairbanks-Circle trail, a seasonal four-wheel-drive road. An ATV trail turns off the Fairbanks-Circle trail at about mile 1.1 and continues to the NW for about 2 miles to the grid.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Alteration

(Local) Calc-silicate alteration.

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-147.37096, 65.09468	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

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).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

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

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	LG137

Bibliographic references

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.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = This description

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	Model Name = Carbonaceous, schist-hosted, gold-bearing quartz veins and gouge.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	04-MAY-99	C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer	Avalon Development Corporation

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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