Alaska
Prospect

Margerie

Alaska, United States
TungstenCopperGoldSilverCobaltMolybdenumZincBismuthArsenicBarium-Barite
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Description

Leo Mark Anthony

Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Copper, Gold, Silver, Cobalt
SecondaryMolybdenum, Zinc
TertiaryBismuth, Arsenic, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu54: Porphyry Cu (North America)
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Diorite
AlterationPlagioclase has been subjected to moderate sericitization and K-spar alteration, and biotite has been moderately chloritized (Brew and others, 1978).
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1960
Identification
Deposit ID10309002
MRDS IDA013114
Alternate namesMargerie Copper-Gold Prospect, Leo Mark Anthony, Moneta Porcupine MinesMoneta Porcupine, Moneta Porcupine Co., Margerie Nos. 1-6, Tarr Inlet, Margerie Glacier Porphyry-Copper, Margerie Glacier Porphyry Copper Deposit, Margarie Glacier
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates59.00972, -137.09213
References
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