Mine detail: Mount Casca

Previously called 'VABM Casca'

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Location

Lat / long: 65.34781, -141.05678

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
Ore: Apatite, Collophane

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Alteration at Mount Casca prospect consists of pervasive silicification with chalcedony-lined vugs and irregular quartz veining. Iron and manganese oxides are present within breccia zones (DiMarchi and others, 1993).

References

DEP10307413
Reference{Deposit:: Doyon, Limited, 1986, Mines, prospects, and geochemical anomalies on Doyon, Limited, regional overselection lands, Alaska: Fairbanks, Alaska, Doyon, Limited, Report 86-01A, v. 1, 150 p. (Report held by Doyon, Limited, Fairbanks, Alaska.)}{Deposit:: Dover, J.A., and Miyaoka, R.T., 1988, Reinterpreted geologic map and fossil data, Charley River quadrangle, east-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2004, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: DiMarchi, J.J., Weglarz, T.B., Adams, D.D., Hubert, J.A., and West, A.W., 1993, 1993 annual report reconnaissance program, Doyon option lands: ASA Inc., 120 p. (Report held by Doyon Ltd., Fairbanks, Alaska.)}
ReporterC.E. Cameron