TAURUS copper-moly-gold deposit, Alaska

The Taurus property totals 4,560 acres in the Tanacross quadrangle, Fairbanks Recording District, Alaska, 10 miles west of the Yukon/Alaska border, 52 miles north of the settlement of Northway, Alaska, and 110 miles southwest of the Casino deposit.

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East Taurus

Both the Taurus and Casino porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum deposits have similar host rocks, mineralization/alteration styles, and intact, un-glaciated supergene enrichment zones.

Access can be via Chicken (helicopter base), Tok (fixed wing aircraft to either of two airstrips on the Taurus), or road.

Skid road from the Taylor Highway (Mile 9)

The Taurus remains relatively un-explored even though previous work has resulted in significant intercepts of copper, gold (not analyzed until after 1978) and molybdenum in drilling. 

Drill core from the 1996 program

 Summer 2008: A drill program is underway.  Photos here.