Butler and Petree

The Butler and Petree is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Butler and Petree

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

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

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Stibnite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = This prospect was discovered and first staked in October, 1908. By 1909, a 90-foot-long adit had been driven on the prospect and had intersected a 6-foot-thick shear zone 50 feet from the portal (Prindle, 1910). A drift was driven from the main adit to the northwest along the shear and a 150-foot-deep winze was sunk on the shear from this drift. A raise to the surface was later put in above the winze (Prindle, 1910). Approximately 100 feet below the main adit level drift, a second working level was started and drifts driven 40 feet to the northwest and southeast from the shaft, that was then known as the Robertson shaft.? By 1910, the prospect was in litigation which prevented active exploration and development. Brooks (1911) reported the shaft was 160 feet deep on a 4- to 8-foot-wide shear zone. The prospect was erroneously referred to as the Rex Mining Company prospect which may have been the company in litigation with the owners of the Butler and Petree prospect (Freeman, 1992). A minor amount of work was conducted on the Butler and Petree prospect in 1911 (Brooks, 1912). Smith (1913, B 525) reported that attempts to develop the Butler and Petree prospect failed due to the low gold and high base metal content on the prospect. In 1931 the prospect was abandoned and the workings inaccessible (Hill, 1933). The prospect was examined in 1942 as a possible source of antimony but was not developed due to insufficient grade and thickness of antimony values (Killeen and Mertie, 1951).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Schist in a shear zone contain disseminated arsenopyrite and pyrite along with lesser galena, sphalerite and stibnite. These sulfides also occur in numerous quartz stringers in the shear zone. Free gold is more common in the upper oxidized portions of the lode while gold appears to be associated with sulfides at depth. Tourmaline is present in the schists along the margins of quartz stringers and is strongly correlative with elevated arsenopyrite and pyrite (Prindle, 1910). ? By 1909, a 90-foot-long adit had been driven on the prospect and had intersected a 6-foot-thick shear zone 50 feet from the portal (Prindle, 1910). A drift was driven from the main adit to the northwest along the shear and a 150-foot-deep winze was sunk on the shear from this drift. A raise to the surface was later put in above the winze (Prindle, 1910). Approximately 100 feet below the main adit level drift, a second working level was started and drifts driven 40 feet to the northwest and southeast from the shaft, which was then known as the Robertson shaft. Brooks (1911) reported the shaft was 160 feet deep on a 4- to 8-foot-wide shear zone. Smith (1913, B 525) reported that attempts to develop the Butler and Petree prospect failed due to the low gold and high base metal content on the prospect. In 1931, the prospect was abandoned and the workings were inaccessible (Hill, 1933). The prospect was examined in 1942 as a possible source of antimony but was not developed due to insufficient grade and thickness of antimony values (Killeen and Mertie, 1951).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Prindle, 1910

References

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks, in Prindle, L.M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 525, p. 153-216.

Reference (Deposit): Killeen, P.L., and Mertie, J.B., 1951, Antimony ore in the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 51-46, 43 p.

Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542-F, p. 137-202.

Reference (Deposit): Hill, J.M., 1933, Lode deposits of the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-B, p. 29-163.

Reference (Deposit): Prindle, L.M., 1910, Auriferous quartz veins in the Fairbanks district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 442-F, p. 210-229.

Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1912, The Alaska mining industry in 1911, in Brooks, A.H., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1911: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 520, p. 17-44.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1911, The mining industry in 1910, in Brooks, A.K., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1910: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 480-B p. 21-43.

Reference (Deposit): Freeman, C.J., 1992, 1991 Golden Summit project final report, volume 2: Historical summary of lode mines and prospects in the Golden Summit project area, Alaska: Avalon Development Corp., 159 p. (Report held by Freegold Recovery Inc. USA, Vancouver, British Columbia.)

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.

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