Butte Creek

The Butte Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Butte Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Innoko

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

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Prospecting was reported along Butte Creek during 1914. There is no further report of activity (Eakin, 1914).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Eakin, 1914

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary. The headwater tributaries of Butte Creek (Quartz Creek and Shorty Creek) drain a Cretaceous or Tertiary monzonite intrusion (Chapman and others, 1985). Such plutons probably are the source of the gold in Butte Creek (Bundtzen and others, 1987).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The bedrock in the vicinity of Butte Creek consists of chert, argillite, and volcaniclastic rocks. The headwater tributaries of Butte Creek (Quartz Creek and Shorty Creek) drain a Cretaceous or Tertiary monzonite intrusion (Chapman and others, 1985). Such plutons probably are the source of the gold in Butte Creek (Bundtzen and others, 1987). Prospecting was reported along Butte Creek during 1914. There is no further report of activity (Eakin, 1914).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Eakin, H.M., 1914, The Iditarod-Ruby region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 578, 45 p.

Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., Patton, W.W., and Moll, E.J., 1985, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Ophir quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-203, 1 sheet, 1:250,000 scale.

Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Green, C.B., Deagen, J., and Daniels, C.L., 1987, Alaska's mineral industry, 1986: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 40, 68 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction material) in the Iditarod and Ophir quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-576, 101 p.

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