Butte Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185833
MRDS ID A011359
MAS/MILS ID 0020670098
Record type Site
Current site name Butte Creek
Alternate or previous names Lucky Linda, Five Cards Missing 1-7, Oscar 1-3, Shadow Mt. 1-46, Gossan 1-4, Windy Draw 1-2, Grey Boy 1-6
Related records 60000069

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -147.64165, 63.01632 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 022 S 001 E 07 SW Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • 067-202 LOCATED EAST OF HEADWATERS OF WATANA CREEK USGS CRIB A001341

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -147.64165, 63.01632

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUL-1995 Jmk U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.