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Upper Butte Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307576
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Butte Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.92276, 63.05961 (WGS84)
Relative position Placer gold occurs along upper Butte Creek, downstream from the mouth of Gold Creek to the map site, which is in the SW1/4 of sec. 27, T. 21 S., R. 2 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This is location B-10 of Balen (1990: 34-90).

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.92276, 63.05961
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Upper Butte Creek drains an area underlain by metasedimentary and intrusive rocks, presumably of Mesozoic or Tertiary age. The placer gold was probably derived from the erosion of auriferous lodes, such as those at HE156, HE172, and HE173. Samples collected by the BLM all contained small anounts of gold (Balen, 1990 OFR 90-34).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Active?

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface workings only.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines Investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Balen, 1990 (OFR 34-90)

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-00 N. Van Wyck Stevens Exploration Management Corporation

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

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