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Butte Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Palladium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038091
MRDS ID M045368
Record type Site
Current site name Butte Creek
Alternate or previous names Huff

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.47772, 59.49927 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 MI NORTH OF GOODNEWS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodnews Bay B-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Goodnews Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goodnews Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Calista Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary
Ruthenium Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.47772, 59.49927
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1911, 1913, 1914, 1928, 1935 TO 1940

Mining district

District name Bethel District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1912A, P. 41 (B520)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1914A, P. 71 (B592)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1915, P. 67 (B622)

  • Deposit

    MADDREN, 1915, P. 304, 357-358 (B622)

  • Deposit

    5) BROOKS, 1918, P. 61 (B662)

  • Deposit

    6) HARRINGTON, 1921A, P. 222, 227 (B714)

  • Deposit

    7) MOFFIT, 1927B, P. 20 (B792)

  • Deposit

    8) SMITH, P. S., 1929, P. 25 (B797)

  • Deposit

    9) SMITH, P. S., 1930A, P. 32, 52-53 (B810)

  • Deposit

    10) SMITH, P. S., 1930B, P. 37 (B813)

  • Deposit

    11) SMITH, P. S., 1937, P. 50 (B880-A)

  • Deposit

    12) SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 59 (B897-A)

  • Deposit

    13) SMITH, P. S., 1939A, P. 62 (B910-A)

  • Deposit

    14) SMITH, P. S., 1939B, P. 62 (B917-A)

  • Deposit

    15) SMITH, P. S., 1941, P. 58 (B926-A)

  • Deposit

    16) SMITH, P. S., 1942B, P. 54 (B933-A)

  • Deposit

    17) HOARE AND COONRAD, 1961B, (I-339)

  • Deposit

    18) MERTIE, 1969, P. 89-90 (P630)

  • Deposit

    19) COBB, 1972, P. 28 (OF 508)

  • Deposit

    20) COBB AND CONDON, 1972 (MF 447)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-75 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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