Upper Butte Creek Placer

Unknown in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258546
MAS/MILS ID 0020670222
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Butte Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -147.92217, 63.10041 (WGS84)
Elevation 938
Location accuracy 100(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 021 S 002 W 15 NW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -147.92217, 63.10041

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1903

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 34-90

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-SEP-1992 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.