Mine detail: Butte

Previously called 'BrigadierHyder Butte'

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Location

Lat / long: 56.01644, -130.0687

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold, Lead, Tungsten
Ore: Galena, Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated rock:Texas Creek
Associated type:Diorite

References

MRDSA010231
DEP10000195
Reference{Deposit:: Buddington, A.F., 1929, Geology of Hyder and vicinity, southeastern Alaska, with a reconnaissance of Chickamin River: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 807, 124 p.}%%{Deposit:: Byers, F. M., and Sainsbury, C. L., 1956, Tungsten deposits of the Hyder district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1024-F, p. 123-140.}%%{Deposit:: Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E. H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-922, 98 p.}%%{Deposit:: Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R. D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Maas, K. M., Bittenbender, P. E., and Still, J. C., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Ketchikan mining district, southeastern Alaska: U. S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 11-95, 606 p.}{Deposit:: Koch, R. D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728A, 35 p.,1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterHirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.), Berg, H. C.