Mine detail: Butte Creek

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Location: Ophir County, Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long: 63.50626, -156.1586
dep_id: 10308679
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect
ore: Gold
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
Reporter: C.E. Cameron
References:
  • Deposit:: Eakin, H.M., 1914, The Iditarod-Ruby region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 578, 45 p.
  • Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction material) in the Iditarod and Ophir quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-576, 101 p.
  • Deposit:: Chapman, R.M., Patton, W.W., and Moll, E.J., 1985, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Ophir quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-203, 1 sheet, 1:250,000 scale.
  • Deposit:: Bundtzen, T.K., Green, C.B., Deagen, J., and Daniels, C.L., 1987, Alask* mineral industry, 1986: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 40, 68 p.
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