Deposit ID | 10009535 |
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MRDS ID | D002576 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Butterfield Canyon |
Geographic coordinates: | -165.48579, 64.689 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | Butterfield Canyon is a south tributary to Bangor Creek, a west tributary to Snake River. The confluence of Butterfield Canyon and Bangor Creek is about 2.8 miles due west of the Snake River road. The lower 2,000 feet of Butterfield Canyon has been placer mined. The map site is on Butterfield Creek, in the SE1/4 section 21, T. 9 S., R. 34 W., Kateel River Meridian. It is included in locality 92 of Cobb (1972 [MF 463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]). The confluence of Butterfield and Bangor Creeks is covered by patented mining claims (U.S. Mineral Survey No. 1844); the plat shows placer workings on both Bangor and Butterfield Creeks. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Tungsten | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Ore |
Scheelite | Ore |
Albite | Gangue |
Model code | 119 |
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USGS model code | 39a |
BC deposit profile | C01. C02 |
Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
Mark3 model number | 54 |
(1) | -165.48579, 64.689 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Nome |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002576 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | NM191 |
Thorne, R.L., Muir, N.M., Erickson, A.W., Thomas, B. I., Hedie, H. E., and Wright, W. S., 1948, Tungsten deposits of Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 4174, 22 p.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.
Bundtzen, T.K., Reger, R.D., Laird, G.M., Pinney, D.S., Clautice, K.H., Liss, S.A., and Cruse, G.R., 1994, Progress report on the geology and mineral resources of the Nome mining district: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Public Data-File 94-39, 21 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a). |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 10-JUL-00 | Hawley, C.C. | Hawley Resource Group | |
Reporter | 10-JUL-00 | Travis L. Hudson | Hawley Resource Group |