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Gold was found in Alaska as early as 1848 in Kenai River, on a peninsula with the samename, by a Russian mining engineer. After the United States purchased 'Seward’sFolly' and miners had left the disappointment of mining in the Cassiar goldlocations, gold was discovered southeast of Juneau around Windham and Sumdum Bays. Majorlode veins were found near Juneau in 1880.
For more information you should see U. S. Geological paper # 610. This paper describes43 mining districts that produced more than 10,000 ounces or more. The total goldproduction as stated in this paper is 29,225,071 ounces.
There are so many gold localities in Alaska that the U. S. Geological paper is notenough. You can also use U. S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map MR-32and Lode Gold and Silver Occurrences in Alaska. Also MR-38 Placer Gold Occurrences inAlaska.
Many large areas are withdrawn from mineral entry, so be sure to check before mining.
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Cook Inlet - Susitna Region, Alaska
This sizable region is bounded by the Alaska Peninsula on the southwest, the AlaskaRange on the west and north and by the Talkeetna Mountains on the east.
Anchorage District
Archangel Creek
At the head of Archangel Creek there are many are lode gold mines, so it is reasonableto assume that there may be placer gold in the creek.
California Creek
California Creek and its tributaries contain placer gold.
Crow Creek
Crow Creek and its tributaries contain placer gold.
Eagle River
Many placer and lode gold mines on the Eagle River. Check the quadrangle for theprecise locations of the Golden Light, Kempf, Lucky Shot, Panhandle, Thorpe, War Baby,Willow Creek, Arch, Archangel, Bluebird, Fern, Gold Quartz, Mogul, Moose Creek,Northwestern and many other lode and placer gold mines.
Fishhook Creek
At the head of Fishhook Creek there are many area mines, this was a productive lodearea, so it is reasonable to assume that there may be placer gold in the creek.
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Girdwood Creek
Girdwood Creek contains placer gold.
Glacier Creek
Glacier Creek and its tributaries contain placer gold.
Haines, Alaska:
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Metal Creek
The lower end of Metal Creek is said to contain placer gold.
Peter Creek
Many placer and lode gold mines on Peter Creek. Check the quadrangle for the preciselocations of the Golden Light, Kempf, Lucky Shot, Panhandle, Thorpe, War Baby, WillowCreek, Arch, Archangel, Bluebird, Fern, Gold Quartz, Mogul, Moose Creek, Northwestern andmany other lode and placer gold mines.
Winner Creek
Winner Creek contains placer gold.
Girdwood District
The Girdwood district is a minor producing district that was founded in 1896. There aremany hard rock mines that produced lode gold, so it is assummed that placer can be foundhere too.
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Hope District
The district was primarily a lode gold district.
Kenai Peninsula District
A few streams in the Kenai Peninsula district yield gold.
Moose Pass District
This district was a lode gold district.
Nuka Bay District
Nuka Bay district is in the extreme south part of the peninsula. The Nuka Bay MinesCompany, Nukalask Mining Company, Rosness & Larson and Skinner Mines all produced lodegold in this district. There were many old lode mines in this district.
Seldovia District
The Seldovia district is at the south end of the peninsula on the Seldovia USGSquadrangle. There were many old mines here (eg. Alley, Mills & Trimble, Alaska Hills,Little Creek and others). Most mines were lode mines.
Sunrise District
The district was primarily a lode gold district.
Turnagain Arm District
Turnagain Arm district is a seaway district south of Anchorage in central and northparts of the peninsula. Along Turnagain Arm, there were many small placer operations.There were also many hard rock mines, especially around the head of Crow Creek. AlongMills, Canyon, Falls and Cooper Creeks placers were discovered in 1896. These placer arevery rich. along Crow, Resurrection, Palmer, Sixmile and other creeks, draining into theTurnagain Arm from the north part of the peninsula had rich placers.
Valdez Creek District
This district is about 125 miles south of Fairbanks by air. It consist of the drainagesof Valdez and Clearwater Creeks. The Tammany Channel was a buried ancient river chanel ofValdez Creek and was discovered in 1904. The placer were very rich and extensivelyhydraulicked. There are several old lode mines in the area.
Willow Creek District
NE of Wasilla by road and 21 miles northwest of Palmer, is the Willow Creek district.The area above Matanuska in the upper end of Willow Creek at the head of Cook inlet, isthe second most productive lode gold area in Alaska. There were very many rich lode goldmines.
Yentna - Cache Creek District
This district is on the southeast slopes of the Alaska range. Along Dollar, Thunder andWillow Creeks there are very rich placers. Nugget Creek was also a rich producer. TheYentna River upper drainages and tributaries, Cache, Mills, Petter and Long Creeks all hadrich placer gravels.
Copper River Region Alaska
The copper river region includes most of the Copper River drainage in southern Alaska.It is bordered by the Alaska Range to the north and by the Chucach Mountains on thesouthwest and by the Wrangell Mountains on the northeast.
Chistochina District
Near Gulkana in the northwest part of the Copper River Basin is the ChistochinaDistrict. The Chitna River and its tributaries Miller Gulch, Slate Creek, Big Four Creekscontain placer gold. The tributaries of the Chistochina River contain placer gold andplatinum. Eagle Creek, Slate Creek, Granite Creek, The Slana River, Grubstake Creek, SlopeCreek and most of the creeks around the village of Slana contain gold.
Copper River District
North of the Copper and Chitina rivers is the Copper River District. It embraces thewatershed of the south slopes of the Wrangell Mountains, especially along the streamsfeeding into the Copper River, below the mouth of the Chitina River. Very many lode minesalong the Bremmer River. The placers along the Bremmer River, Golconda Creek, MineralCreek, Berg Creek, Nugget Creek, Quartz Creek and Porcupine Creek have all had richhistories.
Nelchina District
Albert Creek and the area streams in the northwestern part of the district all containplacer gold. Fall Creek and most of the streams in the southeastern part of the distirctcontain gold.
Nizina District
The Nizna River and tributaries contain placer gold. Dan Creek, Chititu Creek, YoungCreek and Canyon Creeks contain placer gold. Golcanda Creek is said to be real good. Thereis fine gold in all the streams that drain the Chugach Mountains. Dan Creek produced realwell, over 144,000 ounces of placer is said to have come from this creek.
Prince William Sound District
The streams draining the area lode mines around Valdez contain placer gold. The streamsnear Port Nellie Jaun all contain some placer gold. The Lowe River, east Port Valdez andBeach placer at the southwest end of Middleton Island contain gold.
Yakatagu
The White River and its tributaries contain gold. The beach placers near Yakataga aresaid to be real rich.
Interior Region Alaska
The interior region of Alaska is the area that drains the Yukon River. It is a verylarge area and contains some of Alaska best placer ground. The area between Eagle, on theborder of Canada's Yukon Territory, to Tanana, almost 500 miles away being the mostproductive gold producing areas. USGS bulletins 872 and 907, covering the Yukon TananaRegion are great sources of information. The region has produced around 13,000,000 ouncesof gold, mostly from placer sources.
Bonniefield
The Bonniefield district is about 60 miles from Fairbanks and includes the Kanishna andValdez Creek areas. This area has long produced some excellent placer gold. This was animportant mining center extending from the Tanana Flats on the north and south to thenorth slopes of the Alaska Range, on the east by the Delta River and on the west by theNenana River. Look at the Healy, Mt. Hayes, Fairbanks and Kantishna quadrangles. LibertyBell, Moose Creek and Spruce Creek Placer mines were very rich. The California Creek andthe Prospect Mining Company Placer mine were also in this area and produced well. TheForth of July Creek Mine was another important placer locality. The area along gold KingCreek had placers that have been worked since 1903. Along Eva Creek, the placers,especially near the Liberty Bell Mine were worked. On Caribou Creek you can find some nicegold. Along Marguerite, Moose, Platte and Portage Creek are also good spots.
Chandalar
The Chandalar district is the area around the upper drainage of the Chandalar River. Itwas discovered in 1906 and had placer production through 1959 of 30,708 ounces. The areaalong Big, Dictator and Little Squaw Creeks had very many rich placer mines. Many arealode mines.
Chena
The Chena District is about 70 miles east of Fairbanks. Along Palmer Creek, is thelocation of the Palmer Creek Placer Mines. It produced rich gold deposits in Scheelite.
Chulitna
The Chulitna district is centered around Cantwell on Highway 3, just east of the MountMcKinley National Forest. The upper reaches of the Chulitna River had very many lode minesand contains placer gold.
Circle
The Circle district is northeast of Fairbanks and produced around 706,000 ounces ofgold. The area along Birch Creek was very productive. Most of the creeks and terracegravel contains placer gold. Along Mastodon Creek was also very rich.
Donnelly
The Donnelly district is about 40 miles South of Big Delta. About a half mile south ofRapids Roadhouse, along Gunnysack Creek had some rich placer deposits.
Eagle
The Eagle district is just west of the Canadian Border. Along Seventymile, American andForth of July Creeks there were some rich placers. Also along Alder , Barney, Woodchopperand Crooked Creeks produced well. Most of the other creeks in the area contain placergold. Some creeks worth investigating would be Eagle Bluff, Tweedon, Lilliwig and CopperCreeks.
Fairbanks
The Fairbanks district is a large district, but was the principal gold producer inAlaska. Most of the streams surrounding the city contain placer gold. From Treasure Creekto Lower Fairbanks Creek, about 20 miles long by 1 mile wide, contains some real goodplacer gold. Along Pedro creek, Cleary, Gilmore, Goldstream, Engineer, Dome, Ester, Vault,Cleary and Chatanika Creeks all had a rich history of gold production. In Skoogy Gulch,upper Cleary Creek and along Fairbanks Creek there were many old lode mines.
Goodpaster
Many of the creeks in this area contain gold.
Healy
Healy district is south of Fairbanks. Around the headwaters of Nenana River there wassome nice gold found. Also Chute Creek, Kansas Creek and Glory Creek all contain gold.
Iditarod
The Iditarod district is located between latitude 62 degrees 10 minutes and 63 degrees0 minutes N and longitude of 157 degrees and 30 minutes and 158 degrees and 30 minutes W,along the upper drainage of the Iditarod River and its tributaries to the lower YukonRiver. It was the second most important gold district in the Interior Region. It producedaround 1,300,000 ounces of gold, mostly from placers. All regional streams contain placergold with cinnabar, copper, lead, stibnite, tungsten and zinc minerals. Along Otter Creek,which was the original placer discovery site in 1908, there are some rich placer deposits.Along Flat and willow Creeks, there were immense placers worked by dredges and other heavyequipment. The Donlin Creek, Flat Creek, Garnet Creek, Glen Gulch, Golden Horn, andMalamute Creek mines all produced lode gold with placers in the creeks as well.
In closing let me say that to list all the gold deposits in the Interior region wouldbe almost impossible, but I have tried to give you some ideas where to start. If you havea suggestion for others please feel free to email me an let me pass it on.
Kuskokwim River Region Alaska
This large region is 400 miles long and 100 miles wide. The land is at sea level forthe most part. It is the drainage basin for the Kuskokwim River and its tributaries lyingsouth of the Yukon River. Place gold was discovered along the Kuskokwim River in 1898.Mining of the area was not in full bore until 1908. The total production through 1959 was640,084 ounces of gold.
Aniak District
The area drained by the Kuskokwim River and its tributaries above Bethel as far as andincluding, the Stony river is covered in this district. The Tuluksak River, Bear andCalifornia Creeks and their tributaries near Nyac contain placer gold. The Salmon Riverand its tributaries, including Marvel Creek contain placer gold. Canyon Creek, a tributaryof the Kwethluk River is a placer producing Creek. The Crooke Creek Basin, includingDonlin Creek and Snow Gulch contain placer gold. The George River and its Tributary,Julian Creek contain placer gold. Murray Gulch and New York Creek are rich in placer gold.The upper Holitna River Basin, including Taylor and Fortyseven Creeks contain placer gold.
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Bethel District
The are that drains the Kuskokwin River, below Bethel and by streams flowing into theBaird Inlet, Etolin Straight and Kuskokwim Bay as far south as , but excluding Carter Baymake up the Bethel District. The Arolik river and its tributaries contain placer gold.Along Rainy Creek and its tributaries you can find gold.
Georgetown District
At the mouth of the George River, a tributary of the Kuskokwim river, between latitude62º00' and 62º15' N and longitude 157º15' and 158º15' W, had a total production ofaround 14,500 ounces of placer and lode gold. On the Sleetmute USGS quadrangle, allregional stream gravels, bench deposits and buried channels contain placer gold. Along theGeorge River, especially it tributaries of Donlin and Julian Creeks, you will find somevery rich placer ground that has produced well since 1909. On the upper reaches of theGeorge River are some of the other rich placer deposits. In the central part of theKuskokwim valley, about 45 miles South of Iditarod, in the Yukon River Valley there aresome more rich placer deposits.
Goodnews Bay District
This is the richest area for platinum mining in North America. It is along theSouthwest coast of Alaska between latitude 59º00' and 59º40' N and longitude 160º40'and 162º00' W. It had a total production of 29,700 ounces of placer gold. All theregional streams contain placer gold. Along the Arolic River the placers were discoveredin 1900 and intensively worked until 1947. In Goodnews Bay, small indentation on BearingSea Coast on East side of Kuskokwim Bay, about 125 miles south of Bethel, all the regionaltributary streams contain high grade placer gold with platinum group metals. Along theGoodnews River, along its full length, little prospected for placer gold, but it is veryrich. The Goodnews River and its tributaries contain placer gold. Bear Creek containsplacer gold. Whattamuse Creek, Slate Creek, contains abundant placers. The Salmon Riverand its tributaries, Fox Gulch, Clar and Dowry Creeks contain placer gold. In PlatinumCreek, as the name says, you can obviously find more that gold. Heh heh.
McGrath District
The area drained by the Kuskokwim River, above Stony River makes up the McGrathDistrict. Candle Creek was very productive in the early years and still produces today.Moore, Hidden and Ruby Creeks all contain gold.
McKinley District
There are productive placers in each of the following mining camps: McGrath, Medfra,Nixon Forks, Stirling Landing, Ophir and Takotna. They are all close together in the eastpart of the Kuskokwim Valley. The McKinley district on the Mt. McKinley, McGrath and OphirUSGS Quadrangles. In the area of Nixon forks there are many lode mines.
Stony River
South toward Goodnews Bay, across the Hoholitna, Holitna and upper Aniak rivers, on theRussian Mission and Bethel USGS Quadrangles, is an area that has not been exploredextensively. The area has uncounted placer gold areas in stream and bench gravels. Thearea also shows potential for placer gold.
Tuluksak-Aniak District
The district was named for its two main rivers and comprised their drainage basins. Itis between latitude 60º30' and 61º30' N and longitude 159º00' and 161º00' W on theRussian River Quadrangle. In the Innoko and Holitna Rivers, discovered in 1900, largescale placer operations have been conducted. Bear Creek area of the Tuluksak watershed andin the gravel deposits of the Aniak River there is good placer gold. The total productionin the district was 230,555 ounces of gold.
Northwestern Alaska Region Alaska
This large, mostly unpopulated region lies North of the Yukon River Drainage basin andthe Seward Peninsula and includes the drainage systems of the Kobuk, Noatak and Alatnarivers, where most of the gold districts are located. Because almost all access is by air,if you are interested in prospecting this region you must be well financed and be able tolive off the land in the remote regions of Alaska. The total recorded production of 23,000ounces is from placers.
Kiana District
The Kobuk River Valley and all it tributaries, a large region on the Ambler, Kiana andShungnak quadrangles make up the Kiana District. All regional stream, sand and gravel barshave placer showings, but have had little prospecting performed on them. The graveldeposits of the Squirrel River, especially it Klery Creek tributary had numerous placerand are most profitable for today's gold hunter. . Agnes, Klery, Homestake and CentralCreeks produced placer gold real well. On Jade Creek you can find gold laced NephriteJade.
Noatak District
This district is the area drained by the Noatak River and by coastal streams betweenits mouth and the Wulik River. The best bet in this district is Lucky Six Creek, which wasrich in gold.
Selawik District
This district is the base of the Baldwin Peninsula and that area drained by streamsflowing into Selawik Lake and Eschscholtz Bay, between the Kobuk and Kauk Rivers. Littleexplored, this district in the southeastern portion of the Baldwin peninsula and the areadraining into Lake Selawik, has only reported gold mining operation. It was on ShovelCreek, a tributary of the Selawik River was very rich in this region. It began productionafter the second War and ended in the early 1960's.
Shungnak District
The district is located in the Kobuk River Valley, between latitude 66º50' and 67º10'N, longitude 156º50' and 157º25' W. It is on the Shungnak USGS quadrangle. The totalproduction from 1898-1955 was 10,000-15,000 ounces. Almost all of the placer gold producedby this district came from the drainage area of the Cosmos Hills above the valley of theKobuk River. Most the production was from Dahl Creek. There were many area placer workingsin and about the community. Along Wesley Creek, 6 miles west of the Dahl Creek Tremollitemine, near the head of the creek, there were some very rich placers. North of Shungnak 10miles is the location of the Aurora Mountain, Riley Creek and Ruby Creek lode gold mines.Northeast of Shungnak 40 miles, the Shishakshinovik Pass Mine, produced lode gold. West ofShungnak 50 miles, in the valley of Ambler River there were very many rich placerworkings. California and Lynx Creeks were also rich in placer gold.
Prince William Sound Region Alaska
Prince William Sound is on the southern coast of Alaska east of the Kenai Peninsula andis mapped on the Valdez and Cordova USGS quadrangles. This is the famed area where the oiltanker 'Exxon Valdez' ran aground and caused the worst environmental catastrophein United States History, by spilling some 10 million gallons of crude oil. Within therestricted area between the Chugach Mountains on the north and the waters of the sound liethe notable gold and copper mining centers of Port Wells, Port Valdez and Ellamar. Between1894, when placer gold was discovered near Valdez, through 1956, a total of 137,600 ouncesof gold was produced from lode and placer sources.
Cordova District
On the Cordova USGS quadrangle is the Cordova district. North of Cordova 5 miles is theWilson Point Mine, which produced lode gold. East southeast of Cordova 20 miles is thelode gold mines of the Bear Creek Mining Company, Lucky Strike Mining Company and McKinleyLake Mining Company.
Ellamar District
On the Cordova USGS quadrangle is the Ellamar district. In the Ellamar district you canfind many old lode mines.
Latouche Island District
On the Blying Sound quadrangle you can find many old lode mines here.
Passage Canal District
You can find numerous old mines that produced lode gold.
Unakwik District
You can find may old mines that produced lode gold.
Valdez District
In the Valdez district there were many old lode mines.
Seward Peninsula Region Alaska
The Seward Peninsula is the westernmost extremity of North America and second only tothe Yukon-Tanana region in the production of placer gold, largely from the richconcentrations in the sands of the Bearing Sea beaches at Nome. Although gold wasdiscovered as early as 1855, nothing was done about it until 1898, when the Nome districtwas organized. The total production through 1959 was recorded as 6,060,000 gold ounces,all but about 10,000 ounces being from placer operations.
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Bluff District
Bluff is on the Solomon quadrangle. If you go west of Bluff 7 miles, on California andCoca-Cola Creeks you will find some very rich placer ground. On Daniels Creek, along theentire course, you will find many old placer operations. Also where Daniels Creek runsinto the Beach is very rich. North of Bluff on Eldorado and Sweede Creeks, there were someexcellent placer discoveries.
Bonanza District
Near Unalakleet, is the Bonanza district. All regional streams contain placer gold.
Coarse Gold District
Coarse Gold district is located about 70 miles north northeast of Nome, on the Tellerquadrangle. This was an old placer district that produced some nice gold.
Council District
This district is in the south part of the peninsula, including all drainage of GolovninBay extending east almost to the Tubutulik River. It was discovered in 1865 and had atotal production of about 588,000 ounces of placer gold. It is on the Solomon USGSquadrangle. Along Aggie Creek, a tributary of the Fish River, there were some richplacers. Along Crooked Creek and Benson Gulch, a tributary of Melsing Creek, there weresome rich placers. Along Ophir Creek, discovered in 1896 and was the most productive inthe district, extremely rich placers were worked. All the Creek gravels and bench depositsin the drainage basin of the Niukluk River, including Ophir, Melsing, Gold Bottom, Warm,Camp, Mystery and Elkhorn Creeks produced rich placer gold. All along the Fish River andSlate, Iron, Wheeler, West, Flynn, Spruce, Post, Daniels and Koyana Creeks there were lodemines, but the placer gold in all these creeks is very rich. Along Crooked Creek and theInmachuk River there were rich placers. The Casadepaga River and its Tributaries producenice gold for the GPAA I hear.
Fairhaven District
Near Deering, in the Fairhaven district, including the Candle and Inmachuck districts,40 miles long immediately south of the Kotzebue Sound, between latitudes 65º40' and66º10' N, longitude 161º40' and 163º20' W on the Candle USGS quadrangle is theFairhaven district. On Old Glory and Hannum Creeks, the initial placers were discovered in1900. On Candle Creek, the richest placer creek in the district, discovered in 1901 andproduced 379,200 ounces of placer gold. Along Bear Creek and the Inmachuk River there weremany productive placers. Up the Kiwalik River, the area gravels produced placer gold.Along Quartz Creek and on Gold Run, there were some rich placers. A few miles below mouthof Quartz Creek were some very rich placers.
Koyuk District
This district is located in the southeast corner of the peninsula, between latitude64º55' and 65º40' N, longitude 160º20' and 162º00' W, including drainage of the KoyukRiver, on the Candle USGS quadrangle. Along Alameda and Knowles Creeks were some placersoperated since 1900. At Dime Landing and Haycock area creeks had many rich placers. Allother regional creeks and in bench gravels, especially along Monument Creek you can findopen cut operations for placer gold. Between Little and Dry Creeks, extending aconsiderable distance with extensive dredging operations for placer gold.
Nome District
This district is in the south-central part of the peninsula, between latitude 64º25'and 64º57' N, longitude 165º00' and 165º30' W, on the Nome USGS quadrangle. More thanhalf the gold in the Seward Peninsula has come from the Nome district. Around 4,000,000ounces of placer gold has been found. The Nome River placers were discovered in 1897.Anvil Creek and many other area creeks produced placer gold. Sands of the Bering Seabeaches, most profitable of the entire district, was some very rich placer gold.
Port Clarence District
The district contains about 200 square miles at west end of the peninsula on the TellerUSGS quadrangle. The Bluestone and Agiapuk River Basin had many productive placers.Grantly Harbor area most streams contain gold.
Solomon District
The area lying along south side of the peninsula between latitude 64º30' and 65º45'N, longitude 163º30' and 164º30 W, on the Solomon USGS quadrangle. Almost all thestreams contain placer gold in this district.
Taylor District
This district in the central part of the peninsula, between latitude 65º10' and65º45' N, longitude 164º20' and 165º20' W, on the Teller and Bendelben quadrangles isthe Taylor district. Along The Kougarok River, near mouth of Henry Creek, near head ofRiver, especially on Macklin Creek and tributaries, there were many rich placerdiscoveries. In the south part of the district in the Coffee Dome area, along Iron andAmerican Creeks there are more rich placers.
York District
In the York area there are many productive placers.
Southeastern Alaska Region Alaska
The total gold production of the Panhandle region between 1880 and 1959 is recorded as7,788,514 ounces of gold. Almost all of that came from lode mines. There are way two manylode mines for me too type in on this region, so I will try to list the areas where placergold can be found. If you are interested in the lode mines you can find them on the 13quadrangles that cover the southeastern district.
Juneau District
Most of the placer gold in the region has come from the Juneau district. PorcupineCreek was a great producer of placer gold. Clear Bear, Glacier, Cahoon, McKinley,Cottonwood, Nugget Creeks and Klehini, Salmon and Takhin Rivers have produced good placergold. Gold Creek and Last Chance Basin near Juneau were productive for placer gold.Windfall, Montana and McGinnis Creeks, between Juneau and the Eagle River were productive.Spruce and Powers Creeks and the Chuck River near Windham Bay had some placers. The beachplacer near Lituya and Yakutat Bay contains gold.
You report Gold Creek and last Chance Basin as near Juneau but in fact Gold Creek is intown. Runs right through town actually. Headed there this morning to do a little panningand a little sluicing. Mostly placer and small nuggets there, but last summer a guy founda 3/4 ounce nugget. Last chance basin is reputed to produce more/bigger gold but haven'ttried yet as it is quite a hike. Montana creek produced nothing, but flour for me, but Iknow this old guy who says... Well you know the rest.
Southwestern Region Alaska
Aleutian Islands
On Unga Island in the shumagin Group, is the location of the Apollo Consolidated Mine.It operated from 1891 until present, with a total production of 107,900 ounces of lodegold with lead, copper and zinc.
Bristol Bay
Along the upper reaches of the Mulchatna River and its tributaries produces placergold.
Katmai National Monument
All areas outside monument boundaries, in gravels of streams flowing into Iliamna Lakecontain placer gold.
Kodiak
West coast beaches and tributary lode deposits contain gold.
Topknot of North America Region Alaska
The Arctic slope of Alaska lies within the Polar Zone, some 600 miles east and west by150 miles north and south, sloping from the foothills of the brooks Range to the ArcticOcean. This area is know mostly for the great oil discoveries at Prudhoe Bay. Very littleprospecting has been done due to climatic conditions.
Anaktuvik Pass
The area on the north slopes of the Endicott Mountains has numerous mineralizedoutcrops, with tremendous lode gold possibilities, with likelihood of placer deposits inregional watercourse and bench gravel deposits.
Opilak River
This is located South of Barter Island and along the main river and presumably in thegravels of its tributary streams there is placer gold. Hard to work due to climate, but issaid to be very, very rich.
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| Poker Creek–Little Gold Creek Border Crossing | |
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The Canadian side of the joint border inspection station at the Poker Creek–Little Gold Creek Border Crossing | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States, Canada |
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| Coordinates | 64°05′08″N141°00′05″W / 64.0856°N 141.001317°WCoordinates: 64°05′08″N141°00′05″W / 64.0856°N 141.001317°W |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1971 |
| US Phone | (703) 921-7750/7751 |
| Hours | 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM AKT, summers only |
| Website http://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/alcan | |
The Poker Creek–Little Gold Creek Border Crossing is located on the Top of the World Highway, which connects the communities of Chicken, Alaska and Dawson, Yukon on the Canada–United States border. This crossing is notable for being the northernmost international border crossing in North America.
History[edit]
The Top of the World Highway was completed around 1955, but the US performed border inspection services about 120 miles away in Tok, Alaska until 1971, when it built a log cabin-style inspection station at the border. In 2001, the US and Canada constructed a joint border inspection station, where inspectors from both countries occupy a single facility. A line painted on the floor in the building marks the US-Canada border. [1]
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- ^'Joint U.S.-Canada border post dedicated'. 2001-08-12. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2014-08-31.