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Historic gold producers in Anchorage (USGS)

USGS records 28 historic gold producers in Anchorage: 26 past producers and 2 listed as producers or plants. For 7 of them USGS gives an output size (7 small). The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein, Chugach-type (3 sites).

Show the 28 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
California Cr.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Crow Creek	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Indian Creek	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Kern Cr.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Peterson Cr.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Strong	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Winner Cr	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
California Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Crow Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Winner Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1917
Bird Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1934
Agostino	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver	n/a
Bahrenberg	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Bahrenberg Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver	n/a
Bird Point	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead	n/a
Brenner Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Silver	n/a
Crow Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Independence	Past producer	n/a	Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Tellurium, Zinc	n/a
Indian Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead	n/a
Indian Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jewel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, Silver, Copper	n/a
Jewel Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Kern Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lucky Won	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Monarch Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Silver	n/a
Peterson Discovery	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Portage Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Rainbow Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. Sites already matched to an MSHA record are shown in the MSHA tables.

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