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Historic gold producers in Chugach (USGS)

USGS records 104 historic gold producers in Chugach: 103 past producers and 1 listed as a producer or plant. For 36 of them USGS gives an output size (3 medium, 33 small). Production years are recorded for 14 sites, from 1894 to 1940. The most common deposit type is massive sulfide, Cyprus (5 sites).

Show the 104 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Ellamar Mine	Past producer	medium	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	1901 to 1919
Beatson Mine	Past producer	medium	Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead	1904 to 1930
Latouche Beatson Copper Co.	Past producer	medium	Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead	1904 to 1930
Mineral Creek Placers	Past producer	small	Gold	1894 to 1914
Cliff Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	1910 to 1940
Three Mile Canyon	Past producer	small	Gold	1911
Midas Mine	Past producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead	1912 to 1919
Big Four Mineral Cr. Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	1914 to 1939
Consolidated	Past producer	small	Gold	1914
Granite Gold Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Antimony, Lead, Copper	1914 to 1917
Ramsey-Rutherford Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead	1914 to 1935
Alaska Oracle Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold, Molybdenum, Zinc, Lead, Copper	found 1921
Alice Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	found 1910
Billings Creek	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cameron-Johnson Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Lead	found 1911
Gold Creek Placers	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gold Eagle	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Golden Wonder #1	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	found 1911
Hercules Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Herman and Eaton	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Little Bremner River Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1901
Little Giant Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	found 1913
Lowe River Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Nickel	found 1900
Mayfield Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead	to 1938
Minnie Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	found 1911
Monte Carlo Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Rough and Tough Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Sealy-Davis Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	found 1910
Silver Gem Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Antimony, Zinc	found 1910
Sweepstake Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Thomas-Culross Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	found 1907
Thompson-Ford Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Three-In-One Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Tomboy Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	found 1912
Valdez Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1910
Williams Gentzler Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Ellamar Part of Prince William Sound	Producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Beatson	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	from 1899
Cliff Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	from 1910
John Sells Property	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1911
Addison Powell	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Alaska Homestake Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Alaska-Pioneer-Sourdough, Steinmetz, d Alaska Commercial Co.	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver	n/a
Alice	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper	n/a
Big Four Mineral Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver	n/a
Bligh Island	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cameron-Johnson	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Capitol Hill	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Chisna Consolidated (Buckeye Group)	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Conley and Mcchesney	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Copper King	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold	n/a
Cube	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Culross	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Curley Kidney	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dickey Copper Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Cobalt, Zinc	n/a
Dickey Copper Co.	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Cobalt, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Donohue	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Ellamar	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold	n/a
Ethel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Fidalgo Mining Co.	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Fidalgo Mining Co. (Blackney Prospect)	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Fidalgo-Alaska	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold	n/a
Gold King	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Antimony, Copper	n/a
Golden Eagle	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Granby Consol. Mng.Smelt.&Power Co.	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Granite	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Hercules	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
High Grade Prospect	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead	n/a
Hoodoo and South Landlocked Bay Mining Co.	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver	n/a
Horseshoe Nos. 1-16	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Sulfur, Zinc	n/a
Iron Mountain Group	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver, Sulfur, Zinc	n/a
Jacobson	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Arsenic, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Landlocked Bay	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Zinc	n/a
Lansing Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Little Giant	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Mayfield	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
McKinley Lake mine, Rilley Group, Lucky Strike prospect, Bear Creek prospect (McKinley Lake gold camp)	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony, Arsenic, Silver	n/a
Middleton Beach Placers	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Middleton Island	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mineral King Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Minnie	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Monte Carlo	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Morning Star	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
National	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
North Star	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Nugget	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Rambler	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Ramsay-Rutherford	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Rose Johnson	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Ruff & Tuff Rough and Tough	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Schlosser	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold	n/a
Sealey-Davis	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper	n/a
Sealy-Davis	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Sheppard 1a, 1b, 2	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Silver Gem	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Slide	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Standard Copper	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Standard Copper Mines Co.	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold	n/a
Sulphide Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten, Copper	n/a
Sweepstake Mining Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
The Harley-Davidson	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Thompson-Ford	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Threeman (Standard Copper)	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Zinc, Cobalt, Gold, Silver	n/a
Tomboy	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead	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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