Gold Mines in Denali, AK: 3 Abandoned + 135 Historic

Abandoned gold mine records in Denali

3 records marked abandoned by MSHA. They are listed for reference only. Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.

Show the 3 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Channel Quest	surface	Oct 1, 2017	Paxon	State land	Prospect
Gold Hill Mining Company	surface	Nov 25, 2002	DENALI	n/a	n/a
Valdez Creek Mine	surface	Oct 10, 2010	Cantwell	Alaska Native land	n/a

Historic gold producers in Denali (USGS)

USGS records 135 historic gold producers in Denali: 115 past producers and 20 listed as producers or plants. For 39 of them USGS gives an output size (39 small). Production years are recorded for 40 sites, from 1900 to 1995. The most common deposit type is placer Au-PGE (24 sites).

Show the 135 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Homestake Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold	1906 to 1968
Moose Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Mercury, Platinum, Tungsten, Tin	from 1909
California Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Mercury, Platinum	from 1910
Eva Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	1915 to 1940
Caribou Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Antimony, Tungsten	n/a
Crooked Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Eldorado Creek Placers	Producer	small	Gold, Antimony	n/a
Eureka Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Antimony, Lead	found 1905
Friday Creek Placers	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Antimony	n/a
Glacier Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Lead	found 1905
Glenn Creek Placers	Producer	small	Gold, Lead, Antimony, Gemstone, Tin	n/a
Little Moose Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Tungsten	n/a
Lower Caribou Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver	n/a
Moose Creek Placers	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rainy Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Spruce Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Weiler Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Yellow Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Lead	found 1906
Kantishna Area	Past producer	small	Gold, Tin	1903 to 1995
Last Chance Mine	Past producer	small	Antimony, Silver, Gold	from 1905
Hi-Yu Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Antimony, Zinc, Lead	from 1913
Alpha Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony, Zinc	1921
Red Top Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Lead, Tungsten, Zinc	from 1922
Stampede Mine	Past producer	small	Antimony, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Arsenic	1937 to 1970
Stampede Mine	Past producer	small	Antimony, Gold, Silver, Zinc	1937 to 1970
Banjo Mine, Red Top Mining Company	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Copper	1939 to 1942
Chitsia Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1903
Crevice Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Galena Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Gold Dollar Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony	n/a
Gold King Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Golden Eagle Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	n/a
Grubstake Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten, Mercury	n/a
Humboldt Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Little Annie Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	found 1918
Little Moose Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Martha Q Mine	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Stampede Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Twenty-Two Gulch Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Moose Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Portage Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Moose Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1900
Fox Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1907
Glacier Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	from 1907
Grubstake Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury, Silver, Tungsten	from 1907
Yellow Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead	from 1907
Slate Creek Antimony	Past producer	n/a	Antimony, Gold, Silver	from 1915
Stampede Lode	Past producer	n/a	Antimony, Gold, Lead, Silver	from 1915
Little Moose Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Tungsten	from 1917
Glen Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Manganese, Silver, Lead	from 1918
Alpha Ridge	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Antimony, Lead	from 1921
Quigley Ridge	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Antimony, Copper, Gold, Lead, Tungsten, Zinc	from 1921
Spruce Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony, Silver	from 1921
Homestake Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1922
Bonnifield Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1923
Gold King Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Tungsten	from 1923
Portage Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1923
Roosevelt Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1923
Crooked Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1924
Iron Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1925
Rex Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1925
Gold Run Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1928
Healy Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1928
Marten Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1929
Grizzly Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1936
Banjo Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	from 1939
Fourth of July Creek	Past producer	n/a	Antimony, Silver, Lead, Gold	from 1946
Stampede Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony, Tungsten	from 1947
Twenty-Two Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead	from 1949
Big Moose Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury, Platinum, Silver, Tin, Tungsten	n/a
Bonnifield Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
California	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony, Lead, Silver, Copper, Bismuth	n/a
California Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury, Platinum, Silver	found 1910
California Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Mercury	n/a
Caribou Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Caribou Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Caribou Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten, Antimony	n/a
Caribou, Last Chance Lode	Past producer	n/a	Antimony, Gold, Silver	n/a
Chute Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Crevice Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Daniels Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Daniels Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Discovery 1	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony, Silver, Lead	n/a
Dry Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
East Glacier Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony	n/a
Eldorado Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Elsie Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Eureka Bosart	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Eureka Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony, Lead, Silver	n/a
Eva Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Tungsten	n/a
Eva Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Fourth of July Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Antimony, Silver	n/a
Fox Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gagnon Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Glen, East Fork	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Gold Dollar	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Gold King Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Grubstake Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten, Mercury	n/a
Healy Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hearst Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hearst Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Homestake Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Homestake Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jerome	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jupiter-Mars	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Last Chance Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Liberty Bell	Past producer	n/a	Bismuth, Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Little Annie	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Little Moose Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Tungsten	n/a
Little Moose Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Marguerite Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Marguerite Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mcadam Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
McAdam Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mccuen Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
McCuen Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Moose Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury, Tin, Tungsten, Platinum	n/a
Moose Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Moose Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Tungsten, Tin, Mercury	n/a
Myrtle Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Newman Creek, Upper	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Platt Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Quigley Ridge Galena	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Rainy Creek 1-4	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony, Silver	n/a
Rambler	Past producer	n/a	Antimony, Silver, Gold, Lead	n/a
Red Top Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Rex Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony, Copper	n/a
Roosevelt Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Silver Dollar	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Antimony, Copper, Gold, Lead, Tungsten, Bismuth	n/a
Slide, Flume, Glory Crs	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Spruce Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Antimony	n/a
Totatlanika River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Totatlanika River	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Twenty-Two, Yellow Creeks	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Weiler	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Antimony	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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