Gold Mines in Haines, AK: 1 Open + 20 Historic

Gold mines in Haines that are not abandoned

Mine	Type	MSHA status	Employees
Porcupine Mine	surface	Intermittent	4

Abandoned gold mine records in Haines

4 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 4 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Cahoon #1	surface	Oct 1, 2016	Haines	State land	n/a
Jim Nail Placer	surface	Oct 1, 2016	Haines	n/a	n/a
Lost Channel Mine	surface	Oct 1, 2016	Haines, AK	Alaska Native allotment	Occurrence
MK Falls	surface	Oct 1, 2016	Haines	State land	n/a

Historic gold producers in Haines (USGS)

USGS records 20 historic gold producers in Haines: 15 past producers and 5 listed as producers or plants. For 3 of them USGS gives an output size (3 small). Production years are recorded for 3 sites, from 1898 to 1985. The most common deposit type is placer Au-PGE (5 sites).

Show the 20 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Porcupine Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead	1898 to 1985
Porcupine Creek Area	Past producer	small	Gold	1898 to 1955
Alaska Endicott Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Golden Eagle	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Zinc	n/a
McKinley Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Porcupine Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Summit Creek	Producer	n/a	Zinc, Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Marble Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1917
Alaska-Endicott	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Cahoon Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cahoon Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Christmas Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Glacier Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Glacier Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Nuggett	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
McKinley Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Nugget Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Nugget Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Point Howard Silver	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Tsirku River	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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