Gold mines in Juneau that are not abandoned
| Mine | Type | MSHA status | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | underground | Active | 400 |
Abandoned gold mine records in Juneau
2 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.
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| Name | Type | Status since | Nearest town | Land | USGS record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aj Mine | underground | Feb 1, 2000 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jualin | underground | Aug 28, 1998 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Historic gold producers in Juneau (USGS)
USGS records 87 historic gold producers in Juneau: 69 past producers and 18 listed as producers or plants. For 39 of them USGS gives an output size (2 large, 2 medium, 35 small). Production years are recorded for 41 sites, from 1880 to 1945.
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| Site | USGS status | Output | Commodities | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treadwell Mines | Past producer | large | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Antimony, Arsenic | 1882 to 1922 |
| Alaska-Juneau Mine | Past producer | large | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic | 1890 to 1944 |
| Treadwell Mine | Producer | medium | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Tungsten, Molybdenum | 1882 to 1922 |
| Alaska-Juneau Mine | Producer | medium | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | 1893 to 1944 |
| Gold Creek Placers | Producer | small | Gold | 1881 to 1945 |
| Ebner Mine | Producer | small | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Barium-Barite | 1885 to 1944 |
| Treadwell Mexican Mine | Producer | small | Gold, Silver, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, Copper | 1894 to 1916 |
| Jualin Mine | Producer | small | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | 1896 to 1917 |
| Kensington Mine | Producer | small | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper | 1897 to 1904 |
| Ready Bullion Mine | Producer | small | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc | 1898 to 1922 |
| 700 Foot Mine | Producer | small | Gold, Silver, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc | 1899 to 1916 |
| Boulder Creek Placer | Producer | small | Gold | found 1881 |
| Carroll Creek Placer | Producer | small | Gold | found 1881 |
| Gastineau Channel Placer Claims | Producer | small | Gold, Silver | n/a |
| Montana Creek Placer | Producer | small | Gold | found 1882 |
| Perseverance Mine | Producer | small | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | found 1885 |
| Gold Creek Area | Past producer | small | Gold | 1880 to 1940 |
| Silverbow Basin Placers | Past producer | small | Gold | 1881 to 1940 |
| Windfall Creek Placer | Past producer | small | Gold | 1882 to 1906 |
| Silver Queen Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony | 1889 to 1903 |
| Groundhog Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Lead, Zinc | 1893 |
| Comet Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Copper, Lead | 1894 to 1901 |
| Bear Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Copper | 1895 to 1897 |
| Jualin Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | 1896 to 1917 |
| Northern Belle Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | 1896 to 1897 |
| Horrible Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | 1897 to 1901 |
| Ivanhoe Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | 1897 to 1903 |
| Crystal Gold Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Copper | 1899 to 1909 |
| Friday Gold Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Copper | 1899 to 1904 |
| Eagle River Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc | 1903 to 1916 |
| Mcginnis Creek Placer | Past producer | small | Gold | 1903 to 1907 |
| Alaska Treasure Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead | n/a |
| Aurora Borealis Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Lead | n/a |
| Comet & Kensington Mines | Past producer | small | Gold, Copper, Lead | found 1895 |
| Gould and Curry Mine | Past producer | small | Gold, Zinc, Cadmium | n/a |
| Last Chance Basin Placers | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Lemon Creek Placer | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Peterson Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | to 1922 |
| Rex Mine | Past producer | small | Gold | n/a |
| Greens Creek | Producer | n/a | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper | from 1989 |
| Juneau District | Producer | n/a | Silver, Lead, Gold | n/a |
| Alaska-Juneau | Plant | n/a | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | from 1893 |
| Kensington | Plant | n/a | Gold, Silver | from 1904 |
| Treadwell | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc | from 1891 |
| Mexican | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | from 1894 |
| Comet | Past producer | n/a | Gold | from 1896 |
| Jualin Mine Jualin Gold Property | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Silver | from 1896 |
| Ready Bullion | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | from 1898 |
| 700 Foot | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Copper, Arsenic, Lead, Silver, Zinc | from 1899 |
| Enterprise | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead | from 1912 |
| Perseverance | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | from 1912 |
| Silver Bow Basin Placer | Past producer | n/a | Gold | from 1919 |
| Mcginnis Creek | Past producer | n/a | Gold | from 1926 |
| Discovery | Past producer | n/a | Gold | from 1928 |
| Windfall Creek | Past producer | n/a | Gold | from 1959 |
| A-J Mill Reclaim | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| April | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Aurora Borealis | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Bear | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Bessie | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic | n/a |
| Bottichetal | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Boulder Creek | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Carroll Creek | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Crystal Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Dora | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| E Pluribus Unum | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Antimony, Arsenic, Lead, Silver, Zinc | n/a |
| Eagle River | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | n/a |
| Ebner | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Friday Mine | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Iron | n/a |
| Gould and Curry | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Ground Hog | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Horrible | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Humboldt | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Johnson | Past producer | n/a | Gold | found 1900 |
| Kensington Placer | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Last Chance Basin | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Lemon Creek Placer | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Little Basin | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Lurvey | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Montana Basin | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Montana Basin Placer | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Northern Belle | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Nugget Creek | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Peterson | Past producer | n/a | Gold | n/a |
| Silver Queen | Past producer | n/a | Silver, Antimony, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper | n/a |
| Smith & Heid | Past producer | n/a | Gold, Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Zinc | n/a |
| Treadwell Tailings | Past producer | n/a | Gold | 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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