Gold Mines in Kenai Peninsula, AK: 1 Open + 110 Historic

Gold mines in Kenai Peninsula that are not abandoned

Mine	Type	MSHA status	Employees
Peck #1	surface	Temporarily idled	n/a

Abandoned gold mine records in Kenai Peninsula

8 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 8 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Crescent Creek Mine	surface	Apr 29, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Fairman-Madsen	surface	Oct 1, 2018	Cooper Landing	Federal land in a US Forest Service national forest or grassland	n/a
Fall Creek Mine/Skeen Lechner	surface	Nov 25, 2002	Fall Creek	n/a	n/a
Gold Leaf	surface	Jan 15, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Golden Horseshoe	surface	Apr 29, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hope Mine	surface	Oct 1, 2019	Hope	n/a	n/a
Lynx Creek	surface	Apr 28, 1981	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mile No 4	underground	Dec 9, 1985	n/a	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Kenai Peninsula (USGS)

USGS records 110 historic gold producers in Kenai Peninsula: 104 past producers and 6 listed as producers or plants. For 28 of them USGS gives an output size (28 small). Production years are recorded for 7 sites, from 1906 to 1947. The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (7 sites).

Show the 110 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Canyon Cr.	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lynx Cr.	Producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Resurrection Cr.	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Silver Tip Cr	Producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Sixmile Cr	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mcneil Copper Claims	Past producer	small	Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron	1914 to 1916
East Point Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold	1947
Bear Creek	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Blue Gulch	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Calif. - Alaska Mining Co.	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Zinc	found 1905
Case Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cooper Cr.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
East Fork	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Falls Creek	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fresno, Creek	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	n/a
Granite Cr.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Gulch Cr.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Independence	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Ingram Cr.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Johnson	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Kenair	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Mills & Canyon Creeks Area	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1900
Mills Cr.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Palmer Cr.	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Placer Creek	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sawmill Cr.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Seattle Cr.	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Stetson Creek	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Goodpaster Claims Group	Producer	n/a	Gold	found 1848
Babe Mining Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1906
Cooper Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1915
Sixmile Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1925
Kenai River	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1926
Indian Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1948
Abernathy John K	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Alaska Hills	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Alaska Hills Corp.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Alaska Oracle	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Anchor Point	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Anchor Point	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ashland Gold Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bay City 1 and 2	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bench Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bertha Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Black Bear 1-3	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Block Mine 1-3	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bobby Fraction	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Boundary Bill	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Brewster 1-2	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
California-Alaska Mining Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Canyon Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Case Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Charles Frank	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Crescent Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Discovery	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Downing Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead	n/a
East Point Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	found 1905
Falls Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Frank	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Fresno Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Gilpatrick Dike Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead	n/a
Gladiator	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Glass and Heifner	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Golden Horseshoe	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Victory 1-3	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Goyne	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Tellurium, Lead	n/a
Goyne	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Grant Lake Dryer No. 1, No. 2	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Hope Mining	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Indian Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jones	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jones Creek Mine # 1, # 2	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kana Gold Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kenai River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Tungsten	n/a
Kenai Star	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Kings Bay Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
La Petite Rouge	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lower Bear Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lucky 4 1-12	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lucky Strike	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Lynx Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Marguerita, Quartz Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Marie	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mills Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Moon Anchor	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Mull Claims	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Myrtle	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Nearhouse & Smith	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Nuka Bay	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Nuka Bays Mining Company	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Nukalaska	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tellurium, Silver, Copper	n/a
Nukalaska	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Palmer Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pass Creek Mine 4-5	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pay Streak	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Primrose Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Resurrection Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
River Boy 1-9	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rossness & Larson	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Sawmill Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Seattle Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Seward Bonanza	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Shell Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Silvertip Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Skeen-Lechner Mining Co.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Sonny Fox	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Sonny Fox	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Stetson No.1-4	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sunshine Group	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Timberline Creek 1-7	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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