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Historic gold producers in Kusilvak (USGS)

USGS records 28 historic gold producers in Kusilvak: 26 past producers and 2 listed as producers or plants. For 6 of them USGS gives an output size (6 small). Production years are recorded for 15 sites, from 1913 to 1959. The most common deposit type is placer Au-PGE (9 sites).

Show the 28 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Elephant Creek Gold Placer Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	1913 to 1940
Disappointment Creek Gold-Platinum Placer Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, PGE	1914 to 1939
Willow Creek Gold Placer Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, PGE	1914 to 1959
Wilson Creek Gold Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, PGE	1914 to 1938
Stuyahok River Gold	Past producer	small	Gold, Mercury	1921 to 1940
Stuyamok Area	Past producer	small	Gold, Mercury	1921 to 1940
Buster Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury	n/a
Stuyahok River Gold	Producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury	n/a
Willow Creek Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE, Silver	from 1919
Elephant Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten	from 1920
Buster Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1921
Disappointment Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE	from 1921
Flat Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury	from 1921
Stuyak Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1921
Montezuma Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1923
Bobtail Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury	from 1946
Kako Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1955
Bobtail Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury	n/a
Disappointment Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Disappointment Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE	n/a
Elephant Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Happy Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Montezuma Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Willow Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Silver	n/a
Willow Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Platinum	n/a
Wilson Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Wilson Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE	n/a
Wilson Creek (including Happy Creek)	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE	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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