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Historic gold producers in Lake and Peninsula (USGS)

USGS records 9 historic gold producers in Lake and Peninsula: 8 past producers and 1 listed as a producer or plant.

Show the 9 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Portage Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold, Barium-Barite	n/a
Portage Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1918
American Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bonanza Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bonanza Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Koksetna River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lincoln Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Scynneva Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Synneva (Scynneva) Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tin, Tungsten	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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