Gold Mines in Matanuska-Susitna, AK: 4 Open + 177 Historic

Gold mines in Matanuska-Susitna that are not abandoned

Mine	Type	MSHA status	Employees
Lucky Shot Mine	underground	Non-producing	25
White Creek Mine	surface	Intermittent	5
Small gold operation (MSHA 5002032)	surface	Intermittent	3
#7 Below Discovery	surface	Temporarily idled	2

Abandoned gold mine records in Matanuska-Susitna

23 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 23 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
AK1 and AK2	surface	Jan 1, 2017	Trapper Creek	n/a	n/a
Albert Creek Mine	surface	Oct 12, 2012	Nelchina	Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management	n/a
Bird Creek	surface	Oct 1, 2016	Petersville	Private land or land not mapped as public	n/a
Bird Creek Mine	surface	Oct 1, 2016	Petersville	n/a	n/a
Cache Creek Mine	surface	Oct 1, 2017	Petersville	n/a	n/a
Cwjd	surface	Feb 29, 2016	Petersville	Land status not determined in the BLM dataset	n/a
Girdwood Mine	surface	Jun 25, 2009	Girdwood	Private land or land not mapped as public	Past producer
gopher hole	surface	Jan 22, 2011	trapper creek	n/a	n/a
Independence Mine	underground	Jun 9, 1993	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lucky Shot Mill	surface	Sep 3, 2009	Palmer	n/a	n/a
Lucky Wish Mine	surface	Oct 11, 2012	Denali	n/a	n/a
Purches Valley	surface	Feb 29, 2016	Willow	n/a	n/a
Small gold operation (MSHA 5002056)	surface	Oct 1, 2018	Petersville	n/a	n/a
Small gold operation (MSHA 5001958)	surface	Oct 1, 2013	Cantwell	n/a	n/a
Rowallan Alaska Incorporated	surface	Sep 12, 2000	n/a	n/a	n/a
Rusty Creek Mine	surface	Oct 1, 2014	Cantwell	State land	n/a
Snowbound	surface	Oct 1, 2016	Petersville	n/a	n/a
Terra	surface	Feb 29, 2024	Anchorage	State land	n/a
Three Rivers Project	surface	Jun 12, 2019	Skwentna	State land	n/a
Valdez Creek Mine	surface	Oct 5, 1995	n/a	n/a	n/a
Valdez Creek Mine	surface	Oct 1, 2014	Denali	State land	n/a
Willow Grubstake Gulch	surface	Sep 12, 2000	n/a	n/a	n/a
Wolverine Pit	surface	Oct 1, 2024	Trapper Creek	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Matanuska-Susitna (USGS)

USGS records 177 historic gold producers in Matanuska-Susitna: 163 past producers and 14 listed as producers or plants. For 16 of them USGS gives an output size (1 medium, 15 small). Production years are recorded for 46 sites, from 1903 to 1984. The most common deposit type is placer Au-PGE (47 sites).

Show the 177 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Independence Mine	Producer	medium	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Tungsten	1908 to 1984
Bird Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Copper, Tungsten	n/a
Nugget Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Tin, Tungsten	found 1905
Unnamed Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	1916 to 1957
Lucky Shot and War Baby Mines	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Arsenic, Lead, Zinc	1919 to 1942
Fern Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Tungsten, Arsenic	1922 to 1941
Golden Zone Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Tin	1941 to 1942
Alfred Creek Placers	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Canyon Creek Placers	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Tin	n/a
Gold Bullion Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Mercury, Copper	n/a
Grubstake Gulch Area	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Tungsten	found 1897
Kahiltna River Placers	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Thorium, Uranium	n/a
Kichatna River	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Lewis River Placers	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Metal Creek	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Tungsten	n/a
Upper Cache Creek Placers	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Tin, Tungsten, Thorium, Uranium	found 1906
Gold Cord	Producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Copper	n/a
Golden Zone	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead	n/a
Grubstake Gulch	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hot Air Bench	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lower White Creek	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Lucky Gulch	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Metal Creek	Producer	n/a	Tungsten, Gold, Copper, Platinum, Silver	n/a
Valdez Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Valdez Creek area	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Valdez Creek Mine	Plant	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1903
Willow Creek Mill	Plant	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten, Zinc	n/a
Peters Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Chromium, PGE, Silver, Tin, Tungsten, Uranium	from 1905
Dollar Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tin, Silver	from 1906
Falls Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1906
Lake Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	from 1906
Nugget Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Tin, Tungsten	from 1906
Poorman Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Uranium, Tin, Silver, PGE, Chromium	from 1906
Thunder Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver, Tungsten, Tin	from 1906
Willow Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Chromium, PGE, Silver, Tin	from 1906
Independence	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1908
Cache Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Chromium, PGE, Silver, Tin, Tungsten, Uranium	from 1910
Bird Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Tungsten	from 1911
Lucky Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1915
Willow Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1915
Albert Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	from 1916
Gold Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1916
Lewis River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1916
Spruce Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1916
Gopher Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1917
Susitna River	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1918
Alfred Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Silver	from 1921
Lucky Shot	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	from 1921
Fern	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten	from 1922
Grayling	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1922
Metal Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Silver, Tungsten	from 1922
Mills Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1923
Pass Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1924
Twin Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1925
White Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead	from 1925
Cheechako Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1926
Windy Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver, Tin, Tungsten	from 1926
Chunilna Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1931
Little Willow Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1932
Dry Creek Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1933
First Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1934
Dutch Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1936
Golden Zone	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	from 1941
B S 1-4	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1942
Lieffler, M	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1949
Black Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1958
Busch Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	from 1977
Albert Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Alfred Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Archangel Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver, Tungsten	n/a
Bear Creek Mining	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bird Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Tungsten, Tin, Antimony, Bismuth	n/a
Boulder Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Silver	n/a
Busch Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Butte Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Butte Creek	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Iron	n/a
Cache Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Tin, Tungsten	n/a
Cache Creek Area, including Spruce Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Tungsten, Uranium, Tin, Thorium, Arsenic	n/a
Camp Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Canyon Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Tin	n/a
Canyon Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tin, Platinum	n/a
Caribou Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Cheechako Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Chickaloon River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Chunilna Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Columbia Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cottonwood Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Crooked Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Daisy Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Denali Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Dollar Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Titanium, Tin	n/a
Dry Creek Cut	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dunkle Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Silver	n/a
Eagle Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Eldorado	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Falls Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Fern	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tellurium, Tungsten, Lead	n/a
Fishhook Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Bullion	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Magnesite, Silver	n/a
Gold Bullion	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Mercury	n/a
Gold Cord	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc	n/a
Gold Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Creek Trib. Oshetna R.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE	n/a
Gold site 10309030	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten, Zirconium, Uranium, Platinum, Tin, Thorium, Iron	n/a
Golden Light	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gopher	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Grubstake Gulch and Willow Creek area	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Tungsten	n/a
High Grade	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
High Grade	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Independence Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jap	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jay Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kahiltna River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Tungsten	n/a
Kahiltna River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zirconium, REE, Tungsten, Uranium, Titanium, Tin, Thorium, Platinum	n/a
Kahiltna River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten, Zirconium, Thorium, Uranium, Titanium, Platinum, REE, Tin	n/a
Kahiltna River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zirconium, Tungsten, Uranium, Titanium, Tin, Thorium, Platinum, REE	n/a
Kahiltna River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE, Silver, Thorium, Tin, Tungsten, Uranium	n/a
Kahiltna River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE, Silver	n/a
Kichatna River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Lewis River	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lonesome	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Lonesome	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Long Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, PGE	n/a
Loretta Andress	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lower Cache Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lower Timberline Creek Lode	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Mabel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Molybdenum, Lead, Copper	n/a
Mabel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Marion Twin	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Marion Twin	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Martin	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Martin	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Mazuma Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mazuma Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mills Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mint	Past producer	n/a	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver	n/a
Nay Nadeli	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
North Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
North Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Nugget Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten, Tin	n/a
Pass Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Peters Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pioneer Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Poorman Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Poorman Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zirconium, Uranium, Thorium, Tin, Platinum, Copper	n/a
Poorman Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Rae-Wallace	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Rae-Wallace	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Red Fox Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Red Fox Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	found 1977
Ruby Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Schroff-O'Neil	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tellurium, Lead, Copper, Zinc	n/a
Sellick Cr	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sheep Mountain	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay, Gold	n/a
Snowbird	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Snowbird	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
South Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Stiles	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Susitna River	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Susitna River (near Gold Creek)	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Talkeetna	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Molybdenum	n/a
Thorpe	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Thorpe Grubstake Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Thunder Creek	Past producer	n/a	Tungsten, Copper, Tin, Gold	n/a
Timberline Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Timberline Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Twin Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Tyone Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Unnamed	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Upper Valdez Creek Placer	Past producer	n/a	Gold	found 1904
War Baby	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper	n/a
Willow Creek	Past producer	n/a	Tin, Gold, Titanium, Zirconium	n/a
Windy Creek	Past producer	n/a	Tungsten, Tin, Copper, Gold	n/a
Windy Creek Susitna River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver	n/a
Wolverine Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Yacko Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Yacko 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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