Gold Mines in Northwest Arctic, AK: 3 Abandoned + 114 Historic

Abandoned gold mine records in Northwest Arctic

3 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 3 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
Bee Hive Mine	surface	Jul 22, 1999	n/a	n/a	n/a
Candle 1	surface	Oct 1, 2008	Kotzebue	n/a	n/a
Gold Run Creek	surface	Oct 1, 2016	Candle	Private land or land not mapped as public	n/a

Historic gold producers in Northwest Arctic (USGS)

USGS records 114 historic gold producers in Northwest Arctic: 102 past producers and 12 listed as producers or plants. For 11 of them USGS gives an output size (11 small). Production years are recorded for 30 sites, from 1901 to 1940. The most common deposit type is placer Au-PGE (42 sites).

Show the 114 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Bear Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	found 1900
Gold Run Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten, Kyanite	from 1909
Lynx Creek Placer Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	1912 to 1940
California Creek Placer Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	1918 to 1940
California Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1918
Inmachuk River Area	Past producer	small	Gold, Tin, Lead, Mercury, Silver	found 1901
Inmachuk River Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Mercury	found 1903
Lynx Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1912
Minnehaha Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Quartz Creek	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc, Platinum	n/a
Quartz Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Red Dog mine	Producer	n/a	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Barium-Barite, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite	from 1989
Bear Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Osmium, Rhodium, Ruthenium	n/a
Boulder Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Candle Creek	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
Candle Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Homestake Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Inmachuk River	Producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury	n/a
John Bull Hill	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jump Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Minnehaha Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Patterson Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Candle Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1901
Candle Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	from 1906
Glacier Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1915
Gold Run	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten, Kyanite, Silver	from 1915
Inmachuk and Pinnell Rivers	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury, Silver	from 1915
Klery Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1915
Patterson Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1915
Sheridan Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1915
Willow Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1915
Lynx Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1916
Old Glory Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Tin	from 1917
California Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone, Silver	from 1919
Jack Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1921
Timber Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1921
Koopuk Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1923
Perry Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1923
Bear Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1926
Agnes Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1927
Discovery Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury, Silver	from 1927
Purnell River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1929
John Bull Hill	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1930
Boulder Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1932
Upper Quartz Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1946
Milroy Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead	from 1956
Blank Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	from 1964
Kobuk River	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1966
Alder Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Alder Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ambler River Valley	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
American Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Tin	n/a
Arizona Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury, Silver	n/a
Bear Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Bear Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE	n/a
Bear Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Zinc, Rhodium, Palladium, Iridium, Silver, Lead, Osmium, Ruthenium	n/a
Boldrin Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
California Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Asbestos, Jade	n/a
Central Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Chicago Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Chicago Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cub Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cub Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Uranium	n/a
Cunningham Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	n/a
Dahl Creek	Past producer	n/a	Chromium, Semiprecious Gemstone, Gold, Silver, Cadmium	n/a
Dixie Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dixie Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Eskimo Gulch (near Motherwood Point)	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Esperanza Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Esperanza Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Glacier Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Glacier Creek Trib. Kiwalik R.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Gold Run	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Gold Run Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Run Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Golden Circle Mine	Past producer	n/a	Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead	found 1954
Hannum Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tin, Lead	n/a
Hannum Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Tin	n/a
Hunter Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Uranium	n/a
Inmachuk River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Ipnechuk River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury, Silver	n/a
Jump Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Jump Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Kathleen	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Kiwalik Flats	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Klery Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten	n/a
Koopuk Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kugruk River	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lower Dahl Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Jade	n/a
Lucky Six Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Graphite	n/a
Lucky Six Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lynx Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Minnehaha Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Mercury	n/a
Mud Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury, Lead	found 1953
Nelson Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Nelson Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Nigikpalvgururvrak Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Nigikpalvgururvrak Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Old Channel	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury, Silver	n/a
Old Glory Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tin	n/a
Peluk Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Perry Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pinnell River	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Quartz Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Uranium, PGE	n/a
Quartz Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Zinc, Platinum, Lead	n/a
Riley Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Riley Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sheridan Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Shungnak River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver, Jade	n/a
Shungnak River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone, Silver, Asbestos, Copper	n/a
Shungnak Rivers	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Silver, Jade, Asbestos	n/a
Thomas Creek Trib. Candle Cr.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	n/a
Upper Dahl Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Cadmium, Copper, Chromium, Jade	n/a
Virginia Creek Discovery	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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