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Historic gold producers in Petersburg (USGS)

USGS records 27 historic gold producers in Petersburg: 24 past producers and 3 listed as producers or plants. For 9 of them USGS gives an output size (1 medium, 8 small). Production years are recorded for 10 sites, from 1869 to 1980. The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (3 sites).

Show the 27 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Castle Island Mine	Past producer	medium	Barium-Barite, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	1963 to 1980
Powers Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	1869 to 1911
Spruce Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	1869 to 1911
Sumdum Chief Gold Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper	1894 to 1903
Red Wing Gold Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	1897 to 1902
Chuck River Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1900
Jensen Gold-Silver Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	1927
Holkham Bay Gold Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	found 1900
Portage Mountain	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper, Silver, Platinum	n/a
Hattie	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Helen S	Producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite	n/a
Maid of Mexico	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	n/a
Spruce Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1920
Slate Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1921
Castle Island Mine	Past producer	n/a	Barium-Barite, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	from 1966
Alaska-Windham	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Castle Island	Past producer	n/a	Barium-Barite, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Lead	n/a
Harvey Lake	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Helen S.	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Gold, Lead	n/a
Holkham Bay	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Copper	n/a
Point Astley	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper	n/a
Powers Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Red Wing	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Shuck River	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Sumdum Chief	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Sylvia Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Unnamed (along Harvey Creek)	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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