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Historic gold producers in Sitka (USGS)

USGS records 19 historic gold producers in Sitka: 15 past producers and 4 listed as producers or plants. For 12 of them USGS gives an output size (1 medium, 11 small). Production years are recorded for 8 sites, from 1906 to 1943.

Show the 19 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Chichagoff Mine	Past producer	medium	Gold, Silver, Lead, Arsenic	1906 to 1943
Chichagoff Gold Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	from 1906
Hirst-Chichagof Gold Mine	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	1922 to 1943
Golden Hand Apex Gold Mine	Producer	small	Gold	found 1921
Jumbo Gold Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Zinc, Lead	1909 to 1921
Hirst-Chichagof Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic	1922 to 1943
Alaska Chichogof Mining Co. Gold Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	1936
Cobol Gold Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead	from 1937
Billy Basin Gold-Silver-Lead Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Cache Gold Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	found 1872
Liberty Gold-Copper Prospect	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Copper	n/a
Lucky Chance Gold-Silver Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	n/a
Chichagof District	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
Chichagoff	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver	from 1906
Alaska Chichagof	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hirst Chichagof	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	n/a
Lucky Chance	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Radio	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Stewart	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	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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