Gold Mines in Southeast Fairbanks, AK: 9 Open + 181 Historic

Gold mines in Southeast Fairbanks that are not abandoned

Mine	Type	MSHA status	Employees
Pogo Mine	underground	Active	749
Manh Choh	surface	Active	100
Walker Fork	surface	Intermittent	5
Golden Vista Mine and Exploration LLC	surface	Intermittent	3
Lost Chicken Mine	surface	Intermittent	3
Middle Fork Mine	surface	Intermittent	2
Richardson Claims	surface	Intermittent	2
Small gold operation (MSHA 5001550)	surface	Intermittent	2
Walker Fork Mine	surface	Temporarily idled	n/a

Abandoned gold mine records in Southeast Fairbanks

7 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 Land status is from BLM's public dataset and can be out of date; being on public land is not permission to enter old workings.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 7 abandoned records

Name	Type	Status since	Nearest town	Land	USGS record
45 Pup Gold Company	surface	Oct 1, 2014	Chicken	Private land or land not mapped as public	n/a
Crooked Creek	surface	Oct 1, 2008	Eagle	n/a	n/a
Dennis kuzmin	surface	Oct 1, 2018	Chicken	n/a	n/a
Flume Creek	surface	Feb 29, 2024	Chicken	Local government land	n/a
Gold King Mine	surface	Jul 22, 1993	n/a	n/a	n/a
Small gold operation (MSHA 5001984)	surface	Oct 1, 2014	slana	n/a	n/a
Uhler Creek Mine	surface	Oct 1, 2020	Chicken	n/a	n/a

Historic gold producers in Southeast Fairbanks (USGS)

USGS records 181 historic gold producers in Southeast Fairbanks: 159 past producers and 22 listed as producers or plants. For 65 of them USGS gives an output size (65 small). Production years are recorded for 80 sites, from 1887 to 1968. The most common deposit type is placer Au-PGE (16 sites).

Show the 181 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
American Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, REE	from 1896
Chicken Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	from 1897
Canyon Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold	from 1899
Jack Wade Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Mercury, Tin, Tungsten	from 1899
Walker Fork Placer	Producer	small	Gold	from 1903
Ingle Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold	from 1905
Squaw Gulch Placer	Producer	small	Gold	from 1905
Alder Creek Placer	Producer	small	Gold	from 1910
Fortyfive Pup Placer	Producer	small	Gold, Tin, Tungsten	from 1910
Big Four Creek	Producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chistochina River Placers	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Copper	n/a
Miller Gulch Placers	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	found 1900
Slate Creek Placers	Producer	small	Gold, Platinum	found 1900
Fortymile River Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	from 1887
Dome Creek Area	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	1893 to 1940
Little Miller Creek Placer.	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1893
Barney Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	1896 to 1940
Chicken Creek Area	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Tungsten	1897 to 1968
Napoleon Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	1898 to 1938
Wade Creek Area	Past producer	small	Gold	1898 to 1968
Nugget Gulch Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1899
Lost Chicken Cr. Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	1901 to 1968
Fourth of July Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Silver, Mercury	from 1902
Montana Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	1902 to 1912
Seventymile River Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	1902 to 1939
Confederate Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	1903 to 1912
Dome Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Lead, Mercury	1903 to 1940
Fortymile R., North Fork Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Tin	1903 to 1934
Myers Fork Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Tungsten	1903 to 1940
Buckskin Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	1904 to 1935
Fortymile R., Mosquito Fk. Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, REE, Tungsten, Thorium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Tin	1905 to 1937
Flume Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	1908 to 1935
Canyon Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Mercury	from 1912
Fox Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Tin	1912 to 1939
Lucky Gulch Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum	1912 to 1939
Bonanza Creek	Past producer	small	Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Mercury, Lead, Copper	from 1913
Broken Neck Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	1925 to 1940
Gold Run Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1925
Gilliland Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1936
Ben Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, REE, Rhenium	n/a
Broxon Gulch Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Cherry Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Chistochina Glacier	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Crooked Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Davis Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1888
Dome Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Flat Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Fourth of July Creek	Past producer	small	Gold, Platinum, Silver, Iridium	n/a
Franklin Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Mercury, Lead	found 1886
Gold Run Creek	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Hutchinson Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Lilliwig Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Copper	n/a
Mission Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1898
Nugget Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Poker Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Poorman Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Purdy Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Rainy Creek Placers	Past producer	small	Gold, Chromium	found 1900
Rock Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1910
Ruby Gulch Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Sonickson Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Stonehouse Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Mercury, Tungsten	n/a
Twin Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Washington Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Wolf Creek Placer	Past producer	small	Gold, Chromium, REE	n/a
Bonanza Creek area	Producer	n/a	Silver, Gold	n/a
Dome Creek (tributary of Washington Creek)	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gold Run Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Liberty Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
McArthur Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Miller Gulch	Producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Copper, Chromium, PGE, Mercury	n/a
Nugget Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Surprise Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Washington Creek	Producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Barney Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1906
Broken Neck Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	from 1906
Crooked Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	from 1906
Flume Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1906
Franklin Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury, Lead	from 1906
Lucky Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE	from 1906
Nugget Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1906
Seventymile River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE	from 1906
Buckskin Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1907
Confederate Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1907
Bonanza Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	from 1915
Flat Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1915
Kenyon Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1915
Miller Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE	from 1915
Dennison Fork	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten	from 1916
Gold Run Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1916
Atwater Bar	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Tin, Tungsten, Uranium	from 1917
Fourth of July Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Silver	from 1917
Napoleon Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1917
Canyon Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1918
Coarse Money Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1918
Rainy Creek	Past producer	n/a	Chromium, Gold	from 1918
Boundary Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1919
Fortymile River	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1919
Montana Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1919
Snow Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1920
Davis Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1921
Dome Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Mercury	from 1921
Forty Mile River, Mosquito Fork	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Thorium, Tungsten, Uranium, Tin	from 1921
Fox Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Tin	from 1923
Flat Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1924
Fortyfive Pup	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tin, Tungsten, Silver	from 1924
Moose Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1924
Ruby Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1924
Twin Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1924
Eagle Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1926
Chistochina Glacier	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Nickel, PGE, Zinc	from 1927
Forty-Mile River, North Fork	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1935
Dome Creek On Washington Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	from 1941
Treasure Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE	from 1941
Gold Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1947
Big Four Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Nickel, PGE	from 1948
Turk Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1948
Limestone Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1957
Bullion Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	from 1959
Alder Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
American Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
B.c.	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Blue Lead	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony, Lead, Copper, Silver	n/a
Blue Lead	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony, Copper, Silver	n/a
Chavolda Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Cherry Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Chicken Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Tungsten, Silver	n/a
Chistochina River, Middle Fork	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum, Copper, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Chromium	n/a
Chistochina River, Middle Fork	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, PGE, Chromium, Copper, Lead	n/a
Discovery Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dry Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Dude Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Flat Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Fourth of July Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Palladium, Platinum, Silver, Mercury, Iridium	n/a
Gilliland Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury, Tin, Tungsten	n/a
Glacier Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Gray Lead	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Grizzly Bear	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Lead, Antimony, Silver, Copper	n/a
Grizzly Bear	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Horsfall Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Hutchinson Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ingle Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Irish Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Irish Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Krolikowski Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kyle Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Last Chance Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Liberty Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lost Chicken Hill	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lower Dome Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Lower Jack Wade Cr.	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Lucky Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Maxwell Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Mccumber Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Michigan Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Michigan Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Morningstar Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Nugget Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Page Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Pelkey Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Poker Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Poorman Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Purdy, Myers Fork	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Ruby Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE	n/a
Slate Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Platinum	n/a
Slate Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, PGE	n/a
Sonickson Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Squaw Gulch	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Steele Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Stibnite Creek	Past producer	n/a	Antimony, Gold	n/a
Surprise Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver	n/a
Tenderfoot Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Silver, Lead	n/a
Tenderfoot Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Tibbs Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Antimony, Molybdenum, Lead	n/a
Tibbs Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Tibbs Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Uhler Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Wade Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Mercury, Silver, Tin, Tungsten	n/a
Washington Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Willow Creek	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Wilson Mine	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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