Salmon River Area

Salmon River Area is a producer of gold, platinum, palladium, chromium in Bethel, Alaska, in USGS's large output class. USGS records production from 1934. It is one of 116 historic gold producers USGS lists in Bethel, and number 1 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Producer
Output class
large (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Chromium, Mercury, Iridium
Workings
Surface
Production years
from 1934
Discovered
1926
County
Bethel
State
Alaska
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management
USGS record
10107508

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. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

This location is mapped as federal land. Public land is not an invitation to enter old workings. Ask the managing agency about access, claims and closures.

Gold sites nearby

26 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Bethel page lists the biggest.