Salmon River Platinum Placer Mine

Salmon River Platinum Placer Mine is a producer of pge, gold, chromium, mercury in Bethel, Alaska, in USGS's medium output class. USGS records production from 1937 to 1986. It is one of 116 historic gold producers USGS lists in Bethel, and number 2 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
PGE, Gold, Chromium, Mercury
Production years
1937 to 1986
County
Bethel
State
Alaska
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management
USGS record
10002307

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.