Fairbanks Excavation Mine

Fairbanks Excavation Mine is a surface gold mine in Fairbanks North Star, Alaska, near Fairbanks. MSHA lists its status as intermittent since Apr 1, 2015 and records 8 employees. It is one of 55 gold mines in Alaska that are not marked abandoned, and one of 15 in Fairbanks North Star; by employees it ranks 15 of 52 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Intermittent since Apr 1, 2015
Type
Surface
County
Fairbanks North Star
State
Alaska
Land status (BLM data)
Local government land
Nearest town
Fairbanks
Employees reported
8
Operator
Fairbanks Excavation, LLC
Coordinates
64.9486, -147.5278
MSHA mine ID
5001986

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
Anderson Prospect
USGS status
Occurrence
Commodities
Tungsten, Gold

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10002820 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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