Facts
- MSHA status
- Temporarily idled since Oct 1, 2024
- Type
- Surface
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk
- State
- Alaska
- Land status (BLM data)
- Private land or land not mapped as public
- Nearest town
- Ophir
- Employees reported
- 7
- Operator
- Pioneer Mining Company
- Coordinates
- 62.9803, -156.5111
- MSHA mine ID
- 5002108
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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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
- Ganes Creek
- USGS status
- Past producer
- Commodities
- Gold, Silver
- Deposit type
- Placer Au-PGE
Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10002643 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.
Gold mines nearby
- Anvil Creek Mine 12 mi · temporarily idled
- Ophir Creek 12 mi · temporarily idled
- Taiga Mining Company - Hog River 75 mi · intermittent
- #7 Below Discovery 76 mi · temporarily idled
- Middle Fork Mine 76 mi · intermittent