Glacier Creek Mine

Glacier Creek Mine is a surface gold mine in Nome, Alaska, near Nome. MSHA lists its status as intermittent since Jul 7, 2016 and records 4 employees. It is one of 55 gold mines in Alaska that are not marked abandoned, and one of 6 in Nome; by employees it ranks 26 of 52 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Intermittent since Jul 7, 2016
Type
Surface
County
Nome
State
Alaska
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
Nearest town
Nome
Employees reported
4
Operator
Northwest Gold Diggers
Coordinates
64.5653, -165.4053
MSHA mine ID
5001801

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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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
Anvil Creek
USGS status
Producer
Commodities
Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten
Deposit type
Placer Au-PGE

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10308961 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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