Little Eldorado

Little Eldorado is a surface gold mine in Fairbanks North Star, Alaska, near Fairbanks. MSHA lists its status as intermittent since Oct 1, 2024 and records 17 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 9 of 52 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Intermittent since Oct 1, 2024
Type
Surface
County
Fairbanks North Star
State
Alaska
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
Nearest town
Fairbanks
Employees reported
17
Operator
Big Sky Exploration LLC
Coordinates
64.9617, -147.6236
MSHA mine ID
5001613

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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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
Fox Mill
USGS status
Past producer
Commodities
Gold, Antimony, Silver

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10160056 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

Other gold mines under the same operator

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