Little Squaw Creek

Little Squaw Creek is a surface gold mine in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska, near Coldfoot. MSHA lists its status as intermittent since Jul 4, 2026 and records 10 employees. It is one of 55 gold mines in Alaska that are not marked abandoned, and one of 14 in Yukon-Koyukuk; by employees it ranks 11 of 52 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Intermittent since Jul 4, 2026
Type
Surface
County
Yukon-Koyukuk
State
Alaska
Land status (BLM data)
State land
Nearest town
Coldfoot
Employees reported
10
Operator
Goldrich Mining Company
Coordinates
67.5831, -148.1475
MSHA mine ID
5001402

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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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
Spring Creek
USGS status
Prospect
Commodities
Gold

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10233232 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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