Lucky Shot Mine

Lucky Shot Mine is an underground gold mine in Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, near Willow. MSHA lists its status as non-producing since Apr 22, 2022 and records 25 employees. It is one of 55 gold mines in Alaska that are not marked abandoned, and one of 4 in Matanuska-Susitna; by employees it ranks 5 of 52 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Non-producing since Apr 22, 2022
Type
Underground
County
Matanuska-Susitna
State
Alaska
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
Nearest town
Willow
Employees reported
25
Operator
Contango Lucky Shot Alaska, LLC
Coordinates
61.7733, -149.4053
MSHA mine ID
5001458

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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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
Lucky Shot
USGS status
Past producer
Commodities
Gold, Copper, Zinc, Tellurium, Lead
Deposit type
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10000933 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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