Porcupine Mine

Porcupine Mine is a surface gold mine in Haines, Alaska, near Haines. MSHA lists its status as intermittent since Oct 1, 2025 and records 4 employees. It is one of 55 gold mines in Alaska that are not marked abandoned, and the only one in Haines; by employees it ranks 27 of 52 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Intermittent since Oct 1, 2025
Type
Surface
County
Haines
State
Alaska
Land status (BLM data)
State land
Nearest town
Haines
Employees reported
4
Operator
RGD Mining Company Inc
Coordinates
59.4225, -136.2172
MSHA mine ID
5002115

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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10209443 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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