Facts
- MSHA status
- Intermittent since Apr 22, 2021
- Type
- Surface
- County
- Nome
- State
- Alaska
- Land status (BLM data)
- Alaska Native land
- Nearest town
- Nome
- Employees reported
- 5
- Operator
- Arctic Placer Drilling & Mining LLC
- Coordinates
- 64.4911, -165.3558
- MSHA mine ID
- 5002081
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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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
- Peluk Creek
- USGS status
- Past producer
- Commodities
- Gold
- Production years
- from 1916
Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10184611 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.
Gold mines nearby
- Dry Gulch LLC 2 mi · intermittent
- Tripple Creek Mine 2 mi · intermittent
- Mammoth Valley Mining LLC 2 mi · intermittent
- Glacier Creek Mine 5 mi · intermittent