White Creek Mine

White Creek Mine is a surface gold mine in Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, near Cantwell. MSHA lists its status as intermittent since Jul 19, 2013 and records 5 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 25 of 52 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Intermittent since Jul 19, 2013
Type
Surface
County
Matanuska-Susitna
State
Alaska
Land status (BLM data)
State land
Nearest town
Cantwell
Employees reported
5
Operator
Valdez Creek Mining, LLC
Coordinates
63.3917, -148.9508
MSHA mine ID
5001994

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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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
Cantwell Creek
USGS status
Prospect
Commodities
Manganese, Gold, Limestone, Dimension

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10185311 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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