Facts
- MSHA status
- Intermittent since Oct 1, 2024
- Type
- Surface
- County
- Fairbanks North Star
- State
- Alaska
- Land status (BLM data)
- Private land or land not mapped as public
- Nearest town
- Manley
- Employees reported
- 10
- Operator
- Quasar Gold Corp
- Coordinates
- 65.0011, -150.6339
- MSHA mine ID
- 5001957
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Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date.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
- Karshner Creek
- USGS status
- Prospect
- Commodities
- Gold, REE
Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10112117 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.
Gold mines nearby
- Serendipity Mines 2 mi · temporarily idled
- Toy mine 13 mi · temporarily idled
- Switch Mine 73 mi · intermittent
- Small gold operation (MSHA 5001854) 77 mi · intermittent
- Ester 86 mi · intermittent
- Nolan Valley 86 mi · temporarily idled
- Fox Mine 86 mi · intermittent
- Goldstream 88 mi · intermittent