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Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area
placer gold
Core atlasALASKA LOCAL ROCKHOUNDING AREA
Hatcher Pass & Willow Creek Rockhounding Guide
State-managed recreation, historic lode mining and placer contexts in the Hatcher Pass and Willow Creek area.
11nearby mapped records
11core atlas records
0USGS Research occurrences
65mile research radius
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Hatcher Pass & Willow Creek local map
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Locations and mineral leads in Hatcher Pass & Willow Creek
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Hatcher Pass Public Use Area — Gold Mint / Little Susitna Recreational Mining
placer gold
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Petersville Recreational Mining Area
placer gold and mineral prospecting
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Independence Mine State Historical Park — On-Site Gold Panning Check
placer gold
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Hatcher Pass Active-Claim Firewall
placer gold
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Independence Mine On-Site Staff Gate
placer gold
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Petersville Method Gate
placer gold
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Matanuska Coal Field Research
coal, sedimentary rocks and fossil context
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Matanuska-Susitna — Alaska County-Equivalent Geology & Rockhounding Research Context
county-equivalent geology, mineral occurrences, placer/fossil/bedrock context and mapped resources
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Willow Creek / Hatcher Pass Lode Research
lode gold and quartz-vein geology
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Yentna–Petersville District Research
placer gold
Core atlasWhat should I verify before collecting here?
Do not infer permission from historic mine names, research occurrences or proximity to public land. Verify the exact parcel, current land manager, active mining claims, protected status, closures, road access and whether your intended collecting method is currently permitted.
Alaska rockhounding inventory
5,504total source records
1,904Ready, including conditions
5,144historical USGS records
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