Georgetown District — Kuskokwim River Region

Source: Gold Fever Prospecting — Alaska Gold Prospecting Locations. Compiled by Tom Ashworth (Prospectors Cache / goldfeverprospecting.com). Area: Georgetown District. Documented placer gold or recreational panning area. Coordinates geocoded to the named place or district. Verify claim status, private land, and current regulations before prospecting. Many large areas in Alaska are withdrawn from mineral entry. At the mouth of the George River, a tributary of the Kuskokwim river, between latitude 62�00' and 62�15' N and longitude 157�15' and 158�15' W, had a total production of around 14,500 ounces of placer and lode gold. On the Sleetmute USGS quadrangle, all regional stream gravels, bench deposits and buried channels contain placer gold. Along the George River, especially it tributaries of Donlin and Julian Creeks, you will find some very rich placer ground that has produced well since 1909. On the upper reaches of the George River are some of the other rich placer deposits. In the central part of the Kuskokwim valley, about 45 miles South of Iditarod, in the Yukon River Valley there are some more rich placer deposits.