Iditarod — Interior Region

Source: Gold Fever Prospecting — Alaska Gold Prospecting Locations. Compiled by Tom Ashworth (Prospectors Cache / goldfeverprospecting.com). Area: Iditarod. 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 Many large areas in Alaska are withdrawn from mineral entry. The Iditarod district is located between latitude 62 degrees 10 minutes and 63 degrees 0 minutes N and longitude of 157 degrees and 30 minutes and 158 degrees and 30 minutes W, along the upper drainage of the Iditarod River and its tributaries to the lower Yukon River. It was the second most important gold district in the Interior Region. It produced around 1,300,000 ounces of gold, mostly from placers. All regional streams contain placer gold with cinnabar, copper, lead, stibnite, tungsten and zinc minerals. Along Otter Creek, which was the original placer discovery site in 1908, there are some rich placer deposits. Along Flat and willow Creeks, there were immense placers worked by dredges and other heavy equipment. The Donlin Creek, Flat Creek, Garnet Creek, Glen Gulch, Golden Horn, and Malamute Creek mines all produced lode gold with placers in the creeks as well. In closing let me say that to list all the gold deposits in the Interior region would be almost impossible, but I have tried to give you some ideas where to start. If you have a suggestion for others please feel free to email me an let me pass it on.