McKinley District — Kuskokwim River Region

Source: Gold Fever Prospecting — Alaska Gold Prospecting Locations. Compiled by Tom Ashworth (Prospectors Cache / goldfeverprospecting.com). Area: McKinley District. Documented placer gold or recreational panning area. Map coordinates are approximate (region centroid or geocoded place name). Verify claim status, private land, and current regulations before prospecting. Many large areas in Alaska are withdrawn from mineral entry. There are productive placers in each of the following mining camps: McGrath, Medfra, Nixon Forks, Stirling Landing, Ophir and Takotna. They are all close together in the east part of the Kuskokwim Valley. The McKinley district on the Mt. McKinley, McGrath and Ophir USGS Quadrangles. In the area of Nixon forks there are many lode mines.