Northwestern Alaska Region Gold Panning

Source: Gold Fever Prospecting — Alaska Gold Prospecting Locations. Compiled by Tom Ashworth (Prospectors Cache / goldfeverprospecting.com). 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 Many large areas in Alaska are withdrawn from mineral entry. Northwestern Alaska Region Alaska This large, mostly unpopulated region lies North of the Yukon River Drainage basin and the Seward Peninsula and includes the drainage systems of the Kobuk, Noatak and Alatna rivers, where most of the gold districts are located. Because almost all access is by air, if you are interested in prospecting this region you must be well financed and be able to live off the land in the remote regions of Alaska. The total recorded production of 23,000 ounces is from placers.