Tuluksak-aniak District — Kuskokwim River Region

Source: Gold Fever Prospecting — Alaska Gold Prospecting Locations. Compiled by Tom Ashworth (Prospectors Cache / goldfeverprospecting.com). Area: Tuluksak-Aniak 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 Many large areas in Alaska are withdrawn from mineral entry. The district was named for its two main rivers and comprised their drainage basins. It is between latitude 60�30' and 61�30' N and longitude 159�00' and 161�00' W on the Russian River Quadrangle. In the Innoko and Holitna Rivers, discovered in 1900, large scale placer operations have been conducted. Bear Creek area of the Tuluksak watershed and in the gravel deposits of the Aniak River there is good placer gold. The total production in the district was 230,555 ounces of gold.