Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiarySilver, Tin, Tungsten, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1917
Identification
Deposit ID10233997
MRDS IDA001011
Alternate namesFortymile River, Mosquito Fork, Fortymile River, South Fork, Alaska Gold Dredging Corporation, Mccombe
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates64.05665, -141.88878
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