Information About

Platinum Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Platinum Creek on The Map

Location

58 ° 53' 42" N,
161 ° 43' 32.999" W

Region

Bethel (CA)

Nearest City

Platinum

Elevation

85 ft (25.91 m)

Platinum Creek in Detail.

About

flows SE to Salmon River, 25 mi. NE of Cape Newenham, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.

History

Prospectors' name reported in 1933 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and published by Mertie (1940, pl. 1 and p. 59). Much mining activity has occurred along this creek since platinum was discovered on Fox Gulch, one of its tributaries, in 1926.