Platinum Creek Mine

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Currently dormant platinum and gold mining operation dating back to the 1920s. In 2010, the operators of the mine illegally discharged contaminated water into a protected salmon stream. There is a large, abandoned dredge on site that was constructed in 1937.

www.adn.com/environment/article/platinum-mine-criminal-...

www.groundtruthtrekking.org/Issues/MetalsMining/Goodnew...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum,_Alaska

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Coordinates: 58°54'33"N 161°43'15"W

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