A select list of online resources that will aid any prospector looking for gold or other valuable minerals in Alaska. Alaska Mining Information Portal This is your place to start for mining claim information, rules, regulations, and permits. Alaska's Mineral Industry Reports Yearly snapshots of Alaska's mineral industry, full of clues as to where the action is throughout the state. Placer Deposits of Alaska by Edward H. Cobb 1973 USGS Bulletin 1374. An inventory of the placer mine