page_title: Juneau gold belt
hierarchical_section_title: Juneau gold belt
caption_attribution_description: English: The Treadwell gold mine, while in operation.
context_page_description: The Juneau gold belt is located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. This belt is approximately 100 miles in length, north/northwest-trending, and extends from Berners Bay southeastward to Windham Bay, 60 miles southeast of Juneau, and includes Douglas Island. The belt contains over 200 gold-quartz-vein deposits with production nearing 7,000,000 ounces of gold. More than three-quarters of Alaska's lode gold was mined from the Juneau gold belt.
context_section_description: The Juneau gold belt is located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. This belt is approximately 100 miles (160 km) in length,  north/northwest-trending, and extends from Berners Bay  southeastward to Windham Bay, 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Juneau, and includes Douglas Island. The belt contains over 200 gold-quartz-vein deposits with production nearing 7,000,000 ounces (200,000,000 g) of gold. More than three-quarters of Alaska's lode gold was mined from the Juneau gold belt.
caption: Treadwall Mining
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