Platinum, Alaska

Platinum () is a city in Alaska.

 Geography 
Platinum is located at .GNIS Feature Detail Report for: Platinum It is located on Goodnews Bay adjacent to the mouth of the Small River and eleven miles southwest of Goodnews and the Kilbuck Mountains.

 History 
Platinum was named in the 1930s due to the platinum ore found in the area. The site was a mining boomtown by 1937 boasting a roadhouse, two trading posts and a population of fifty. A post office had been established in 1935. An earlier Inuit village called Arviq had been abandoned. The town was incorporated as a city in 1975.

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Category:Cities in Alaska