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Hunker Creek placer mines, Klondike
Fossil site Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: woolly mammoth, steppe bison, Yukon horse, rarely camel, ground sloth, mastodon.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Pleistocene
The Yukon government lists Hunker Creek among Klondike placer areas that routinely produce Ice Age mammals, and paleontologists work with miners to recover them.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
active mining claimsHeavy equipment, thawing mud
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