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- ↑ Hodges, Montana (2019). Rockhounding Alaska: A Guide to 80 of the State's Best Rockhounding Sites. Falcon Guides. p. 196. ISBN 9781493034017 . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ↑ "Home". goldprospectors.org.
