Description
Nugget Creek is located heading in Nugget Creek Glacier and flowing generally W to end of Mendenhall Glacier, 9 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History
Name first appeared in the records of Sam E. Butts who located the Lucky Sam placer claim along the creek in 1900 (Dearmond, 1957, p. 33). The name was reported in 1923 by A. C. Spencer and C. W. Wright, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).