Boundary Line

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307637
Record type Site
Current site name Boundary Line

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -130.01774, 55.91277 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect is known only from U.S. Bureau of Mines (1977) claim records. Its approximate location is at an elevation of about 100 feet, on the U.S.-Canada international boundary at or near Monument 1. The site is in section 1, T. 69 S., R. 100 E., of the Copper River Meridian. It corresponds to loc. 10 in Elliott and others (1978). The location probably is accurate within 0.1 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ketchikan D-1 NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ketchikan NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ketchikan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -130.01774, 55.91277

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rock in the area of this site is quartz monzonite of the Eocene Hyder Quartz Monzonite batholith (Buddington, 1929 [B 807]; Smith, 1977). According to U.S. Bureau of Mines claim records (1977), this prospect, which appears to be (Hyder) quartz monzonite, was staked for Au. No other information about this prospect has been made public.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Mining district

District name Hyder

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1977; Elliott and others, 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUN-99 H.C. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.