Boston-Arizona

Prospect in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283438
MRDS ID M003569
MAS/MILS ID 0040250339
Record type Site
Current site name Boston-Arizona
Alternate or previous names Ackman-Armstrong, Robinson Russell
Related records 10027624

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.61325, 34.52365 (WGS84)
Elevation 1410
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013 N 003 W 07 SENW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.61325, 34.52365

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Douglas C Duncanson
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR BOSTON-ARIZONA MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    USGS IRON SPRINGS QUAD

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL MAP OF ARIZONA

  • Deposit

    YAVAPAI MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1927 P 13 SHARLOT HALL MUSEUM

  • Deposit

    PRESCOTT AZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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