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Boston

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161243
MRDS ID A012037
MAS/MILS ID 0021120128
Record type Site
Current site name Boston
Alternate or previous names Boston Group Au Min, Early Bird, Boston1&2ms926,Pat#562247,Blm1457
Related records 10001299

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -134.41871, 58.30645 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynn Canal(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 041 S 067 E 23 NENWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -134.41871, 58.30645
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Wlg U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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