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Billy Boy Prospect

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015119
MRDS ID DB00157
Record type Site
Current site name Billy Boy Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.94404, 38.54026 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 1.8 MILES NNW OF HORSETHIEF SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 018E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN UNSURVEYED SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.94404, 38.54026
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 52 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4.57M
    Overall depth 4.57M

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS IN A SMALL LOG ON OUTCROP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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