Billy Boy and Christmas Group

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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 10186673
MAS/MILS ID 0040250216
Record type Site
Current site name Billy Boy and Christmas Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.52545, 34.42645 (WGS84)
Elevation 1511
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

Wilhoit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(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 012+N 003 W 36 N2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.52545, 34.42645

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Block
    Year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DIST.SHEET 266

  • Deposit

    BLM PLATS 2827 AND 2911

  • Deposit

    ADMR BILLY BOY AND CHRISTMAS GROUP FILE

  • Deposit

    WEED W H THE MINES HANDBOOK VOL XIII 1918 P 511

  • Deposit

    YAVAPAL MAGAZINE MAY 1918 P 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-DEC-96 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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