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Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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Dakota Oil Enterprises Occurrence (Occurrence)Church No 1 (Past Producer)Talkington (Past Producer)Smith #3 Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Johnson (Past Producer)Geary #1 Prospect (Occurrence)American Lutheran Church Property (Prospect)Sec. 2-137n-100w Unknown + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Klym (Past Producer)Northern Pacific No 1 (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
10 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 3 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

10
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

3
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

3
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Uranium 16

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Smith #3 MineUranium—Past Producer46.706, -103.328
Geary LeaseUranium—Past Producer46.700, -103.328
Northern Pacific No 1Uranium—Past Producer47.031, -103.040
Smith #1 MineUranium—Prospect46.709, -103.339
BarankoUranium—Past Producer46.067, -96.897
Geary #1 ProspectUranium—Occurrence46.683, -103.320
KlymUranium—Past Producer47.089, -103.192
Kiyote Claims Uranium OccurrenceUranium—Occurrence46.333, -103.481
TalkingtonUranium—Past Producer47.031, -103.340
Sec. 2-137n-100w UnknownUranium—Past Producer46.708, -103.262
Unnamed ProspectUranium—Prospect46.694, -103.281
JohnsonUranium—Past Producer46.971, -103.284
Hecker No 1Uranium—Past Producer45.987, -103.192
American Lutheran Church PropertyUranium—Prospect46.636, -103.286
Church No 1Uranium—Past Producer46.637, -103.401
Dakota Oil Enterprises OccurrenceUranium—Occurrence46.767, -103.501

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 17 fossil collection records in Billings County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Slope County · Stark County · Golden Valley County · McKenzie County · Divide County

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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