You Bet Mines

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity Gold

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Ownership information
Links to other databases
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10031861
MRDS ID	M011648
Record type	Site
Current site name	You Bet Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-120.90103, 39.17878 (WGS84)
Relative position	SEE PL. 3, V. 37, NO. 3. USGS QUAD. CHICAGO PARK, CALIF. 1951, SHOWS PLACER DIGGINGS IN S1/2 NW1/4 AND N1/2 SW1/4 SEC. 30-16N-10E AS WELL AS THE RED DOG DIGGINGS EXTENDING SOUTH THROUGH E1/2 SECS. 30 AND 31-16N-10E INTO N1/2 SEC. 6-15N-10E. THERE IS ALSO AN UNIDENTIFIED AREA OF PLACER DIGGINGS IN NW1/4 OF THE LATTER SECTION. IT IS PROBABLE THAT MUCH OF THE AREA MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE YOU BET HOLDINGS. ADD'L SECTIONS: 2 11 14 15 25 35 36 28 TO 32 INCL.; T. 15N 16N 16N; R. 9E 9E 10E

Geographic coordinates:

-120.90103, 39.17878 (WGS84)

Relative position

SEE PL. 3, V. 37, NO. 3. USGS QUAD. CHICAGO PARK, CALIF. 1951, SHOWS PLACER DIGGINGS IN S1/2 NW1/4 AND N1/2 SW1/4 SEC. 30-16N-10E AS WELL AS THE RED DOG DIGGINGS EXTENDING SOUTH THROUGH E1/2 SECS. 30 AND 31-16N-10E INTO N1/2 SEC. 6-15N-10E. THERE IS ALSO AN UNIDENTIFIED AREA OF PLACER DIGGINGS IN NW1/4 OF THE LATTER SECTION. IT IS PROBABLE THAT MUCH OF THE AREA MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE YOU BET HOLDINGS. ADD'L SECTIONS: 2 11 14 15 25 35 36 28 TO 32 INCL.; T. 15N 16N 16N; R. 9E 9E 10E

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chicago Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	California	Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Mount Diablo	015N	010E	06		California

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	Jurassic marine rocks, unit 1 (Western Sierra Nevada and Western Klamath Mountains)	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	You Bet

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Alpha Stores, Ltd.

Type	Owner
Owner	Alpha Stores, Ltd.

Comments on the production information

IMMENSE YARDAGES OF GRAVEL WERE WASHED AT THESE PROPERTIES IN EARLY DAYS BUT LARGE YARDAGES REMAIN UNWORKED. A 1927 REPORT ESTIMATES THE PROPERTY STILL CONTAINS FROM 12 MILLION TO 24 MILLION CU. YDS. OF GRAVEL CONTAINING ENOUGH GOLD TO PAY FOR HYDRAULIC MINING.

Comments on the workings information

HYDRAULICKING IN EARLY YEARS; DRAGLINE DREDGE MORE RECENTLY.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M011648

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	HOLDINGS COMPRISE 1150 ACRES OF PATENTED LANDS AND 120 ACRES OF LOCATIONS, PLUS 151 ACRES OF TIMBER LAND. FOLLOWING MINES INCLUDED: PALMYRA, NEWARK, ARKANSAS, GREENHORN, STARR, RED DOG, MISSOURI CYN., GAIL PLACER, ROSE & DURYEA, EMIGRANT, SMITH & POWELL, CHICKEN POINT, ATKINS & TAYLOR, YOU BET, BROWN BROS., WASHINGTON, BROWNS HILL, NEECE & WEST, BIRDSEYE CYN., POVERTY, WALLOUPA MINES. MINES ON BLUE LEAD DEEP PLACER CHANNEL, NEVADA COUNTY AND SOUTH TO DUTCH FLAT AND GOLD RUN, PLACER COUNTY "CLAIMS IN VICINITY OF YOU BET HAVE PROVED THE RICHEST ON THE CHANNEL" - RESOURCES OF STATES & TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MTNS, ROSSITER W. RAYMOND, SPEC. COM. MNG. STATISTICS, TREAS. DEPT. GPO 1869, REPRINT 1964 "OLD MINES OF CALIF."- NEVADA P. 30-31

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

HOLDINGS COMPRISE 1150 ACRES OF PATENTED LANDS AND 120 ACRES OF LOCATIONS, PLUS 151 ACRES OF TIMBER LAND. FOLLOWING MINES INCLUDED: PALMYRA, NEWARK, ARKANSAS, GREENHORN, STARR, RED DOG, MISSOURI CYN., GAIL PLACER, ROSE & DURYEA, EMIGRANT, SMITH & POWELL, CHICKEN POINT, ATKINS & TAYLOR, YOU BET, BROWN BROS., WASHINGTON, BROWNS HILL, NEECE & WEST, BIRDSEYE CYN., POVERTY, WALLOUPA MINES. MINES ON BLUE LEAD DEEP PLACER CHANNEL, NEVADA COUNTY AND SOUTH TO DUTCH FLAT AND GOLD RUN, PLACER COUNTY "CLAIMS IN VICINITY OF YOU BET HAVE PROVED THE RICHEST ON THE CHANNEL" - RESOURCES OF STATES & TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MTNS, ROSSITER W. RAYMOND, SPEC. COM. MNG. STATISTICS, TREAS. DEPT. GPO 1869, REPRINT 1964 "OLD MINES OF CALIF."- NEVADA P. 30-31

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUN-1973	Gere, W.	U.S. Geological Survey

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