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Chicken Point, Smith Powell, King

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, 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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031901
MRDS ID M011698
Record type Site
Current site name Chicken Point, Smith Powell, King

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.89818, 39.22271 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

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 016N 010E 29,30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.89818, 39.22271
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name You Bet

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, PL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 209.36 ACRES. THE CHICKEN POINT AND SMITH AND POWELL, ARE INCLUDED IN THE MINES OWNED BY THE ALPHA STORES, LTD. NOW KNOWN AS THE YOU BET MINES. WHILE THE KING IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LIST, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT ALSO MAY BE ONE OF THE GROUP. SEE CARD FOR SEC. 6, 15N, 10E - YOU BET MINES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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