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Chicken Point/Emigrant/Gail Placer

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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116232
MRDS ID M011409
MAS/MILS ID 0060570459
Record type Site
Current site name Chicken Point/Emigrant/Gail Placer
Alternate or previous names You Bet Mine, Arkansas/Atkins and Taylor/Birdseye, Cyn./Brown Bros./Browns Hill/Starr, Greenhorn/Missouri Cyn./Washington, Neece and West/Newark/Palmyra/King, Poverty/Red Dog/Rose and Duryea, Smith and Powell/Walloupa/You Bet
Related records 10031788

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.93383, 39.18959 (WGS84)
Elevation 731
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 N 009 E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECTIONS 2, 11, 14, 15, T. 15 N., R. 9 E.; SECTION 6, T. 15 N., 4. 10 E.; SECTIONS 35, 36, T. 16 N., R. 9 E.; SECTIONS 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, T. 16 N., R. 10 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.93383, 39.18959
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOLIO 66.

  • Deposit

    CA STATE MINING BUREAU, GOLD PLACERS OF CALIFORNIA,

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 92, 1923, P. 128-133.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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