Big Bar and Big Bar Annex

Occurrence in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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 10030594
MRDS ID M008804
Record type Site
Current site name Big Bar and Big Bar Annex
Related records 10187693

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.63864, 41.25983 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 010N 005E 17,20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.63864, 41.25983

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carl Langford

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED BY FORMER OWNERS UNTIL 1895 WHEN FLUMES WERE WIPED OUT BY LANDSLIDES.

Comments on the workings information

  • ASSESSMENT WORK - DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXI, P. 308-9

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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