Black Bear

Past Producer in Shasta 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. Mining district
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034372
MRDS ID M021142
Record type Site
Current site name Black Bear
Related records 10213757

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.51081, 40.55707 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILES W OF REDDING, NEAR MULE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Igo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 006W 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • E. 1/2 OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.51081, 40.55707

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clear Creek,

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 129.504HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933 , GOLD DEPOSITS OF REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: C.D.M. REPT. 29 , P. 11 .

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: C.D.M.G., COUNTY REPT. 6 , P. 111 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ROCK DESCRIPTION FOUND
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. 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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