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Bear's Elbow Pit

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10164469
MAS/MILS ID 0060570956
Record type Site
Current site name Bear's Elbow Pit
Alternate or previous names Bear River Pit & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.98883, 39.11269 (WGS84)
Elevation 731
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colfax(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 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.98883, 39.11269
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hansen Brothers Enterprises Corp.
    ID 401797
    Home office California
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA ID # 0403138.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 103, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-DEC-1996 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/18/2015
MSHA mine ID0401797
Mine name (MSHA)Bear River Plant
Current operatorHansen Bros Enterprises
Current controller (parent)Jeff Hansen
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative California resources

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