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Black Bear Mine

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 10261425
MRDS ID C010850
MAS/MILS ID 0060570036
Record type Site
Current site name Black Bear Mine
Alternate or previous names Forlorn Hope
Related records 10007229

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.14964, 39.24459 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
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

Rough And Ready(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(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 016 N 007 E 13 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.14964, 39.24459
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR MINES AND GLG.,V37,#3, JULY,1941,PP. 386,445,PL.3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JAN-1997 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.