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Negro Boy

Past Producer in Siskiyou 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086623
MRDS ID X025704
MAS/MILS ID 0060930522
Record type Site
Current site name Negro Boy
Alternate or previous names Nigger Boy

Comments on the site names

  • The original site name contained a derogatory word that has been changed according to Department of the Interior policy outlined at http://geonames.usgs.gov/docs/pro_pol_pro.pdf. See Chap. 3, Policy V. The revised form of the name now appears in the permanent record as the "Current" or preferred site name, and the prior, derogatory name is labeled "Previous".

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.61084, 41.86178 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 3 MI SW HENLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hawkinsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 007W 01 CE2SW4 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result SOME QUARTZ STRINGERS NEAR SURFACE ASSAYED $3-$5/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.61084, 41.86178
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form RIBBON-LIKE
    Dip LESS THAN 10
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cottonwood

Comments on the production information

  • No Other Production Record Found

Comments on the workings information

  • Old Adit Levels, Totaling 3700 Ft. Millsite. Surface Cuts

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 837-838

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 301 PL. 4

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V2, P. 150

  • Production

    AVERILL (1935)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 60 Acres. Located In 1898 ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
General Doug Causey - Combined data from DEP_ID 10238797 and deleted that record.
Deposit Flat Vein, 2.5-5 Ft. Thick. One Ore Shoot 180 Ft. Long

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey
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.

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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