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White Bear

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086638
MRDS ID X025774
Record type Site
Current site name White Bear
Alternate or previous names Maryland Mining Co.
Related records 10263050

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.15501, 41.24484 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 1 MI S. BLACK BEAR MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cecilville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath 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 Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 039N 012W 18,19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation In Upper Levels Of Workings

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.15501, 41.24484
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 2.74M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Liberty

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVEL. BY 3 ADIT LEVELS, 2 UPPER ONES IN OXIDIZED ZONE HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT. 300 FT. CROSSCUT TO VEIN AND 700 FT. OF DRIFTING ON NO. 3 LEVEL. MILLSITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 452 PL. 42

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 311-312 PL. 4

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, PL 842.

  • Production

    OBRIEN (1947)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN. DECOMPOSED DIKE (APLITE?), FEW FEET THICK, ACCOMPANIES VEIN. VEIN HAS WHITE BANDS OF QUARTZ ALTERNATING W/BANDS OF BLACK SCHIST.
Deposit 20 ACRES. 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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