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Negro Bar

Past Producer in Plumas county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10140122
MAS/MILS ID 0060630079
Record type Site
Current site name Negro Bar
Alternate or previous names Nigger Bar

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 Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.19795, 40.01267 (WGS84)
Elevation 731

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caribou(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Almanor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 N 007 E 21 C NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.19795, 40.01267
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    MILS-WFOC PRODUCTION FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
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.

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Authoritative California resources

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