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Bowersox

Unknown 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. 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 10141711
MRDS ID W025741
MAS/MILS ID 0060930905
Record type Site
Current site name Bowersox
Alternate or previous names Somes Bar Placer Mine
Related records 10077776

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.46283, 41.37843 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Somes Bar(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

Six Rivers 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 011 N 006 E 02 N2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.46283, 41.37843
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXI, P 466

  • Deposit

    PLACER- 20 FT OF GRAVEL, 1/4 MI ABOVE SOMESBAR ON SALMON RIV

  • Deposit

    WORKED ON ONLY A LIMITED SCALE

  • Deposit

    NOT COMPLETELY SURE THAT SOMES BAR PLACER IS THE SAME AS BOW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-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

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