The Black Bear is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 4,301 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.25222, -123.16111
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Black Bear MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Bear
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR AND KIDNEY
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 6 ADITS, 2 SHAFTS. MILLSITE. LENGTH DRIVEN ON VEIN: 1500 FT; 4000 FT. OF DRIFTS, RAISES, STOPES, CROSSCUTS
Comment (Geology): BELIEVED THAT PROPERTY SIMILAR, GEOLOGICALLY, TO KLAMATH, MT. LAUREL AND OTHERS IN SAME BELT,EXCEPT BLACK BEAR GROUND LESS BROKEN & DISTURBED - PRESUMABLY BY FAULTING.
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED. 70 ACRES. DISCOVERED IN 1860. CLAIMS INCL BLACK BEAR, SOUTH BLACK BEAR AND YELLOW JACKET. SEE IRELAN (1888) FOR EARLY HISTORY OF CLAIMS & VARIOUS OWNERS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): MOST ORE FREE MILLING. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: COSTS (PER TON); DEVEL. $2.00, MINING $1.50, TREATMENT $0.80, GENERAL $0.60
Comment (Deposit): VEINS; ORE BODIES OCCUR AS SMALL LENSES, PINCH OUT ON FOOTWALL SIDE ORE, IN GENERAL, IS CRUMBLY MASS OF CRUSHED QTZ. AND CLAY, STAINED RED BY IRON OXIDES. SOME RICH BLACK QUARTZ SHOWED FREE GOLD.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 431-432
Reference (Deposit): IRELAND, W., JR., 1888, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 8, P. 620-621
Reference (Deposit): 5) COOPER, A.S., 1900, REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF SISKIYOU, CALIF: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU
Reference (Production): BROWN (1914) LOGAN (1925) IRELAN (1888)
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P.826-827
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 388-389
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