The Negro Boy is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,199 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: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.86194, -122.60972
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Negro Boy MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Negro Boy
Secondary: Nigger Boy
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Cottonwood
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: RIBBON-LIKE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SOME QUARTZ STRINGERS NEAR SURFACE ASSAYED $3-$5/TON IN GOLD
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Flat Vein, 2.5-5 Ft. Thick. One Ore Shoot 180 Ft. Long
Comment (Production): No Other Production Record Found
Comment (Workings): Old Adit Levels, Totaling 3700 Ft. Millsite. Surface Cuts
Comment (Deposit): 60 Acres. Located In 1898 ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Comment (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".
Comment (General): Doug Causey - Combined data from DEP_ID 10238797 and deleted that record.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 837-838
Reference (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
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V2, P. 150
Reference (Production): AVERILL (1935)
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