Black Bear

Black Bear is a past producer of gold in Siskiyou County, California, in USGS's large output class. It is one of 919 historic gold producers USGS lists in Siskiyou County, and number 1 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
large (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold
Deposit type
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Workings
Underground
County
Siskiyou County
State
California
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land in a US Forest Service national forest or grassland
USGS record
10036251

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

This location is mapped as federal land. Public land is not an invitation to enter old workings. Ask the managing agency about access, claims and closures.

Gold sites nearby

241 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Siskiyou County page lists the biggest.