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Honey Lake Gold Mines Badger Group

Occurrence in Lassen county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030759
MRDS ID M009126
Record type Site
Current site name Honey Lake Gold Mines Badger Group
Related records 10285033

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.3177, 40.12932 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position NW1/4 NW1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lassen(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(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 Lassen

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 015E 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.3177, 40.12932
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ralph Wittenberg

Comments on the production information

  • ONE ORE-SHOOT EXPOSED IS SAID TO RUN $30 PER TON IN GOLD AND SILVER. RECORDED PRODUCTION OF 430 TONS OF SHIPPING GRADE ORE IN 1933-35; COPPER AND LEAD WERE ALSO RECOVERED AT THE SMELTER.

Comments on the workings information

  • APPROX. 3,950 FT. OF TUNNELS, RAISES AND DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 4,OCT. 1936, PP. 435-6

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 144, P. 258

  • Deposit

    J. V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, JULY-OCT., 1957, P. 535; REPT. 25, P. 5-6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOURTEEN CLAIMS. ONE ORE SHOOT 70 FT. LONG AND 18 INCHES WIDE WAS EXPOSED; ANOTHER DEVELOPED WAS 100 FT. LONG AND 30 INCHES WIDE. PROPERTY IS EQUIPPED WITH A 10-STAMP MILL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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