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Honey Lake

Past Producer in Lassen county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103015
MRDS ID M021033
Record type Site
Current site name Honey Lake
Alternate or previous names Badger

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.30742, 40.06127 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MILES NE OF DOYLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ferris Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(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 027N 015E 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Analytical data

Result $30 IN AU & AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.30742, 40.06127
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 32 E
    Dip 70 E
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1933 - 1935

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE COPPER AND LEAD RECOVERED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 72.846HA
    Length 1203.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNEL LEVELS; UPPER IS 80 FT. BELOW OUTCROP AND 160 FT. LONG SECOND IS 100 FT. LOWER AND 430 FT. LONG. UPPER WORKINGS SHOWED ON ORE SHOOT 70 FT. LONG AND 18 INCHES THICK, NEW WORKINGS INCLUDED ANOTHER TUNNEL 523 FT. BELOW THE LOWEST OLD ONE, LENGTH OF 2,732 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1936 ; MINERAL RESOURCES OF LASSEN COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 4 ; DIV OF MINES, P. 435 - 436

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 ; LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA ; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 535

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 535

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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