The Honey Lake Gold Mines Badger Group is a gold and silver mine located in Lassen county, California at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.12944, -120.31667
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Honey Lake Gold Mines Badger Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Honey Lake Gold Mines Badger Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Lassen
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ralph Wittenberg
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): APPROX. 3,950 FT. OF TUNNELS, RAISES AND DRIFTS.
Comment (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.
Comment (Production): 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 4,OCT. 1936, PP. 435-6
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 144, P. 258
Reference (Deposit): J. V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, JULY-OCT., 1957, P. 535; REPT. 25, P. 5-6
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