The Honeycomb and Shea is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California.
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Honeycomb and Shea MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Honeycomb and Shea
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
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: Unknown
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: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS MOSTLY IN GREENSTONE. STOPES, RAISES, WINZE, ADIT 250 FT. AND OPEN-CUT ON SHEA VEIN. ACTIVE IN 1880'S
Comment (Location): COORDINATES ESTIMATED; SECTION PROJECTED.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE VEIN AT CONTACT WITH SLATE AND GREENSTONE, ORE SHOOT RAKES WEST AT LOW ANGLE ALONG CONTACT; HONEYCOMB VEIN STRIKES N 50 E DIPPING 45 SE
Comment (Deposit): HONEYCOMB AND SHEA MINES ARE PART OF THE NIAGARA GROUP WHICH INCLUDES SCORPION, SUMMIT, CENTENNIAL, NIAGARA AND JUMBO MINES
References
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P., 1965 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCH GULCH QUADRANGLE, SHASTA AND TRINITY COUNTIES, CAL.: CDMG, SPECIAL REPT. 85 , 43 P.
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 253
Reference (Deposit): LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.
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