The Lassen Eagle Mining Company is a gold and silver mine located in Lassen county, California at an elevation of 5,820 feet.
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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: 5,820 Feet (1,774 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.9947, -120.87500
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Lassen Eagle Mining Company MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lassen Eagle Mining Company
Secondary: Juniper Gold Mine
Secondary: Hayden Hill Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Lassen
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Hayden Hill Gold Mining Co.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1991
Owner Name: Amax Gold, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Lassen Gold Mining Inc.
Company ID: 405159
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Production
Year: 1992
Description: Ore Production 11013948 Mt
Year: 1992
Description: Silver Production 79696 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1992
Description: Gold Production 28815 Tr Oz/Y
Year: 1993
Description: Ore Production 10217267 Mt
Year: 1993
Description: Silver Production 144438 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1993
Description: Gold Production 53038 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1994
Description: Ore Production @ 0.017 Tr Oz/St 12922500 St Ore
Year: 1994
Description: Silver Production 135570 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1994
Description: Gold Production 65785 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Ore Production @ 0.024 Tr Oz/St 8522982 St Ore
Year: 1995
Description: Silver Production 227125 Tr Oz/Yr Silver
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 80031 Tr Oz/Yr Gold
Year: 1996
Description: Ore Production @ 0.028 Tr Oz/St 8275944 St Ore
Year: 1996
Description: Silver Production 320574 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1996
Description: Gold Production 103502 Tr Oz/Yr
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Carbon-In-Pulp-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1992
Discovery Year: 1988
Discovery Method: Other
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
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 (Reserve-Resource): P + P RESERVES - 12/31/96, MINE MAY CLSOE LATE IN 1997; HEAP LEACH CONTINUING TO 1998; ADIT CAP BASED ON AVG 94-96 ST TON ORE MINED.
References
Reference (Deposit): PROJECT, LASSEN COUNTY, CALIF, SEPT 1991.
Reference (Deposit): AMAX GOLD INCORPORATED 1995 FORM 10-K, P7.
Reference (Deposit): ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, JUNE 1992, P. 3A.
Reference (Deposit): AMAX GOLD INC. ANNUAL REPORT 1991, 48P.
Reference (Deposit): US BLM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, HAYDEN HILL MINING
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P157.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): AMAX GOLD INC. 1996 FORM 10-K, P6.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 12, 1894, P. 150-151.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 144, 1948, P. 258.
Reference (Deposit): JOHN RAPP, CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GGEOL., PERSONAL COMMUN.,
Reference (Deposit): 1991.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1990, 1992-93.
Reference (Production): AMAX GOLD INCORPORATED, 1996 FORM 10-K, P6.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES AND MINING
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P229.
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