The Honey Lake is a gold mine located in Lassen county, California.
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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
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Honey Lake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Honey Lake
Secondary: Badger
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Lassen
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Analytical Data: $30 IN AU & AG
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): LITTLE COPPER AND LEAD RECOVERED
Comment (Workings): 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.
References
Reference (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
Reference (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
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 535
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