Lassen Co., California, USA

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References

Irelan, William, Jr. (1890a), Ninth annual report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 9, 352 pp.: 47.

Preston, E.B. (1890), Los Angeles, Lassen Counties: California Mining Bureau. (Report 9): 9: 189-213.

Preston, E.B. (1893), Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Lassen, Monterey, Plumas, San Benito, Sierra, Tuolumne Counties, also Salton Lake: California Mining Bureau. Report 11: 139-178, 200-209, 241-242, 259-262, 323-333, 370-373, 387-393, 400-419, 493-513.

Diller, J.S. (1895), Description of the Lassen Peak quadrangle, California: USGS Geol. Atlas, Lassen Peak folio (No. 15); […(abstract): Journal of Geology: 3: 974-976].

Tucker, W. Burling (1919), El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Tehama, and Tulare Counties: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau. (Report 15): 226-253, 258-266, 271-308, 900-954.

Laizure, Clyde McK (1921), Lassen County, Redding field division: California Mining Bureau. Report 17: 491-544.

Averill, Charles V. (1929), Redding field division, Lassen and Modoc, Napa, Lake, Glenn, Mendocino Counties: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 25): 25(4): 2-19, 213-242, 337-365, 418-426, 456-467.

Anderson, Charles A. (1935), Alteration of the lavas surrounding the hot springs in Lassen Volcanic National Park: American Mineralogist: 20: 240-252.

Averill, Charles V. & Homer D. Irwin (1936), Mineral resources of Lassen County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 32): 32(4): 405-443.

Van Couvering, J.A. (1962) Geology of the Chilcoot quadrangle, Plumas and Lassen counties, California. Unpublished Master’s thesis, University of California, Los Angeles, 124 pp.

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 179, 282, 340.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Acanthite Albite Annabergite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Beryl Calcite Carnotite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' Cinnabar 'Clay' Copper Epidote

Erythrite Galena Goethite Gold var: Electrum 'Gummite' Hematite var: Specularite Hercynite var: Picotite Illite 'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Limonite Magnesite 'Manganese Oxides' Marcasite Mercury

Metacinnabar Montmorillonite Muscovite var: Sericite Opal var: Diatomite 'Pearceite-Polybasite Series' 'Petrified Wood' Piemontite 'Pumice' Pyrite Pyrochlore Group Pyrolusite Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Agate var: Amethyst

Quartz var: Chalcedony var: Jasper var: Smoky Quartz Sabugalite Scheelite Skutterudite var: Smaltite Sphalerite Sulphur 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series' 'Tourmaline' Uranophane Vermiculite Weeksite

64 entries listed. 39 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

USA California Lassen Co. Amedee Mts Ace Chief occurrence Amedee Hot Springs (Amedee Springs) Amedee Hot Springs Hg occurrence Black Diamond placer Hillside claim Hot Rock claim Pumeroy placer claim Skedaddle claim Square Peak placer Divide claim Friends group Lost Cave claim Luilla Queen group Shamrock claim Snow Storm group Southern Star group Unnamed Au prospect (4) Unnamed stone pit (2) Belfast Honey Lake Valley Quarry Big Valley Mts Little Baldy Mountain Unnamed cinder pit (1) Ricketts Hill Unnamed cinder pit (7) Unnamed stone quarry (1) Black Mountain Grey Goose Mine Honey Lake Gold Mines (Badger group) Princess Gold Mining Company Cascade Range Dow Butte Unnamed cinder pits (13) Lassen Volcanic National Park Cinder Cone Unnamed stone occurrences (1) Little Harvey Mountain Unnamed cinder pit (9) Poison Station Unnamed cinder pits (12) Round Valley Butte Unnamed cinder pit (8) Whaleback Mountain Unnamed cinder pits (11) Coyote Peak Cooper Hill Mine (Gottfredson-Carr Copper Mine) Unnamed placer Au occurrence (9) Diamond Mts Chilcoot area Madonna Mia group Diamond Mountain District Diamond Mountain Clark property Diamond Mountain Mine Emerson Mine Gayman-Spaulding claims (Red Jacket group) Gold Belt Mine (McDow Mine; Gold Belt-McDow Mine) Harris and Musgrove Mine [including Blue Bell] Honey Bee property Lantz property Lassen Lumber and Box Company property MacThomas property (Jiggs No. 1 claim) Neff Brother's property Ridenour Mine (Lone Pine Mine) Satica property Unnamed Au occurrence (5) Unnamed placer Au occurrence (12) Unnamed placer Au occurrence (13) Unnamed placer Au occurrence (8) Meadow View Peak Waltman Mine (Dewey Anderson Ranch) Doyle Siskon Mining lease Unnamed borrow pit (1) Western Mining Corporation lease Dyer Mountain Unnamed placer Au occurrence (1) Five Springs Mountain Hillside Clay deposit Goat Mountain Unnamed placer Au occurrence (10) Unnamed stone quarry (2) Hallelujah Junction Buckhorn Mine Cornelia group (Cornelia-Herbel) Hallelujah placer extension Hallelujah placers Hallelujah Junction area Unnamed Quartz occurrence Haskell Peak Madonna Mia prospect Hayden Hill District Hayden Hill Blue Bell Mine Hayden Hill Brush Hill Mine Coyote Mine Daisy Dean Mine Eclipse Mine Forest Queen claim Golden Eagle Mine (Providence claim; Evening Star claim; Aileen claim; Tailings placer claim; Vincuna claim; White Swan claim; Golden Eagle claim) Gopher Gold Mine (Gopher Mine) Hayden Hill Mine

USA California Lassen Co. Hayden Hill District Hayden Hill Hayden Hill Idaho and Leora prospect Juniper and Mount Vernon Mines (Juniper claim; Mount Vernon claim; Burbank claim; Early Rose claim; Snow Flake claim) Lucky Star Mine (North Star Mine) Unnamed Au occurrence (16) Unnamed Au occurrence (17) Unnamed Au occurrence (2) Unnamed Au occurrence (3) Unnamed Magnesite occurrence (1) Unnamed Mn occurrence (1) Heavey Mountain Section 29 Stone pit Unnamed cinder pit (2) Herlong Indian Mountain Unnamed cinder pit (4) Johnstonville Mallery pit Rice's Canyon Quarry Standish pit Lassen County-Sierra County-Nevada State line area Unspecified Mn occurrence (2) Letterbox Hill Anderson Ranch deposit Litchfield Miller Quarry Little Fredonyer Grayson and Spurgeon Cement and Gravel Mine Nolan Mine Unnamed placer Au occurrence (11) Little Haskell Peak Easter Sunday Mine Flying Dutchman Mine (Tillie Mine; Richmond Mine) Little Jacks Lake Unnamed cinder pit (5) Logan Mountain Unnamed cinder pit (6) Lower Signal Butte Unnamed cinder pit (3) Lummis Mine Milford Thompson Gem Mine Moonlight Peak Unnamed placer Au occurrence (15) Mountain Meadow District Coppervale Eckart and Allen group (June claim; June No. 1 claim; June No. 4 claim; West group; Beatrice claim; Beatrice No. 1 claim; Beatrice No. 4 claim; East group) Goodrich Mountain Unnamed placer Au occurrence (14) Unnamed placer Au occurrence (6) Mountain Meadows Round Mountain Mountain Meadows Mine (Coast Copper Company; Copper Queen claim; Copper King claim; Native Copper claim; Native Copper No. 2 claim; Copper Ledge No. 4 claim) Red River Lumber Company prospect Red Rock Mine Norvell Clover Butte Unnamed cinder pit (14) Plumas Black Jack No. 1 & 2 claims & Daisy Mae claim [?] Red Rock Barbara L occurrence (Barbarel) Crystal Hill deposits Crystal Tips No. 2 pit Donald R. Nos. 1 and 2 and Independence group Hallelujah Junction pit Lassenite pit & mill Lola G. and Noma J. group Long Valley Quarries (Lassenite Industries) Unnamed U occurrence (1) Skedaddle Mts Big Indian occurrence Dude claim Silver Springs claim Susanville Arkansas claim Brown property Burroughs and Raker Mine Gold Run pit Greig Quarry South of Susanville Unspecified Fe occurrence (1) Unnamed placer Au occurrence (7) Unnamed Vermiculite occurrence (1) Unnamed Vermiculite occurrence (2) Willard Creek Unnamed Agate occurrence (1) The Round Barn Unnamed cinder pits (10) Uncle Billy Gold Mine (Don't Care Mine; Uncle Billy Mine) Ward Lake Quarry Watson Webster Fraction Wendel Corona prospect Gold Leaf Mine Lava Cave claim Wendle Placer Westwood Mountain Meadows Unnamed Cu occurrence Unnamed Diatomite occurrence (1) Who-Who Group Widow Valley Mts Kramer Quarry