Archived report (descriptions no longer maintained)
Honey Lake fault zone (Class A) No. 22
Last Review Date: 2017-10-13
Compiled in cooperation with the California Geological Survey
| County(s) and State(s) |
PLUMAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA WASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA LASSEN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA |
| Physiographic province(s) |
BASIN AND RANGE CASCADE-SIERRA MOUNTAINS |
| Reliability of location |
Good Compiled at 1:100,000 scale. |
| Length (km) | 98 km. |
| Average strike | N47°W |
| Sense of movement | Right lateral |
| Dip | 52° SW to vertical |
| Historic earthquake | |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | latest Quaternary (<15 ka) |
| Slip-rate category | Between 1.0 and 5.0 mm/yr |
| References |
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Garside, L.J., 1993, Geologic map of the Bedell Flat quadrangle, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Field Studies Map 3, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Gold, R.D., Briggs, R.W., Crone,A.J., and DuRoss, C.B., 2017, Refining fault slip rates using multiple displaced terrace risers—An example from the Honey Lake fault, NE California, USA: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 477, p. 134–146, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.08.021. Greene, R.C., Stewart, J.H., John, D.A., Hardyman, R.F., Silberling, N.J., and Sorensen, M.L., 1991, Geologic map of the Reno 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada and California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2154-A, scale 1:250,000. Grose, T.L.T., and Porro, C.T.R., 1989, Geologic map of the Litchfield 15-minute quadrangle, Lassen County, California: California Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 89-32, 1 sheet, scale 1:62,500. Grose, T.L.T., Saucedo, G.J., and Wagner, D.L., 1990, Geologic map of the Susanville quadrangle, Lassen and Plumas Counties: California Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 91-1, 26 p. pamphlet, 1 sheet, scale 1:100,000. Grose, T.L.T., Wagner, D.L., Saucedo, G.J., and Medrano, M.D., 1989, Geologic map of the Doyle 15-minute quadrangle, Lassen and Plumas Counties, California: California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 89-31, scale 1:62,500. Jennings, C.W., 1994, Fault activity map of California and adjacent areas, with locations of recent volcanic eruptions: California Division of Mines and Geology Geologic Data Map 6, 92 p., 2 pls., scale 1:750,000. Lydon, P.A., Gay, T.E., Jr., and Jennings, C.W., compilers, 1960, Geologic map of California, Westwood [Susanville] sheet, Olaf P. Jenkins edition: California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000. Nitchman, S.P., and Ramelli, A.R., 1991, Freds Mountain fault: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Evaluation Report, 7 p., 2 scarp profiles, scale 1:62,500. Petersen, M.D., Bryant, W.A., Cramer, C.H., Cao, T., Reichle, M.S., Frankel, A.D., Lienkaemper, J.J., McCrory, P.A., and Schwartz, D.P., 1996, Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for the State of California: California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 96-08 (also U.S. Geological Open-File Report 96-706), 33 p. Russell, I.C., 1885, Geological history of Lake Lahontan—A Quaternary lake of northwestern Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Monograph 11, 288 p. Stewart, J.H., 1988, Tectonics of the Walker Lane belt, western Great Basin—Mesozoic and Cenozoic deformation in a zone of shear, in Ernst, W.G., ed., Metamorphism and crustal evolution of the western United States, Ruby Volume VII: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, p. 683-713. Turner, R., Koehler, R.D., Briggs, R.W., and Wesnousky, S.G., 2008, Paleoseismic and slip-rate observations along the Honey Lake fault zone, northeastern California, USA: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 98, p. 1730–1736, doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120070090. Wagner, D.L., and Saucedo, G.J., 1990, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Milford 15-minute quadrangle, Lassen and Plumas Counties, California: California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 90-08, scale 1:62,500. Wagner, D.L., Saucedo, G.J., and Grose, T.L.T., 1989, The Honey Lake fault zone, northeastern California, its nature, age and displacement [abs.]: Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 70, no. 43, p. 1358. Wills, C.J., 1990, Honey Lake and related faults, Lassen County: California Division of Mines and Geology Fault Evaluation Report FER-214, 17 p., 8, scale 1:24,000. Wills, C.J., and Borchardt, G., 1993, Holocene slip rate and earthquake recurrence on the Honey Lake fault zone, northeastern California: Geology, v. 21, p. 853-856. Working Group on Northern California Earthquake Potential (WGNCEP), 1996, Database of potential sources for earthquakes larger than magnitude 6 in northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-705, 40 p. |