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Canada Hill

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Production statistics
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007536
MRDS ID C011507
Record type Site
Current site name Canada Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.99825, 39.26045 (WGS84)
Elevation 902
Relative position 2 MI. E NEVADA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Bloomfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 009E 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.99825, 39.26045
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1879
    Period 1864 - 1879
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 68g/mt
  • Year 1886
    Period 1879 - 1886
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 24g/mt
  • Year 1910
    Period 1904 - 1910
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 21g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL YIELD ABOUT $1,130,000 FROM 49,000 TONS ORE FROM CANADA HILL VEIN. SOME ORE FROM GREENMAN YIELDED $35 - $60 AU/TON, FROM GRANT VEIN LAST 500 TONS YIELDED $19 AU/TON, ST. LOUIS YIELDED $3 - $4 AU/TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1828.8M
    Overall depth 459.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , P. 288 - 390 , PL. 3

  • Production

    LOGAN, 1941

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 2 SYSTEMS A N STRIKING, FLAT DIPPING GROUP OF WHICH THE CANADA HILL VEIN IS MOST IMPORTANT; A STEEPLY DIPPING GROUP STRIKING E. PRINCIPAL VEINS ARE CANADA HILL, STRIKE N, DIP 20 W, AVG. 16 - 18 IN. THICK: GREENMAN-INDEPENDENCE STRIKE N, DIP 15 - 30 E: GRANT STRIKE N, DIP 45 E, AVG. 16 IN THICK: WIDE WEST, PARALLEL TO CANADA HILL, 1 FT. THICK: ST. LOUIS, STRIKE N 65 E, DIP 70 - 80 N, 1 - 12 FT. THICK.
Deposit 164 ACRES INCLUDES CHARRONAT-LINDLEY, NORTH GRANT, ALPINE, INDEPENDENCE, ST. LOUIS, LITTLE DONE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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