Canary Hill Deposit

Producer in Lake county in California, United States with commodity Sulfur
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030658
MRDS ID M008963
Record type Site
Current site name Canary Hill Deposit
Related records 10135112

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.58663, 39.07655 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4 SE1/4. AT CHALK MTN NEAR CACHE CREEK, 4 MILES N. OF STATE HIGHWAY 20. CHEMI-CAL CORP. (1952)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Benmore Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cache(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 007W 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.58663, 39.07655

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WHITE ANDESITE CEMENTED WITH SULFUR; H2S PRESENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • BEFORE 1890 AND FROM 1952-1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. YB, 1952, V. 3, P. 186

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7898, P. 42

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP IN SW1/4 SE1/4 IS APPARENTLY LOCATION OF THIS WORKING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.