The Canada Hill is a gold mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 2,959 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,959 Feet (902 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.26056, -120.99722
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Canada Hill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Canada Hill
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1910
Time Period: 1904 - 1910
Year: 1886
Time Period: 1879 - 1886
Year: 1879
Time Period: 1864 - 1879
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 164 ACRES INCLUDES CHARRONAT-LINDLEY, NORTH GRANT, ALPINE, INDEPENDENCE, ST. LOUIS, LITTLE DONE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (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.
Comment (Workings): INCLINE, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS
Comment (Location): UTM EST. SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 17
Comment (Production): 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.
References
Reference (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
Reference (Production): LOGAN, 1941
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