Canada Hill Mining District, Placer Co., California, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Canada Hill Mining District | Mining District |
| Placer Co. | County |
| California | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° North , 120° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~76km
Locality type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
There is no USGS MRDS database file for this mining district.
Location: This district is in eastern Placer County 25 miles northeast of Forest Hill and about 10 miles south of Cisco. It includes the Sailor Flat, Robertson Flat, Sailor Canyon and New York Canyon areas.
Geology: The Canada Hill channel, a branch of the Tertiary American River, is believed to have flowed northeast and east across Sailor Canyon and then southeast to join the southwest-flowing main Tertiary channel near French Meadows. The channel is steep, narrow, and has not been too productive. The gravels are usually angular and poorly washed. Bedrock is slate and quartzitic schist of the Blue Canyon Formation (Carboniferous) and schist of the Sailor Canyon Formation (Lower Jurassic). The gravels are capped by rhyolite and andesite. There are some gold-quartz veins that contain abundant sulfides.
Mines: Beauty, Carmac, Lost Emigrant, Merz, Monumental, Pacific Blue Lead, Placer Queen, Reed, Sailor Canyon, Trinidad, Walker, X-Ray.
Regions containing this locality
| North America Plate | Tectonic Plate |
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities7 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| β Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS Reference: Waring, Clarence A. (1919), Butte, Placer, Sacramento, Yuba Counties: California Bureau of Mines Report 15: 340, 350; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 87. |
| β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
| β Galena Formula: PbS Localities: Beauty Mine (Canada Hill), Canada Hill, Canada Hill Mining District, Placer Co., California, USA Gold Dike Mine, Canada Hill, Canada Hill Mining District, Placer Co., California, USA Gold King Mine, Canada Hill, Canada Hill Mining District, Placer Co., California, USA Lafollette Mine (La Follette; Bowlder claim; Nob Hill Mine; Canada Hill), Canada Hill, Canada Hill Mining District, Placer Co., California, USA |
| β Gold Formula: Au Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region. |
| β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region. |
| β Sphalerite Formula: ZnS Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| β | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| β | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
| Group 1 - NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Metals, other than the Platinum Group | |||
| β | Gold | 1.1.1.1 | Au |
| Group 2 - SULFIDES | |||
| AmXp, with m:p = 1:1 | |||
| β | Galena | 2.8.1.1 | PbS |
| β | Sphalerite | 2.8.2.1 | ZnS |
| AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 1:1 | |||
| β | Chalcopyrite | 2.9.1.1 | CuFeS2 |
| AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 1:2 | |||
| β | Arsenopyrite | 2.12.4.1 | FeAsS |
| β | Pyrite | 2.12.1.1 | FeS2 |
| Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks | |||
| Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si | |||
| β | Quartz | 75.1.3.1 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Galena | PbS |
| S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | β Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | β Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | β Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | β Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | β Galena | PbS |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Lindgren, Waldemar (1897), Description of the gold belt; description of the Truckee sheet: USGS Geological Atlas, Truckee folio (Folio No. 39), 8 pp.
Lindgren, Waldemar (1900), Description of the Colfax sheet, California: USGS Geological Atlas, Colfax folio (Folio No. 66), 10 pp.
Lindgren, Waldemar (1911), The Tertiary gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California: USGS Professional Paper 73, 226 pp.: 157-158.
Waring, Clarence A. (1919), Butte, Placer, Sacramento, Yuba Counties: California Bureau of Mines Report 15: 340, 350 (325-386).
Logan, Clarence August (1936), Gold Mines of Placer County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 32): 32(1): 7-96.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 87.
Clark, Wm. B. (1970a) Gold districts of California: California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 193: 33-34.
Localities in this Region
- California
- Placer Co.
- Canada Hill Mining District
- Placer Co.
- California
- Placer Co.
- Canada Hill Mining District
- Canada Hill
- Lafollette Mine (La Follette; Bowlder claim; Nob Hill Mine; Canada Hill)
- McBride Mine (Mc Bride; Mcbride)
- Merz Mine
- Monumental Mine
- Pacific Blue Lead Mine
- Placer Queen Mine
- Prarie Flower Mine (Snowflake Mine)
- Quien Sabe Mine
- Reed Mine
- Sailor Canyon Mine
- Unnamed Au prospect [14]
- Walker Mine
- X-Ray Mine
- Canada Hill
- Canada Hill Mining District
- Placer Co.
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