USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Placer County
Black Canyon
Source Corroborated Gold Underground 1 mapped shaft 4 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Placer
- Mining district
- Canada Hill
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
- California DMR status
- NEWLY PERMITTED
- Reclamation status
- RECLAMATION NOT STARTED
- DMR report year
- 2016
Also known as
- Black Canon
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 4 adit symbols
- Adit : Duncan Peak , 1952
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
California state reporting
- Operator: FORESTHILL EXPLORATION & MINING
- Report year: 2016
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Quartz
- Gold
- Pyrite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (1)
- mapped adit symbols (4)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
California DMR Mines Online
Type: California state mining record
Record: 91-31-0019
Supports:
- operation status
- reclamation information
- reporting year
- operation type
A DMR match does not by itself prove underground workings.
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