USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Amador County
Comet
Unconfirmed Gold Underground 5 mapped shafts
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Amador
- Development status
- Prospect
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A lode Au occurrence/prospect located in the SE¼NW¼ sec. 6, T6N, R11E, MDM, 1.4 km (0.9 mile) NNW of Sutter Creek (town), E of highway of E and N of the Amador County High School, on private land. Owned by Mary M. Baumhardt, et al (1953). MRDS database…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 5 shaft symbols
- Shaft : Amador City , 1962
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). 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
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Prospect
Operators / organizations
- Mary M. Baumhardt, Et Al, · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Gold
- Native Gold
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 (5)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 73546
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (1)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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