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California · Mariposa County

Nutmeg

Unconfirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface 1 mapped shaft 1 mapped adit

Key facts

State
California
County
Mariposa
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former Au (and Pb-Cu-Ag) mine located in the NW¼SE¼ sec. 30, T4S, R18E, MDM, about 1,500 feet NNW of Whitlock Gulch and about 4 miles NNE of Mount Bullion (1 mile N of the Permit Mine), on unpatented land. Discovered before 1900. Property consisted o…

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Additional documented workings

  • Shaft — 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
  • 1 adit symbol
  • Shaft : Bear Valley , 1947
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Native Gold

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (1)
  • mapped adit symbols (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 82400

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (1)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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