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California · San Diego County

Eagle Nest Mine

Unconfirmed Gold Underground 4 mapped shafts

Key facts

State
California
County
San Diego
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Fargo

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Shaft — documented in 4 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 4 shaft symbols
  • Shaft : Descanso , 1960
  • Shaft : Descanso , 1960
  • Shaft : Descanso , 1960
  • Shaft : Cuyamaca Peak , 1960
View individual source records (6)

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

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

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 (4)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

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