USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Calaveras County
Utica Mine
Unconfirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Calaveras
- Mining district
- Angels Camp
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Au-Cu mine located in secs. 33 & 34, T3N, R13E, MDM, 0.2 km (700 feet) N of Angels Camp proper. Discovered before 1850. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 100 meters. The Utica Mine is one on the best-known gold mines in the…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 9 shaft symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- 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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Ankerite
- Calcite
- Chalcopyrite
- Quartz
- Sericite
- Talc
- Gold
- Pyrite
View all 22 reported minerals
- Ankerite
- Calcite
- Chalcopyrite
- Quartz
- Sericite
- Talc
- Gold
- Pyrite
- Albite
- Calcite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chlorite Group
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- Dolomite
- Gypsum
- Muscovite
- Native Gold
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Sericite
- Talc
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 (9)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 74954
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (14)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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