Bay State

The Bay State is a gold mine located in Amador county, California.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bay State

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: California
County: Amador

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: California Lands Inc.
Home Office: C/O Capital Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Commodity): HIGH-GRADE SULFIDES ASSOCIATED WITH GOLD

Comment (Production): MINE OPENED IN EARLY 1890'S AND HAD REPORTED PRODUCTION 1892-1897 OF ABOUT $34,000. REOPENED IN 1899 AND FROM 1900-1905 PRODUCTION WAS SMALL AND IRREGULAR, ABOUT $24,000 IN ALL. LAST PRODUCTION IN 1909 BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN SINCE IT WAS WORKED IN CONNECTION WITH THE AMADOR STAR (RHETTA). MINE UNWATERED IN 1934 AND WORK ON THE 300 LEVEL WAS DONE IN 1935. ON AN AGRICULTURAL PATENT. LIES NORTH OF THE AMADOR STAR

Comment (Deposit): NO GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION

Comment (Workings): 81 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT 1,065 FT, LEVELS AT 300 , 400 , 500 , 600 , 750 , 830

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL VEINS ON PROPERTY

References

Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG V. 50 , P

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CAL.: CMB BULL. 108 , P. 71 .

Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, WM. JR., 1892 , ELEVENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 11 , P. 146

Reference (Deposit): STORM, W.H., 1900 , MOTHER LODE REGION OF CAL.: CMB BULL. 18 , P. 85 - 86

Reference (Production): LOGAN, C.A., 1934

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