California
Gold Country
Amador County

Argonaut Mine

The Argonaut Mine was a gold mine in , , United States. The deposit was discovered in 1850, and in 1922 was the site of the worst gold-mining disaster in the state's history.
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  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: mine in California, United States
  • Address: CA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kennedy Mine and Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church.

Quarry
The Kennedy Gold Mine is a gold mine in , one of the deepest mines on the Mother Lode. It closed in 1942 and together with nearby Argonaut Mine, is registered as California Historical Landmark No. is situated 2,300 feet northeast of Argonaut Mine.

Church
Photo: Bobak, CC BY 3.0.
The is a Serbian Orthodox church in , . Built in 1894, the church was the first Serbian Orthodox church in America. had a large Serbian-American population in the late 1800s due to the California Gold Rush, and the county's Serbs established the St. is situated 3,800 feet southeast of Argonaut Mine.

Aerodrome
Amador County Airport, also known as Westover Field, is a county-owned public-use in , , . It is located two nautical miles northwest of the central business district of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Martell and Jackson.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in , United States. It is located 1.5 miles northwest of , at an elevation of 1486 feet.

Photo: Bobak, CC BY 3.0.
is a city in and the county seat of . Its population was 5,019 at the 2020 census, up from 4,651 at the 2010 census. The city is accessible by both State Route 49 and State Route 88.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , . It is located 7.25 miles south-southeast of , at an elevation of 1562 feet, or just north of along California State Route 49.

Argonaut Mine

Latitude
38.36297° or 38° 21′ 47″ north
Longitude
-120.78632° or 120° 47′ 11″ west
Elevation
1,522 feet (464 metres)
Open location code
84CX9677+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369162035
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Geo­Names ID
5324577
Wiki­data ID
Q4789667
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Italian—“Argonaut Mine” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منجم أرجونات”
  • Cebuano: “Argonaut Mine (minahan sa bulawan)”
  • Cebuano: “Argonaut Mine”
  • French: “mine Argonaut”
  • French: “Mine Argonaut”
  • Italian: “Argonaut Mine”
  • Italian: “Miniera Argonaut”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Argonaut Mine”. Photo: Vince Migliore, CC BY 3.0.