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Ah Wai Drift

Occurrence in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031143
MRDS ID M009740
Record type Site
Current site name Ah Wai Drift
Related records 10236926

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.01376, 37.54965 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4 29; NE1/4 32. ON THE SW SIDE OF SHERLOCK CREEK HALF A MILE SE OF THE DILTZ MINE(LOCATED IN NW1/4 SEC.29 - SEE USGS QUAD. BEAR VALLEY, CALIF., 1948)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 018E 29,32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.01376, 37.54965
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED DURING WWI PERIOD AND THERE WERE EXTENSIVE WORKINGS PRIOR TO THAT TIME. WORKINGS LARGELY INACCESSIBLE IN 1954.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 2000 FT. OF DITCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 318

  • Deposit

    17TH REPT. P. 105

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAST OPERATORS (WWI) WERE JOHN HAND AND W. WESTON; PRESENT OWNERSHIP NOT DETERMINED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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