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Waun

Occurrence in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092055
MRDS ID M007611
Record type Site
Current site name Waun

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91936, 38.96183 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI. NW OF SPANISH DRY DIGGINGS. REFERENCES ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT ON LOCATION. PAGE 47, DOM BULL. 108 SHOWS MINE LOCATED HALF A MILE WEST OF SPANISH DRY DIGGINGS, WHICH WOULD PLACE MINE IN SEC. 25 ALTHOUGH P. 54 OF SAME VOLUME SHOWS SEC. 24, AS DOES LATEST REFERENCE GIVEN BELOW. THE FRENCH HILL MINE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HALF MILE SOUTH OF THE WAUN, BUT ALL REFERENCES SHOW ITS LOCATION IN SEC. 36.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 009E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91936, 38.96183
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner State Of California
    Home office California

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M007611

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 573

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 108, P. 47

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey