USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Mariposa County
Ah Wai Drift
Mindat Confirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Mariposa
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Au mine located in the SE¼ sec. 29 and in the NE¼ sec. 32, T4S, R18E, MDM, about 3.6 miles NE of Mount Bullion on the divide between Whitlock Creek and Sherlock Creek (on the SW side of Sherlock Creek ½ mile SE of the Diltz Mine), on private l…
Additional documented workings
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Drift
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- 6 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Drift
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: A former Au mine located in the SE¼ sec. 29 and in the NE¼ sec. 32, T4S, R18E, MDM, about 3.6 miles NE of Mount Bullion on the divide…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
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 (2)
- mapped adit symbols (6)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 81927
Supports:
- locality identity
- underground workings
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