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Niles Reinhold placer, Mormon Hill, Deer Valley District, West Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): 38° 45' 37'' North , 121° 0' 14'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal): 38.7602777778, -121.003888889
 
A reported placer Au occurrence located in the NW¼SW¼ sec. 32, T11N, R9E, MDM, 1.6 km (1.0 mile) NNE of Mormon Hill (coordinates of record), S of Weber Creek near its confluence with the South Fork American River. The property comprises 40 acres. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 500 meters.

Local rocks include ultramafic rocks, chiefly Mesozoic, unit 2 (Western Sierra Nevada and Klamath Mountains) and/or Mesozoic gabbroic rocks, unit 2 (undivided).

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References

Logan, Clarence August (1938), Mineral resources of El Dorado County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 34): 34(3): Pl. II.

USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10029715 & 10259703.

U.S. Bureau of Mines, Minerals Availability System (MAS) file #0060170146.

 
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