Wutankeng Au Mine East

TW / New Taipei City

•25.00736, 121.84923View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Wutankeng Au Mine East is a historic mining site, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Gold, Quartz. The site was discovered in 1901.

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Found Here

GoldQuartz

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Operation type: Underground
Discovered: 1901

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Cited references

MRSO REPORT 150 MINERAL RESOURCE DEVELOPEMENT IN TAIWAN, REPOF CHINA, 1945-1975, MINING RESEARCH AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIOUNITED NATIONS, MINING DEVELOPEMENTS IN ASIA & THE FAR EAST,RESOURCES DEVE. SERIES NO. 27, UNITED NATIONS N.Y., 1967 P. HO, C.S. & LEE, CHIN-NAN, ECONOMIC MINERALS OF TAIWAN, GEOL. OF TAIWAN, TEIPEI, CHINA 1963 P. 213-215.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10280397 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 25.00736, 121.84923

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