The Dutch Flat Placer is a gold, tungsten, and mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,534 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,534 Feet (1,382 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Tungsten, Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.17417, -117.49833
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Dutch Flat Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dutch Flat Placer
Secondary: Also Called Florence District
Secondary: Wendel Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Dutch Flat District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Dutch Flat Mines, Inc.
Owner Name: Dutch Flat Mining Co.
Years: 1900 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Discovery Year: 1893
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: COMBINED AU, HG, W VALUES AVERAGE $1.50/CU.YD (1955) GOLD AVERAGES 940 FINE
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Augite
Gangue: Monazite
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: SCHEELITE GRAINS 0.05 MM TO 1 CM IN SIZE; GOLD'S COARSE AND ANGULAR; CINNABAR-DUST SIZE TO 1 CM. MUGGETS GREATEST GOLD CONCENTRATIONS ARE RIGHT ON BEDROCK
Comment (Location): MOUTH OF SOLDARISI CANYON
Comment (Production): $100,000 TO $200,000 WORTH OF PLACER GOLD, TUNGSTEN,AND MEURY PRODUCED, MOSTLY IN 1930'S
Comment (Deposit): 11 PLACER CLAIMS, 160 ACRES OF PLACER GRAVELS
Comment (Workings): MANY PITS
Comment (Deposit): 160 ACRES OF PLACER GRAVELS. PLACER GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN THE AREA BY F.G. WENDELL IN 1893. CINNABAR WAS NOTED IN EARLY PLACER OPERATIONS, BUT NOT DISCOVERED IN PLACE UNTIL 1939 AT SITE OF DUTCH FLAT LODE MINE. THE 11 PLACER CLAIMS WERE ORIGINALLY OWNED BY FG. WENDEL. IN 1904 THE DUTCH FLAT MINING CO. BEGAN WORKING THE PLACERS WITH POWER EQUIPMENT WITH LITTLE SUCCESS DUE TO A LACK OF ADEQUATE WATER. IN 1909 AND 1910, THE GROUND WAS LEASED TO CHINESE PLACER MINERS. LATER OPERATIONSWERE LIMITED TO SMALL SCALE ACTIVITY BY WENDEL OR LESSES. OVER 100 PITS HAVE BEEN SUNK IN THE ALLUVIAL MATERIAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, PLACER MINING IN NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. NO. 27.
Reference (Deposit): REEL, F., 1954, REPORT ON DUTCH FLAT PLACERS; UNPUB. REPORT ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B., 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 4-24-85
Reference (Production): WILLDEN, R., AND HOTZ, P.E., 1955.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., AND HOTZ, R.E., 1955, A GOLD-SCHEELITE-CINNABAR PLACER IN HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: ECON. GEOL., VOL 50, NO. 7, PP 661-668
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUBOLDT CO., NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC 6995
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
