The Dutch Flat Mine is a tungsten and gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.53194, -114.17583
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Dutch Flat Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dutch Flat Mine
Secondary: Kampf
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Chemehuevis District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1942
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^6.73 % Wo3
Year: 1941
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^3.11 % Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS, SHORT PODS, LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Wolframite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN CHEMEHUEVIS MTS.
Comment (Workings): 11 ADITS FROM 50 - 350 FEET LONG, FEW CROSS CUTS, SHAFTS, SMALL STOPES AND SHALLOW WINZES.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000776 OF J.E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Production): 2 PRINCIPAL VEINS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY ON A SMALL SCALE SINCE 1917. ALITTLE SCHEELITE RECOVERED FROM TIME TO TIME.
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078, P. 101.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO., O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE US: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MR25.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. I.F. 8078, P. 102.
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