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Dutchman Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027790
MRDS ID M004105
Record type Site
Current site name Dutchman Mine
Alternate or previous names Flying Dutchman
Related records 10283093

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.07635, 33.95477 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES NW OF BOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bouse(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 017W 07,18 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.07635, 33.95477
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Steeply Dipping Fault Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR, LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Occurs Within A Steeply Dipping Fault Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GOLD OCCURS AS SMALL TO VISIBLE FLAKES IN HEMATITIC, LOCALLY COPPER-STAINED SHALE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern Plomosa District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1913
    Period 1912-1913
    Material CU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.8 Oz Au/Ton, 1 % Cu, 0.1 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 3g/mt
    Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Gold Gold 23g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • A CAR LOAD OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1929. WORKED SPORADICALLY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 51.82M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT OPERATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J.; HEINEMANN, R.E.S.; 1936; ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; CUNNINGHAM, J.B.; BUTLER, G.M.; 1934; ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 134

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 168

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104. (10) KEITH, S.B., 1978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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