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Flying Dutchman Mines

Past Producer in Madera county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035076
MRDS ID M022215
Record type Site
Current site name Flying Dutchman Mines
Alternate or previous names Hoboken
Related records 10138959

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.75736, 37.28854 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 2 MI. S GRAB GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horsecamp Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 020E 26 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST LOCATION TAKEN FROM PROSPECT MARK ON TOPO. EARLIER REFERENCES PLACE MINE IN SEC 9 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Surface Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.75736, 37.28854
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 35 N
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • YEAR OF PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUTS AND INCLINES/SHAFTS AT 60 , 100 , AND 150 FT. DEPTHS. ASSESSMENT WORK DONE FOR CONSIDERABLE TIME

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: OXIDIZED SURFACE ORE YIELDED $8.50/TON IN FREE GOLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAND, W., JR., 1888 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 8 , P. 213 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13 , P. 208 .

  • Deposit

    MCLAUGHLIN, R. P. & BRADLEY, W. W., 1914 , MADERA COUNTY: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 14 , P. 545 .

  • Production

    MCLAUGHLIN & BRADLEY ( 1914 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE OR ZONE, 4 - 6 FT. THICK
Deposit 10 CLAIMS, ALL UNPATENTED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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