Dutch Flat Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102560
MRDS ID M004127
Record type Site
Current site name Dutch Flat Mine
Alternate or previous names Kampf
Related records 10186139

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.17662, 34.53198 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 10 MILES NE OF LAKE HAVASU CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crossman Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 018W 19,20,29,30 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN CHEMEHUEVIS MTS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore
Specularite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.17662, 34.53198

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, SHORT PODS, LENSES
    Strike N 28 W
    Dip 60 SW
    Length 304.8M
    Width 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1912 - 1959

Mining district

District name Chemehuevis District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^3.11 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 3wt-pct
  • Year 1942
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^6.73 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 7wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 2 PRINCIPAL VEINS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY ON A SMALL SCALE SINCE 1917. ALITTLE SCHEELITE RECOVERED FROM TIME TO TIME.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 41.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • 11 ADITS FROM 50 - 350 FEET LONG, FEW CROSS CUTS, SHAFTS, SMALL STOPES AND SHALLOW WINZES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078, P. 101.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO., O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE US: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MR25.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.F. 8078, P. 102.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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