Mine detail: Dutch Flat Placer

Previously called 'Wendel GroupAlso Called Florence District'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.17406, -117.49929

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Tungsten, Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Scheelite
Gangue:	Augite, Garnet, Hematite, Hornblende, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Pyrite, Zircon
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Discovery year:	1893

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1893 - 1952
First production started:	1895

Geology

Host type:

Gravel,Alluvium

References

MRDS	M055393
DEP	10040572
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUBOLDT CO., NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC 6995}{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}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, PLACER MINING IN NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. NO. 27.}{Deposit:: REEL, F., 1954, REPORT ON DUTCH FLAT PLACERS; UNPUB. REPORT ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES.}{Deposit:: JONES, R. B., 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 4-24-85}{Production:: WILLDEN, R., AND HOTZ, P.E., 1955.}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Lapointe D. D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)