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Nevada · Humboldt County

Dutch Flat Mine

Source Corroborated Mercury Underground 2 mapped shafts 4 mapped adits

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Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Humboldt
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Mercury
Verification
Source Corroborated

Also known as

  • Paradise

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Sec 17 T38N R40E Alteration: Yes, Altered Sediments; Argillic Deposit: Early history of the mine is unknown, except that it was discovered and developed after the dutch flat placer was discovered in 1893. Dutch flat mining co. Was organized by e.r…

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
  • Shaft — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 2 shaft symbols
  • 4 adit symbols
  • Shaft : Delvada Spring , 1988
  • Adit : Delvada Spring , 1988
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Source Corroborated

Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Cinnabar
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Mercury
  • commodity:Silver
  • Diorite
  • Jarosite
  • Prehnite
  • Pyrite
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  • Cinnabar
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Mercury
  • commodity:Silver
  • Diorite
  • Jarosite
  • Prehnite
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • Sandstone

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (2)
  • mapped adit symbols (4)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 59609

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (10)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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