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Simmons Prospect

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028457
MRDS ID M005428
Record type Site
Current site name Simmons Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claims: Nerva, Sunnyslope
Related records 10259641

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.5005, 39.8157 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center S2 Of Sw, 26

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 004E 26 S2 OF SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 35.86 % CR2O3 - 1918 ORE SHIPMENT.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.5005, 39.8157
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Discoverer D.B. Simmons

Mining district

District name Pulga Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D. B. Simmons

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A SHAFT AND A TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134 III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 273

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 22

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 273

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-83 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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