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Simon Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Arsenic, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044637
MRDS ID M232171
Record type Site
Current site name Simon Mine
Alternate or previous names Mammoth, Lillian, Lillian No. 1, and Lillian No. 2 Claims, Nevada Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.86261, 38.56382 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position AT THE SIMON TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Simon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Adamite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limestone Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning Formation
    Rock description Luning Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.86261, 38.56382
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description West Fault, East Fault

Ore body information

  • General form CHIMNEY - LIKE SHOOTS
    Dip 70 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1879
Year of first production 1919

Mining district

District name Bell District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Simon Silver - Lead Ms. Co.
    First year 1922

Comments on the production information

  • AN ESTIMATED 500,000 TONS OF ORE MIGHT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 8046.5M
    Overall width 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT 800 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1922, ORE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN, MINERAL COUNTY, NEV., IN RANSOME, F.L. AND BURCHARD, E.F., EDS., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1921: USGS BULL. 725, P. 373-376

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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