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Simmons

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. 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. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032800
MRDS ID M014543
Record type Site
Current site name Simmons
Related records 10127877

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.20741, 45.04264 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornucopia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006S 045E 15 W OF W Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON SIMMONS MOUNTAIN ON THE EAST SIDE OF PINE CREEK OPPOSITE CORNUCOPIA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.20741, 45.04264
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip GENTLY E
    Length 609.6M
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN IN GREENSTONE 18 INCHES TO 4 FEET WIDE; STRIKES N 30 DEG W DIPS GENTLY EAST, AND IS TRACEABLE FOR ABOUT 2000 FEET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cornucopia

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • CONCENTRATES PRODUCED IN 1941 FROM 1046 TONS OF ORE CONTAINED 246 OUNCES GOLD AND 1840 OUNCES SILVER. PREVIOUS OUTPUT UNKNOWN.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 79000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.541 g/mt Gold Major 1976

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHORT ADITS SHAFTS, AND CUTS.CONCENTRATES PRODUCED IN 1941 FROM 1046 TONS OF ORE CONTAINED 246 OUNCES GOLD AND 1840 OUNCES SILVER. PREVIOUS OUTPUT UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 97 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 31 .

  • Deposit

    WEISS, P.L., AND OTHERS, 1976; MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, OREGON: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P. 43.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WEISS ET AL, 1976

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1977 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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