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Simmons

Past Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10259641
MRDS ID M005428
MAS/MILS ID 0060070140
Record type Site
Current site name Simmons
Alternate or previous names Sunnyslope, Nevera
Related records 10028457

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.50026, 39.81627 (WGS84)
Elevation 1048
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 023 N 004 E 26 S2SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.50026, 39.81627
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1917

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. B. Simmons - Located Claims In 1916 Or 1917
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner L. R. Stokes- Leased Or Bought The Property From Simmon
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON,G.A.,1953,CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.3,CHAP.5,P.273

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION WAS CONFUSED BY SIMMONS AND STEWART. STEWART SHIPPED LONG TONS OF THIS ORE IN NOVEMBER 1917,AND SIMMONS SHIPPED TH NING 27 TON IN 1917. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Hayashi U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Authoritative California resources

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