The Sheep Rock Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Sheep Rock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sheep Rock Mine
Secondary: Summit Dunham Miles
Secondary: Mcgee
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Eagle Creek
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: East Eagle Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VALUES SECURED BY PANNING FROM $1.40 TO $16.80
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): TWO MILES ABOVE THE MOUTH OF EAST EAGLE CREEK
Comment (Production): $30,000 IN EARLY DAYS.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AS MUCH AS 200 FT. LONG, AND MANY CUTS AND PITS. $30,000 IN EARLY DAYS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 100 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 51 .
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