The Sheep Mountain is a molybdenum mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 7,575 feet.
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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
Elevation: 7,575 Feet (2,309 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 48.97556, -120.38306
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Sheep Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sheep Mountain
Secondary: Molly
Secondary: Dodd
Secondary: Jim Dodd
Secondary: Boundary
Secondary: Barker Brown
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
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: In Pasayten Wilderness In Okanogan National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. J. Sullivan, Orin And Lester Dodd
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED IN LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Host Rocks Locally Hydrothermally Altered
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES OF MINERALIZED MATERIAL CONTAINED ONLY TRACES OF MO, AU, AND AG (SEE STAATZ AND OTHERS)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): IN 1954 PURDY INDICATED THERE WAS NO COMMERCIAL VALUE TO MOLYBDENUM ORE
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON SOUTH SLOPE AND EAST SIDE OF SHEEP MOUNTAIN.
Comment (Deposit): 3 PARALLEL QUARTZ LENSES 4 IN.-5 FT THICK PLUS NARROW DISCONTINUOUS QUARTZ-RICH PEGMATITES AND VEINS. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, TRENCH, 60 FT ADIT, AND OTHER ADITS
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD W017838 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 271.
Reference (Deposit): STOFFEL, K.L., AND MCGRODER, M.F., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MTN. 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, SCALE 1:100,000.
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1954, MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 18, P. 48-50.
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., WEIS, P.L., TABOR, R.W., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., PATTEE, E.C., AND HOLT, D.C., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1325, P. 100-103.
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