The Mountain Sheik is a copper mine located in Chelan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Mountain Sheik MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain Sheik
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Stehekin
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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.
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): MAY BE IN EITHER NATIONAL PARK OR NATIONAL WILDERNESS. LOCATED ON FLAT CREEK NEAR SUNSET PROSPECT.
Comment (Location): Original lat/long NAD27 N-47-23-55, W-120-59-15 (47.3986, -120.9875) lies in Kittitas county, 2.6 miles from the Chelan county line. Location accuracy is said to be within 10,000m. One comment says LOCATED ON FLAT CREEK NEAR SUNSET PROSPECT. GNIS says Flat Creek in Chelan county is at 48.42 to 48.39, and -120.92 to -121.06. So this would indicate that the location is 1 degree latitude off. There are several other Flat Creek's in WA but none in the counties surrounding Chelan. The UTM matches the original lat/long but is usually derived from it. Mindat.org says Sunset claim is in the Entiat District but no lat/long given. MRDS finds 84 records in Entiat District which is in SE Chelan county, far from Flat Creek. So it must be referring to another Sunset claim. The original record is said to be in Stehekin district. MRDS returns 40 records in the Stehekin district, all centered around the GNIS Flat Creek location. PLSS coordinates T024N, R015E S29 translates to 47 32 28N 121 0 0W. Again this is 1 degree latitude off. So the evidence indicates the latitude is 1 degree off and should be 48 23 55N 120 59 15W. The lat/long were changed to these coordinates and the UTM and PLSS were cleared.
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 37, PART II, V. 1, P. 49.
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