The Sheep Rock Deposits is a chromium mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 44.3325, -118.73750
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Sheep Rock Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sheep Rock Deposits
Secondary: Liberty Chrome
Secondary: Hanenkrat
Secondary: Campbell
Secondary: Big Bertha No. 1
Secondary: Lost Buck
Secondary: Morgan
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Palladium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
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: 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
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Names): AREA COVERED BY LUCKY BOY SEQ.#36
References
Reference (Deposit): 36.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-B, 1941, P. 27,
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-D, 1940, P. 108.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 725-A, 1920, P. 43.
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