Sheridan

The Sheridan is a gold, silver, copper, and antimony mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 5,600 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

Name: Sheridan  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony

Lat, Long: 44.85722, -118.37500

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Sheridan MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sheridan
Secondary: Phil Sheridan


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Antimony


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Granite Area


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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


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: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): ABOUT 500 FT OF WORKINGS IN THREE ADITS

Comment (Geology): DUMP ORE CONSISTS OF QUARTZ STRANDS WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE.

Comment (Deposit): LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. PRE-1900 MAPS LIST PROPERTY AS AN EARLY SILVER MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV


References

Reference (Deposit): FERNS, M.L. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MT. IRELAND QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP (IN PREPARATION)


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