The Mountain Sheep is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Mountain Sheep MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain Sheep
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Nighthawk
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: The Kobau Formation Was Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin Proximal To An Island Arc.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): A FEW CARS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED PRIOR TO 1911 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 307).
Comment (Geology): THE KOBAU FORMATION IS INTRUDED BY GRANODIORITE AND TONALITE OF THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC LOOMIS PLUTON. MINERALIZATION IS PRESENT IN A WEST-NORTHWEST TRENDING-FAULT NEAR THE CONTACT (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, GEOL. MAP).
Comment (Deposit): THREE ADITS TOTALING 2000 FEET WERE DRIVEN (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): 0.75 MILES NORTH OF THE RUBY MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LOOMIS QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 64, 124 P., 3 PL.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 P.
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