Sherwood Mine

The Sherwood Mine is a uranium mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 2,201 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

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Site Name

Primary: Sherwood Mine
Secondary: Sherwood
Secondary: Sherwood Project
Secondary: Northwest Uranium
Secondary: Northwest Uranium Peters Lease
Secondary: Northwest Uranium Peter's Lease
Secondary: Peters Lease
Secondary: Silver Buckle

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Washington
County: Stevens

Land Status

Land ownership: Indian Reservation
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: Spokane Indian Reservation

Holdings

Type: Unknown

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Northwest Uranium Mines, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Wallace, Idaho
Info Year: 1955

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): RELEASE IN 1975 BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE FIRST GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE URANIUM BELT IN THE MT. SPOKANE AREA ENCOURAGED EXPLORATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT MINE. MILL CONSTRUCTION: $40 MILLION, STARTED 1977: TO BE IN FULL OPERATION MID- 1978.

Comment (Location): LOCATED ON SPOKANE INDIAN RESERVATION

Comment (Geology): GEOL.ENV: COVER ROCKS IN SUCCESSOR BASINS

Comment (Reserve-Resource): (1) 1976-1977, WORLD MINES REGISTER, P. 204.

Comment (Location): Also in sections 24, 25, 26, T28N, R37E, and Secs. 1, 2, 3, T27N, R37E. Large disturbed area shown on topo map.

Comment (Identification): old MAS 0530650757 = USGS old MRDS SP00514 old MAS 0530650861 = USGS old MRDS W031577

Comment (Production): EXPECTED PRODUCTION: ONE MILLION POUNDS OF U3O8 ANNUALLY(MINERALS YRBK, 1976.

References

Reference (Deposit): 1978, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL SECOND OPERATING HANDBOOK OF MINERAL PROCESSING, VOL. 4, NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, INC., PP. 186 - 191.

Reference (Deposit): WA STATE BULL 37 PT II,VOL I,P 356;

Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18

Reference (Deposit): NASH, J. T., AND WILLIAMS, J. F., 1975, U.S. BUR. INDIAN AFF ADMINISTRATIVE REPT. BIA-10, P. 28-29.

Reference (Production): LINES 1 AND 2: ROSKILL, 1981.

Reference (Deposit): ROSKILL INFORMATION SERV., 1981, URANIUM AND PLUTONIUM, AND THE GROWTH OF NUCLEAR POWER 1980 TO 2030, P. 176.

Reference (Deposit): 1976- 1977, WORLD MINES REGISTER, VOL. 31, PUBLISHED BY WORLD MINING , MILLER FREEMAN PUBLICATIONS, INC., P. 204.

Reference (Deposit): 1977, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF WASHINGTON, PREPRINT FROM THE 1977 BUREAu OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 9.

Reference (Deposit): Huntting, M.T., 1957, Uranium in Washington--An extract from Bulletin 37, Inventory of Washington Minerals, part II, Metallic Minerals: Washington Division of Mines and Geology, Information Circular No. 26, 10 p, 1 plate.
Pages: p. 9.

Reference (Deposit): GUILD, PHILIP W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: A NUMERICAL LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A, 93 P.

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