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Mountain Sheik

Prospect in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10180349
MAS/MILS ID 0530070312
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Sheik

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.98871, 48.39843 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goode Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Chelan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Glacier Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Comments on the location information

  • MAY BE IN EITHER NATIONAL PARK OR NATIONAL WILDERNESS. LOCATED ON FLAT CREEK NEAR SUNSET PROSPECT.
  • 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.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.98871, 48.39843
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stehekin

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 37, PART II, V. 1, P. 49.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-OCT-94 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 21-JUL-08 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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