1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Sheep Mountain Group

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
D
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10277693
MRDS ID W017838
MAS/MILS ID 0530470779
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Mountain Group
Alternate or previous names Pasayten Wilderness, Sheep Mountain, Dodd Group, Locality 10

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.3829, 48.97513 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ashnola Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(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)

Pasayten Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040 N 020 E 17 NWNW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS EXTEND FROM SEC. 7 INTO SEC 17 (UNSURVEYED). THE LOCATION OF THIS RECORD IS PLACED ON AN ADIT PORTAL IN SEC. 17.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Mesozoic granitic rocks, undivided
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-93 Van Noy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site