| Deposit ID | 10080428 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031577 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0530650757 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sherwood Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Sherwood, Sherwood Project, Northwest Uranium, Northwest Uranium Peters Lease, Northwest Uranium Peter's Lease, Peters Lease, Silver Buckle |
| Point of reference | Pit |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.12082, 47.88096 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 671 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
| Relative position | Coordinates for mine symbol in center of SW4 sec. 35 shown in disturbed area labeled Sherwood Mine on topo. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Stevens(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Turtle Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Coulee Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ritzville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Spokane(hydrologic unit)
Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Stevens |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 028N | 037E | 35 | C OF SW4 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| Rock unit name | Gerome Sediments |
| Rock description | Gerome Sediments |
| Pit (1) | -118.12082, 47.88096 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 30.48M |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Indian Reservation |
|---|---|
| Area name | Spokane Indian Reservation |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Northwest Uranium Mines, Inc. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Wallace, Idaho |
| Year | 1955 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 1000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | SP00514 | =1056204, merged and deleted. |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0530650861 | =10278312, merged and deleted. |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W031577 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0530650757 | = 10302188, merged and deleted. |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0530650796 | = 10156951, merged and deleted. |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | US53040 | = 10067205, merged and deleted |
1977, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF WASHINGTON, PREPRINT FROM THE 1977 BUREAu OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 9.
1976- 1977, WORLD MINES REGISTER, VOL. 31, PUBLISHED BY WORLD MINING , MILLER FREEMAN PUBLICATIONS, INC., P. 204.
1978, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL SECOND OPERATING HANDBOOK OF MINERAL PROCESSING, VOL. 4, NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, INC., PP. 186 - 191.
ROSKILL INFORMATION SERV., 1981, URANIUM AND PLUTONIUM, AND THE GROWTH OF NUCLEAR POWER 1980 TO 2030, P. 176.
LINES 1 AND 2: ROSKILL, 1981.
NASH, J. T., AND WILLIAMS, J. F., 1975, U.S. BUR. INDIAN AFF ADMINISTRATIVE REPT. BIA-10, P. 28-29.
WDGER OFR 90-18
WA STATE BULL 37 PT II,VOL I,P 356;
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-81 | Zigler, Jan L. (Huber, Donald F.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 03-NOV-11 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted multiple duplicate entries. |
| Reporter | 01-FEB-91 | Berger, Mary A. | U.S. Geological Survey | SP00514 = 10056204 |
| Reporter | 24-JUN-94 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | 0530650861 = 10278312 |
| Reporter | 03-APR-95 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | 0530650757 = 10302188 |
| Reporter | 25-NOV-83 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | 0530650796 = 10156951 |
| Reporter | 01-JUL-92 | U.S. Geological Survey | U.S. Geological Survey | MRDS US53040 = 10067205 |
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