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Mountain Sheep Group

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodity Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041513
MRDS ID M056584
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Sheep Group
Related records 10301360

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.70257, 48.944 (WGS84)
Elevation 442

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nighthawk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
040N 025E 28 S2 OF SE OF SW OF NE OF NE OF NW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME PRODUCTION BEFORE 1911

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result .04 OZ AU, 99.8 OZ AG

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.70257, 48.944
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Extension Of Ruby Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LOCALLY MINERALIZED
    Strike N 65 W
    Dip 35 SW
    Length 914.4M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WALL ROCK ALTERED TO 4' FROM FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nighthawk

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIMILAR TO RUBY, #62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Mccoy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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