| Deposit ID | 10090586 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D000677 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sheep Mountain |
| Alternate or previous names | Molly, Dodd, Jim Dodd, Boundary, Barker Brown |
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.38426, 48.97539 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2309 |
| Relative position | 1.75 MI SOUTH OF CANADIAN BORDER; ABOUT 0.2 MI NORTHWEST OF SHEEP LAKE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Okanogan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 040N | 020E | 08,17 | SW4 (08); NW4 (17) | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Result | SAMPLES OF MINERALIZED MATERIAL CONTAINED ONLY TRACES OF MO, AU, AND AG (SEE STAATZ AND OTHERS) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Hornblende Gneiss Of The Sheep Mountain Area;Granodiorite Gneiss Complex Of The Quartz Mountain Area |
| Rock description | Hornblende Gneiss Of The Sheep Mountain Area;Granodiorite Gneiss Complex Of The Quartz Mountain Area |
| (1) | Mesozoic granitic rocks, undivided |
|---|
| General form | DISSEMINATED IN LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30-35W |
| Dip | 20SW-VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 15.24M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1906 |
| Discoverer | S. Walters, J.M. Dodd, C.E. Perry |
| Ownership category | National Wilderness |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Pasayten Wilderness In Okanogan National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. J. Sullivan, Orin And Lester Dodd |
| First year | 1942 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D000677 |
PURDY, C.P., JR., 1954, MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 18, P. 48-50.
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 271.
STOFFEL, K.L., AND MCGRODER, M.F., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MTN. 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, SCALE 1:100,000.
STAATZ, M.H., WEIS, P.L., TABOR, R.W., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., PATTEE, E.C., AND HOLT, D.C., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1325, P. 100-103.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 3 PARALLEL QUARTZ LENSES 4 IN.-5 FT THICK PLUS NARROW DISCONTINUOUS QUARTZ-RICH PEGMATITES AND VEINS. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN |
| Deposit | MRDS RECORD W017838 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-74 | King, Robert U. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-91 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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