Mount Sherman#Sherman Mine

{{About|the mountain|the community in Kentucky|Mount Sherman, Kentucky}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Sherman

| photo = MountSherman.JPG

| photo_caption =

| elevation_ft = 14043

| elevation_ref = The elevation of Mount Sherman includes an adjustment of +2.029 m (+6.66 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.{{cite peakbagger|pid=5803|title=Mount Sherman, Colorado|accessdate=October 21, 2014}}

| prominence_ft = 850.

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| isolation_mi = 8.06

| isolation_ref =

| location = Lake and Park counties, Colorado, United States

| listing = Colorado Fourteener 45th

| range = Mosquito Range

| map = Colorado

| map_caption = Colorado

| label = Mount Sherman

| label_position =

| coordinates = {{coord|39.2249903|N|106.1697431|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates =

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=180207|name=Mount Sherman|accessdate=October 21, 2014}}

| topo = USGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Sherman, Colorado

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route = Southwest Ridge: Hike, {{YDS|2}}{{cite web | url = https://www.14ers.com/routelist.php?peakid=10045 | title = Mt. Sherman Routes | publisher = 14ers.com }}

}}

Mount Sherman is a high mountain summit in the Mosquito Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The {{convert|14043|ft|0|adj=on}} fourteener is located {{convert|11.0|km|order=flip}} east by south (bearing 103°) of the City of Leadville, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating Lake County from Park County. The mountain was named in honor of General William Tecumseh Sherman.{{cite book|last=Dziezynski|first=James|title=Best Summit Hikes in Colorado: An Opinionated Guide to 50+ Ascents of Classic and Little-Known Peaks from 8,144 to 14,433 Feet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KT0Uf6MLtisC&pg=PA158|date=1 August 2012|publisher=Wilderness Press|isbn=978-0-89997-713-3|page=158}}

Mountain

Mount Sherman is one of the most undistinguished of the fourteeners, and among the easiest to climb;{{cite web

| url = http://www.14ers.com/recolist.php

| title = Easiest 14er Routes

| publisher = 14ers.com

| access-date = 2014-02-13

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140209031152/http://14ers.com/recolist.php

| archive-date = 2014-02-09

| url-status = dead

}}

it is recommended as a beginner fourteener. It is also the only fourteener that has had a successful aircraft landing on its summit.Louis W. Dawson II, Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1, Blue Clover Press, 1994, {{ISBN|0-9628867-1-8}}

Climate

{{Weather box

|location = Mount Sherman 39.2284 N, 106.1687 W, Elevation: {{cvt|13780|ft}} (1991–2020 normals)

|single line = y

|Jan high F = 19.1

|Feb high F = 18.0

|Mar high F = 24.4

|Apr high F = 31.2

|May high F = 39.8

|Jun high F = 50.8

|Jul high F = 56.8

|Aug high F = 54.5

|Sep high F = 48.4

|Oct high F = 37.4

|Nov high F = 25.7

|Dec high F = 19.4

|Jan mean F = 8.4

|Feb mean F = 7.3

|Mar mean F = 12.7

|Apr mean F = 18.6

|May mean F = 27.4

|Jun mean F = 37.4

|Jul mean F = 43.6

|Aug mean F = 41.9

|Sep mean F = 35.6

|Oct mean F = 25.5

|Nov mean F = 15.5

|Dec mean F = 8.9

|Jan low F = -2.3

|Feb low F = -3.4

|Mar low F = 0.9

|Apr low F = 5.9

|May low F = 15.0

|Jun low F = 23.9

|Jul low F = 30.3

|Aug low F = 29.3

|Sep low F = 22.8

|Oct low F = 13.6

|Nov low F = 5.2

|Dec low F = -1.6

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation inch = 3.16

|Feb precipitation inch = 3.11

|Mar precipitation inch = 3.55

|Apr precipitation inch = 4.20

|May precipitation inch = 2.95

|Jun precipitation inch = 1.56

|Jul precipitation inch = 2.93

|Aug precipitation inch = 3.21

|Sep precipitation inch = 2.42

|Oct precipitation inch = 2.39

|Nov precipitation inch = 2.92

|Dec precipitation inch = 2.95

|source=PRISM Climate Group{{cite web

|url= http://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/

|title= PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University

|publisher= PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University

|access-date= October 10, 2023

|quote= To find the table data on the PRISM website, start by clicking Coordinates (under Location); copy Latitude and Longitude figures from top of table; click Zoom to location; click Precipitation, Minimum temp, Mean temp, Maximum temp; click 30-year normals, 1991-2020; click 800m; click Retrieve Time Series button.}}

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Sherman Mine

The Sherman mine, located in upper Iowa Gulch at and above 12,200 ft. on the west flank of Mt. Sherman, produced over 10 million ounces of silver, mostly between 1968 and 1982, with a value of over $300 million at 2010 prices. The Sherman silver-lead-zinc deposit is hosted in dolomites of the Early Mississippian Leadville Formation. Mineralization is within an integrated cavern system that developed in these carbonate rocks in Late Mississippian time.R. Mark Maslyn, Mineralized Late-Mississippian Paleokarst Features and Paleogeography in the Leadville, Colorado Area. 1996, National Speleological Society Convention Guidebook. [http://www.carbonatecreek.com/paleokarst/leadville/leadville.html Full text] Pb-Zn-Ag mineralization was emplaced into the old cave system at about 272 ± 18 Ma, during the Early Permian era.D. T. A. Symons, M. T. Lewchuk et al., Age of the Sherman-Type Zn-Pb-Ag Deposits, Mosquito Range, Colorado. Economic Geology; November 2000; v. 95; no. 7; p. 1489-1504; {{doi|10.2113/gsecongeo.95.7.1489}}. [http://econgeol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/95/7/1489 Abstract]

Secondary ore minerals from the Sherman mine are popular with mineral collectors.[http://www.mindat.org/loc-5991.html Sherman mine data and photos] at Mindat.org The prominent ruins of the historic buildings and structures of the Hilltop Mine (above the more recent Sherman mine workings) are often visited and photographed by hikers and mountaineers.

File:Cerussite-Rosasite-Azurite-262878.jpg-Rosasite-Azurite-Smithsonite-Mimetite (etc.), classic secondary ore mineral specimen from the Sherman Mine. Size: 15.1 x 10.6 x 9.8 cm. Click on image for more photos of this specimen.]]

File:Mount Sherman and Mosquito Range.jpg: (left to right) Horseshoe Mountain (obvious), White Ridge, Mount Sherman, Gemini Peak and "Mount Evans #2" (far right), looking west from State Highway 9, just north of Fairplay. Photo taken in May 2009, courtesy of David Herrera.]]

References

External links

{{cite web

| url = https://www.14ers.com/php14ers/14er.php?peakid=10045

| title = Mount Sherman