| Deposit ID | 10069926 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W007712 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Poorman Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Oso, Belle Peck Tunnels |
| Related records | 10192881 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.71037, 43.01408 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2347 |
| Relative position | 1500 FT W OF WAR EAGLE MTN. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Owyhee(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silver City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)
Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)
Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Owyhee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 005S | 003W | 08,05 | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Owyheeite | Ore |
| Polybasite | Ore |
| Proustite | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Stephanite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Marcasite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | AU:AG RATIO AVERAGED 1:37.5 BY WEIGHT NEAR SURFACE, 1:5.6 ON INTERMEDIATE LEVELS, AND 1:1.1 ON LOWEST LEVEL. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Silver City Granite-Granodiorite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Silver City Granite-Granodiorite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Silver City Granite-Granodiorite |
| Rock description | Silver City Granite-Granodiorite |
| (1) | -116.71037, 43.01408 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N - S |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Length | 1609.3M |
| Width | 1.37M |
| Depth to bottom | 182.88M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1865 |
| Year of first production | 1865 |
| District name | Carson District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Overall depth | 289.56M |
| Overall length | 609.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W007712 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | BO_174 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.
PIPER, A. M., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 11, 165 P.
LINDGREN, W., 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO: 20TH ANN. REPORT, U.S.G.S. P. 75 (PART 3).
CAMPBELL, A., 1935 , 37TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1935.
1898 COMPILE W. LINDGREN 20TH ANN. REPT.
1926 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 11
1935 DIREXPL CONSOLIDATED MIN. AND DREDGE CO.
1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138
LINDGREN, W., 1898 , USGS 20TH ANN. REPT. PT. 3 , P. 75 . RAYMOND, R. W., 1870 - 1873 , 41ST - 42ND CONGRESSES HOUSE OF REP. EX. DOCS.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1975 | Miller, Pat J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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