| Deposit ID | 10152444 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M015176 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0410010325 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Poor Man |
| Alternate or previous names | Poorman, Mother Lode, Balm Creek Gold Mining Co., Gilkeson, Eagle Cap Wilderness |
| Related records | 10033195 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.27182, 45.07406 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2414 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Baker(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Krag Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Imnaha(hydrologic unit)
Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Eagle Cap Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Baker |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 006 S | 044 E | 01 | NWNW | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ankerite | Unknown |
| Azurite | Unknown |
| Barite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcedony | Unknown |
| Chalcocite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Chlorite | Unknown |
| Chrysocolla | Unknown |
| Epidote | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Jarosite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sericite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -117.27182, 45.07406 |
|---|
| Strike | N65W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 50S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 50M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 410M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 122M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 25M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 20HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1935 |
| District name | Eagle Creek District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Wilderness |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Oregon Copper Co. (Morris Cook) |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Oregon |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410010325 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M015176 | MAS references MRDS |
OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 43-
44.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1385-E, 1976, TABLE 3, NO. 77,
P. 78.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 09-JUN-92 | Tuchek | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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