Poor Man

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.27182, 45.07406 (WGS84)
Elevation 2414
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006 S 044 E 01 NWNW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.27182, 45.07406

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 50S
    Thickness 50M
    Length 410M
    Width 122M
    Depth to top 25M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N65W:50S
    Minimum Depth to Top 25
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 20HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOWER LEVELS OF MINES ARE CAVED &FLOODED & ASSAY DATA ARE NO ABLE,THEREFORE RESERVE CALCULATIONS ARE NOT POSSIBLE THERE ARE NO MEASURED,INDICATED OR INFERRED RESERVES IN POOR M CREEK,& GILKESON MINES,BASED ONAVAILABLE DATA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1935

Mining district

District name Eagle Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Oregon Copper Co. (Morris Cook)
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JUN-92 Tuchek U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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