Poland China Mine

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041632
MRDS ID M056772
Record type Site
Current site name Poland China Mine
Alternate or previous names Molson, Overtop
Related records 10131943

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.12199, 48.97734 (WGS84)
Elevation 1173
Relative position 4 MI NW OF CHESAW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chesaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
040N 029E 11 NE OF SW OF SE OF SE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION-MORE THAN $100,000 BY 1936

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $4.75 AU, 1 OZ AG, 1911
Result 1938-$13 AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.12199, 48.97734

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 4.27M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN-STRINGER-14', AVE. 6' WIDTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Myers Ck

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER BULL. 73, P. 35-38, PLATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references