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Poland China

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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  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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056024
MRDS ID SP00272
Record type Site
Current site name Poland China
Alternate or previous names Molson, Overtop;

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.12366, 48.97401 (WGS84)
Elevation 1173

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
Willamette 040N 029E 11 SE4 OF SE4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Marcasite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Spectacle Formation Of The Anarchist Group
    Rock description Spectacle Formation Of The Anarchist Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.12366, 48.97401
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Marine Sedimentary Rocks Of The Spectacle Formation Formed Along An Active Continental Margin.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Deposit Contains A Black To White, Northwest-Striking, East-Dipping, 2-15-Ft-Wide Quartz Vein In Graphitic Argillite. The Vein Walls Are Generally Well-Defined, But In Several Places The Vein Gradually Grades Into Argillite; The Vein Also Contains Fragments Of Argillite. Locally, The Vein Is Offset By North- And Northeast-Trending, High-Angle Faults. Ore Minerals Are Sparsely Disseminated In Quartz (Moen, 1980, P. 37).

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS IN GRAPHITIC ARGILLITE OF THE PERMIAN SPECTACLE FORMATION OF THE ANARCHIST GROUP (MOEN, 1980).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Myers Creek

Comments on the production information

  • THE POLAND CHINA WAS DISCOVERED IN 1896. A 25-TON/DAY MILL WAS ERECTED IN 1907 WHICH PRODUCED A SMALL SHIPMENT IN 1914. OVERTOP MINING CO. SHIPPED 168 TONS OF CONCENTRATE CONTAINING 72 OZ OF AU AND 70 OZ OF AG IN 1933-34. FROM 1937 TO 1939, 11 CARLOADS OF SILICEOUS ORE ASSAYING 0.37 OZ/TON AU WERE SHIPPED TO THE SMELTER IN TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA. MINING CEASED IN 1939 (MOEN, 1980, P. 35-37).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.

  • Deposit

    HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, 116 P. [FACSIMILE REPRINTED 1967 IN TWO VOLUMES, MINING IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON, AND, MINING IN WESTERN WASHINGTON: SHOREY BOOK STORE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.]

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1980, MYERS CREEK AND WAUCONDA MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHEASTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 73, 96 P., 6 PL.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGH-GRADE NEAR-SURFACE ORE CONTAINED 0.15-30 OZ/TON AU. ORE THAT WAS MINED AVERAGED ONLY 0.24 OZ/TON AU AND 0.40 OZ/TON AG. SOME WALL ROCK CONTAINED FROM 0.018 TO 0.06 OZ/TON AU. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF MORE THAN 1500 FEET OF ADITS, SHAFTS, AND CROSSCUTS. THE PROPERTY IS ON PATENTED MINING CLAIMS (MOEN, 1980, P. 38). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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