The Poorman is a zinc and lead mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Poorman MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Poorman
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Park City
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Late Paleozoic Sediments Were Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS IN UNNAMED LATE PALEOZOIC ARGILLITE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCED AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF ORE IN 1937 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 365).
References
Reference (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.
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., 1918, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 677, 186 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): GAGE, H.L., COMPILER, 1941, SOME FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ZINC-LEAD MINES THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CONCENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUSTRY; DOMESTIC WESTERN MINES IV--THE ZINC-LEAD MINES OF WASHINGTON: U.S. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION MARKET DEVELOPMENT SECTION, 235 P.
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