The Pogue Flat is a manganese mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 1,401 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 48.43944, -119.55806
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Pogue Flat MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pogue Flat
Secondary: Three Buttes
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: The Quartz Monzonite Was Probably Emplaced In A Magmatic Arc.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): IN 1916, THE MINE PRODUCED TWENTY-FIVE 30-TON CARLOADS OF ORE SAID TO CONTAIN 20% MN (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 261).
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE OF THE POGUE MOUNTAIN QUARTZ MONZONITE (GULICK AND KOROSEC, 1990, P. 24).
References
Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E.N.; GLOVER, S.L., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, WITH STATISTICS FOR 1919: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 21, 155 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): SHEDD, SOLON, 1924, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON WITH STATISTICS FOR 1922; WITH AN ARTICLE ON COAL AND COKE, BY G.W. EVANS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, 224 P.
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): PARDEE, J.T., 1922, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN MONTANA, UTAH, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 725-C, P. 141-243.
Reference (Deposit): GULICK, C.W.; KOROSEC, M.A., COMPILERS, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OMAK 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-12, 52 P., 1 PL.
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.
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