The Poor Man is a mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 7,920 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: 7,920 Feet (2,414 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 45.0742, -117.27080
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Poor Man MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Poor Man
Secondary: Poorman
Secondary: Mother Lode
Secondary: Balm Creek Gold Mining Co.
Secondary: Gilkeson
Secondary: Eagle Cap Wilderness
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Eagle Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Oregon Copper Co. (Morris Cook)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Jarosite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Geology): 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): 44.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 43-
Reference (Deposit): P. 78.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1385-E, 1976, TABLE 3, NO. 77,
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