The Little Jap is a silver mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 1,079 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: 1,079 Feet (329 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 48.21333, -120.58444
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Little Jap MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Jap
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Meadow Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: In Wenatchee National Forest.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON SHORE OF LAKE CHELAN ABOUAT 500 FT SOUTHWEST OF SUNDAY MORNING
Comment (Deposit): 4 IN. WIDE GOUGE SEAM WITH 0.5 IN. SEAM OF QUARTZ CONTAINING DISSEMINATED SULFIDES
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS
Comment (Deposit): LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): CATER, F.W., AND WRIGHT, T.L., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LUCERNE QUADRANGLE, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-647, SCALE 1:62,500.
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 156-157.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 286.
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