The Big Falls Group is a copper mine located in Lewis county, Washington at an elevation of 2,799 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: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 46.40083, -122.19667
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Big Falls Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Falls Group
Secondary: Big Falls Claim
Secondary: Green River Claims
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Lewis
District: St. Helens District - Ryan Lake Area
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 Gifford Pinchot 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: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): JUST WITHIN OR ADJACENT TO BOUNDARY OF MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT
Comment (Development): PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION
Comment (Geology): NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCE; RECENT MAPPING INDICATES AREA IN UNDERLAIN BY A VARIETY OF OLIGOCENE VOLCANIC ROCKS INCLUDING VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, TUFFS, AND BASALT
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD M700206 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
Comment (Deposit): NO DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCE
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 61
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