The Big Elephant is a copper mine located in Chelan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Big Elephant MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Elephant
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Chiwawa 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.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ON FALL CREEK, TRIBUTARY TO CHIWAWA RIVER. HOWEVER FALL CREEK NOT ON TOPO MAPS OR FOREST MAP. BEST BET IS IT IS BETWEEN ROCK CREEK AND ALDER CREEK.
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 37, PART II, V. 1, P. 110.
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