Little Jap

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

Name: Little Jap  

State:  Washington

County:  Chelan

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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