Little Jap

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Antimony, Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008997
MRDS ID D001614
Record type Site
Current site name Little Jap

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.58563, 48.21315 (WGS84)
Elevation 329
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.75 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF LUCERNE, Estimated About 500 Ft Southwest Of Sunday Morning

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucerne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Chelan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 018E 03 NW4 OF SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON SHORE OF LAKE CHELAN ABOUAT 500 FT SOUTHWEST OF SUNDAY MORNING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Swakane Biotite Gneiss
    Rock description Swakane Biotite Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.58563, 48.21315

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.01M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Meadow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 156-157.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 286.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 IN. WIDE GOUGE SEAM WITH 0.5 IN. SEAM OF QUARTZ CONTAINING DISSEMINATED SULFIDES
Deposit LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-75 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.