Big Elephant - This, the N. W. H. Jr. Lode, has been sold to Layol L. Smith for $ 8,500. The deed also includes the N. W. H. Jr. mill-site. The real purchaser is supposed to be the Japan Mines Company, whose new cross-cut will intersect the Big Elephant vein at a depth of several hundred feet. The Marshall Creek Mining Company was the seller, Eastern people who did no more work on the property than was sufficient to secure a patent. Where exposed the vein is 25 ft. wide and always been considered a good milling proposition.

Note - this may be the "Lower Japan Tunnel" on the USGS Telluride quad map, located WNW from Japan Mine.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

ⓘ Rhodochrosite

ⓘ Sphalerite

2 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Rhodochrosite

Formula: MnCO₃

References:

Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.

ⓘ Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

References:

Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Sphalerite	2.CB.05a	ZnS
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ	Rhodochrosite	5.AB.05	MnCO₃

List of minerals for each chemical element

C	Carbon
C	ⓘ Rhodochrosite	MnCO₃
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Rhodochrosite	MnCO₃
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Sphalerite	ZnS
Mn	Manganese
Mn	ⓘ Rhodochrosite	MnCO₃
Zn	Zinc
Zn	ⓘ Sphalerite	ZnS

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

Rocky MountainsMountain Range

North America PlateTectonic Plate

Great Plains DomainDomain
Southern Rocky MountainsOrogenic Belt

USA

Colorado
- Telluride Mining DistrictMining District
San Juan MountainsMountain Range

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References

[1]The Engineering and Mining Journal (1901), Volume LXXII, July - December,1901, 177.

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