| Deposit ID | 10157139 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W900161 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560070363 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Meta Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Meta Mine (Lead) |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.01361, 41.265 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2810 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
| Relative position | mine shaft located on USGS 1:24K topo, and matching historical mine descriptions; patented claim(s) cover area |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carbon(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sharp Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Baggs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Carbon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 15N | 86W | 13, 24, 25 | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Cerrusite | Ore |
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Azurite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Hemimorphite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock |
| Rock unit name | Vulcan Mountain Metavolcanics |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granodiorite |
| Rock unit name | Spring Lake Granodiorite |
| Main Entrance (1) | -107.01361, 41.265 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure name | E-W trending metavolcanics near contact with Spring Lake Granodiorite |
| Strike | parallel to foliation |
|---|---|
| Dip | 60N |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1905 |
| District name | Encampment District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | shaft |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560070363 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560070363 | =newMRDS 10157167, merged and deleted. |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W900161 | Submitted by Terry Klein, but not yet in newMRDS. |
Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming, AML Inventory, [undated]: U.S. Bureau of Mines unpublished and undated inventory available at the USDA Forest Service office in Saratoga, WY.
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 10, 62, 83, 121, 125-126.
Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 9, 57, 77, 109, 113.
Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 174-175.
Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 20.
Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 156-157.
Spencer, 1904, Copper deposits of the Encampment District, Wyoming: USGS PP-25, p. 98-99.
Haff, 1944, Field report on the Meta lead-zinc prospect: WSGS Mineral Report MR44-9, 3 p.
Houston and Graff, 1995, Geologic Map of Precambrian rocks of the Sierra Madre, Carbon County wyoning, and Jackson and Routt Counties, Colorado: USGS Map I-2452.
Gentry, D.W., 1976, Lead and zinc deposits in Colorado and Wyoming, Final Report: Unpublished report by Donald Gentry, Prinicpal Investigator, Miing Engineering Dept, Colorado School of Mines under USBM Grant #G0264005.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BARITE IN GANGUE SEC 25 TISN R 86W IS ANOTHER META MINE LOCA [ABW moved this comment from References field to comment field in deleted record 10157167 = MAS 0560070364] |
| Deposit | OCCURS IN SHERP ZONE IN QUARTZ MONZ ONITE WITH OPAL (?) [ABW moved this comment from References field to comment field in deleted record 10157167 = MAS 0560070364] |
| Deposit | Gentry, 1976, lists this mine as a possible future producer of lead and zinc. No further discussion. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 2009-02-05 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | revised 16-oct-2012 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.