Spanish Mines

Prospect in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Copper, Iron, Silver
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279045
MRDS ID W900269
MAS/MILS ID 560070390
Record type Site
Current site name Spanish Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Main Entrance -107.15556, 42.2525 (WGS84) 2207 10 Adit labeled "Spanish Mine" on topo. Equvalent of Spanish Trials #4 Adit in Bull. 70. 0560070389 Spanish Mine. Adit east of Miners Canyon.
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Main Entrance -107.15417, 42.25361 (WGS84) 2188 10 Mathilda Jane Tunnel (from fig. 24, p. 56, Bull. 70).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spanish Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bairoil(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pathfinder-Seminoe Reservoirs(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 26 N 86 W 5 & 6 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Limonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Bornite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Actinolite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Malachite Trace
Azurite Trace
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Analytical data

Result HAUSEL, 1997, REPORTS UNDERGROUND MUCK PILE GRAB SAMPLES CONTAINS 4.1 PPM AG AND 1330 PPM AS. RESULTS OF 100 SAMPLES IN OTHER NEARBY PROSPECTS (NUEBERT, 1985) HAVE RANGES OF AU (TO 0.19 OPT), AG (TO 4.3 OPT), AS (MAXIMUM OF 28%), CU (MAXIMUM OF 4.8%), PB (max. of 2.8%), Zn (Max. of 2.0%).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock type qualifier graphitic schist

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.15556, 42.2525
Main Entrance (2) -107.15417, 42.25361

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMONITIC MYLONITE, QUARTZ VEINS IN PELITIC METASEDIMENTS AND MAFIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name Miners Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Bill Burnside
    Home office Evanston, Wyoming
    Year 1985

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • Merged Spanish Mine record 10254802 (old MAS 0560070389) with this record. Determined it was a duplicate based on the reference to WGS Bull. 50, p. 126 and deleted it. There is no mention of this mine on p. 125 of Bull. 50.

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, p. 57 (copper), 77 (gold), 109 (pyrite), 113 (lead), 157 (silver), 219 (zinc).

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 50, p. 62 (copper), 83 (gold), 121 (pyrite), 126 (lead), 174 (silver), 239 (zinc).

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1989, The geology of Wyoming's predious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin 68, p. 57.

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated ore deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Bulletin 70, p. 55-56.

  • Deposit

    Neubert, J.T., 1985, Mineral Investigation of the Ferris Mountains Wilderness Study Area (WY-030-407), Carbon County, Wyoming: USBM MLA 71-85, p. 8-10; figs. 6-10, p. 17-21; pl. I.

  • Deposit

    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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A.B. Wilson corrected reference pages, added PLSS location, adjusted major, minor, and trace metals, added mineralogy.
Deposit Mathilda Jane Tunnel: 450 FT NW TRENDING ADIT WITH 120 FT SW TRENDING DRIFT NEAR MINE FACE. MANY OTHER SHALLOW PROSPECT SHAFTS AND DRIFTS IN DISTRICT.
Deposit Gentry, 1976, lists this as a possible future producer of lead and zinc. No further discussion.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2008-09-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references