The Hog Park Area is a lead mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,078 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
Elevation: 9,078 Feet (2,767 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 41.04833, -106.89889
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Hog Park Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hog Park Area
Secondary: Hokg Park Area
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Age Old: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): galena fills small cavities and coats quartz crystals in pegmatite adjacent to quartzite.
References
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 125.
Reference (Deposit): Merry, 1963, Univ. of Wyoming, MS thesis.
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