Meta Mine

The Meta Mine is a lead mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,219 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Meta Mine
Secondary: Meta Mine (Lead)

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Encampment District

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: vein
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
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

Type: R
Structure: E-W trending metavolcanics near contact with Spring Lake Granodiorite

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Cerrusite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Azurite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Gentry, 1976, lists this mine as a possible future producer of lead and zinc. No further discussion.

Comment (Location): mine shaft located on USGS 1:24K topo, and matching historical mine descriptions; patented claim(s) cover area.

Comment (Analytical Data): Pb 27 to 54%; Zn 8%; Au and Ag combined $20 to $22; ore mined after 1930, 1944 prices, units not specified (Haff, 1944)

Comment (Geology): E-W trending metavolcanics near contact with Spring Lake Granodiorite about 3 1/2 mi. NE of NW-trending Cheyenne Belt

Comment (Geology): E-W trending gneiss with N 20-25 dip

Comment (Geology): vein parallel to foliation in gneiss, but dips much steeper than foliation with mineralization in a gangue of barite

Comment (Production): Estimated production 200-300 tons of ore. After 1930 ore ran 27-54% Pb, 8% Zn, and $20-22 Au and Ag combined.

Comment (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]

Comment (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]

References

Reference (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.

Reference (Deposit): Spencer, 1904, Copper deposits of the Encampment District, Wyoming: USGS PP-25, p. 98-99.

Reference (Deposit): Haff, 1944, Field report on the Meta lead-zinc prospect: WSGS Mineral Report MR44-9, 3 p.

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1989, The geology of Wyoming's precious metal lode and placer deposits: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 68, p. 156-157.

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 20.

Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 174-175.

Reference (Geology): 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.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 10, 62, 83, 121, 125-126.

Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 9, 57, 77, 109, 113.

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