Spanish Mines

The Spanish Mines is a lead mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 7,178 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Spanish Mines
Secondary: Spanish Trails Group
Secondary: Mathilda Jane adit
Secondary: Spanish Trails #2 claim
Secondary: Spanish Trails #1 prospect
Secondary: Spanish Trails #4 prospect
Secondary: Spanish Trails #4 adit
Secondary: Spanish Trails #4 claim
Secondary: Spanish Trails #8 prospect
Secondary: Spanish Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Miners Canyon District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Owner Name: Bill Burnside
Home Office: Evanston, Wyoming
Info Year: 1985

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Hydrothermal Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 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%).

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Actinolite
Trace: Malachite
Trace: Azurite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): A.B. Wilson corrected reference pages, added PLSS location, adjusted major, minor, and trace metals, added mineralogy.

Comment (Other Database): 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.

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

Comment (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.

Comment (Geology): LIMONITIC MYLONITE, QUARTZ VEINS IN PELITIC METASEDIMENTS AND MAFIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS

References

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

Reference (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.

Reference (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).

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

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): 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).

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