Good Fortune Iron Mine

Past Producer in Platte county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Iron
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10181731
MAS/MILS ID 560310017
Record type Site
Current site name Good Fortune Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Hartville Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -104.6951, 42.3256 (WGS84)
Elevation 1482
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Coordinates are for mine symbol shown and labeled on topo in C of E2 of SE4 of sec. 7.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Platte(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guernsey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glendo Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Platte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 027 N 065 W 07 (also 4, 8, 17) NESE Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SEC 4, 8, 17 IN T27N, R65W. Nightingale Group is primarily in SW4 of sec. 6, north of the Sunrise Mine. Good Fortune group is about 1 1/2 mi. to the SE in SW4 sec. 8 and SE4 Sec. 7. (See map on p. 238 of 251 of DMEA Docket 2964).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -104.6951, 42.3256

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 50N
    Thickness 16M
    Length 1500M
    Width 30M
    Area 65.76HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N70W:50N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 65.7599
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1857
Year of first production 1898
Production years 1953, 1954

Mining district

District name Hartville District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Colorado Fuel And Iron Corp.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Schroeder Mining Co.
    Home office Guernsey, WY
    Year 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RE-REC 050-1898-99 PRODUCTION,30000 LONG TONS RE-REC 050.SCHROEDER MINING CO. MINED DUMPS ON GOOD FORTUNE TY,UPGRADED ORE BY HEAVY MEDIA PROCESS IN 1953-54. TOT UCTION AMOUNT UNKNOWN RESERVES BASED ON OUTCROP PATTERN AND SAMPLES FROM OLD WORKI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1984-02-27 Wilson U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2012-01-12 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey No idea who Wilson from USBM who put in original record is. Not me.

Beyond USGS

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

External references