| Deposit ID | 10181731 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 560310017 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Good Fortune Iron Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Hartville Area |
| 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. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Platte |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 027 N | 065 W | 07 (also 4, 8, 17) | NESE | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -104.6951, 42.3256 |
|---|
| Strike | N70W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 50N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 16M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 1500M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 65.76HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1857 |
| Year of first production | 1898 |
| Production years | 1953, 1954 |
| District name | Hartville District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| 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 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560310017 |
USBM R I 4089 P 1,7,DATA ON DRILLING,ANALYSES,MINE WORKINGS
USGS BULL 315 D P 190-205,DATA ONHISTORY,PRODUCTION,GEOLOGY
USBM R I 4086 P 1,18,GENERALIZED GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL
UNIV WYO M A THESIS GOOD FORTUNE MINE AREA BY B E EBBETT,195
WYO.LIBRARY,DATA ON GEOLOGY
WGS BULL 50, APRIL 1966, P 117
DMEA Docket No. 2963, 3 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/2963_DMEA.pdf
DMEA Docket No. 2964, 251 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/2964_DMEA.pdf
| 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 |
| 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. |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.