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Sunrise Mine

Past Producer in Platte county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Iron, Zinc
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10254298
MRDS ID W031618
MAS/MILS ID 0560310018
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise Mine
Alternate or previous names Hartville Area, Good Fortune Mine Adjacent Proper-, Central Ore Body, Platte County Iron, Chicago Mine Or Chicago Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -104.70337, 42.33441 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position Center of open pit. Pit is approx. 2 km ENE from center of town of Hartville, Center of N2 of Section 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 C of N2 of N2 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore
Barite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3 SAMPLES- SAMPLE NO. IN (). \nMETALLIC FE (1) 67.55%, (2) 68.41%, (3) 55.92%, (AVERAGE OF 1937 PRODUCTION) 56.44%. \nAL2O3 (1) 1.42%, (2) 1.86%. SI02 (1) 1.50%, (2) 1.82%, (3) 10.76%. \nS (1) 0.054%, (2) 0.019%. \nP (1) 0.008%, (2) 0.035%, (3) 0.013%, (AVERAGE OF 1937 PRODUCTION) 0.068%. \nNA, MG (1) TRACE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Whalen Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -104.70337, 42.33441
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Strongly Folded, Fractures, Steeply Plunging Syncline.

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 40N
    Thickness 98M
    Length 555M
    Area 1300HA
    Depth to top 225M
    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 N90E:40N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 100
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 15
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1300
    Date of Last Modification 811027
  • Name (from deleted MRDS record W031618. Note similar dimensions but opposite dip. One must be a typo.
    General form LENTICULAR, TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 45 S
    Thickness 98M
    Length 555M
    Depth to top 225M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Folding, Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1887
Mining method Caving Methods - Block Caving
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1963
Milling method Heavy Media

Mining district

District name Hartville District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Farmer'S Union Insurance
    ID 4800144
    Interest 100
    Home office San Diego, Ca
    Year 1993
  • Type Operator
    Owner CF and I Steel Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner CF and I Steel Corp. (Crane Corp., New York)
    Home office Star Route, Hartville, WY 82215
    First year 1981
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
    Year 2010
    Last year 1963

Comments on the ownership information

  • DUE TO THE SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED MINERS AND MILL PERSONNEL, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROJECTS TWO, RATHER THAN THREE, SHIFTS PER DAY. CF&I CORPORATION, PREVIOUS OWNERS, FORFEITED THEIR BOND AND ABONDONED THE PROPERTY. AS OF 1993, FARMERS UNION INSURANCE, THE BOND HOLDER OF THE RECLAMATION BOND IS APPARENTLY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY (GEO. SUR. OF WY, GEO-NOTES, NO 32, P.32)
  • CF and I ownership info copied from deleted record 10080429 (old MRDS W031618). Information as of 1982 when original record was created.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 259HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 30
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 2274
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 3.64
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 116
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 259HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 30
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 2274
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 3.64
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 229M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method BLOCK CAVING 10-79
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 4
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Slope of Inclines 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 0
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 758
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 6.15
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 116
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1980
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 229M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BLOCK CAVING 10-79
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 4
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Slope of Inclines 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 0
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 758
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 6.15
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on development

  • MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8315, P. 39-42, 48, 49: DATA ON ORE BODIES, MILLING

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 4086,P.1-18 DATA ON GEOLOGY,GEOPHSICS

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 315-D,P.190-205,DATA ONGEOLOGY,HISTORY,EARLY PRODU

  • Deposit

    RMAG GUIDEBOOK,1963,P.264-266,DATA ON GEOLOGY AND ORE BODIES

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7759,P.1-30,DATA ON MINING METHODS

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WYOMING BULL. 50, 1966, PP. 105, 117, 239.

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12/31/80.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SURVEY WYOMING, WYOMING MINES AND MINERALS MAP, 1979.

  • Deposit

    http://www.wsgs.uwyo.edu/Topics/WYEconomics/Metals.aspx, accessed 6/9/2010.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENTED. ORE BODIES A SHORT DISTANCE FROM DOLOMITE FOOTWALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-96 Witkowsky, Dan U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-JAN-82 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 03-FEB-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted W031618 (newMRDS 10080429). minor revisions 6/9/2010.

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/02/1983
MSHA mine ID4800144
Mine name (MSHA)Sunrise Mine And Mill
Current operatorC F & I Steel Corp
Current controller (parent)Crane Company
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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