Mine detail: Sunrise Mine

Previously called 'Platte County Iron, Central Ore Body, Good Fortune Mine Adjacent Proper-, Hartville Area, Chicago Mine Or Chicago Pit'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.33441, -104.70337

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Secondary:	Zinc
Ore:	Hematite, Magnetite, Goethite, Limonite
Gangue:	Barite, Chalcedony, Gypsum, Quartz, Dolomite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR, TABULAR
Discovery year:	1887

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1901
Last production ended:	1963

Geology

Host rock:	Whalen Group
Host type:	Schist

References

MRDS	W031618
MAS	560310018
DEP	10254298
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Wilson, Anna B., Barari, Rachel A., Witkowsky, Dan