Mine detail: Sunrise Mine

Location:	Platte County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long:	42.33441, -104.70337
dep_id:	10254298
mrds_id:	W031618
mas_id:	560310018
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Minor mineral:	Zinc
Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Hematite, Magnetite, Goethite, Limonite
gangue:	Barite, Chalcedony, Gypsum, Quartz, Dolomite
orebody_fm:	LENTICULAR, TABULAR
work_type:	Surface, Underground
Reporter:	Wilson, Anna B., Barari, Rachel A., Witkowsky, Dan
hrock_unit:	Whalen Group
hrock_type:	Schist
Year first produced:	1901
yr_lst_prd:	1963
disc_yr:	1887
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.