The Good Fortune Iron Mine is a iron mine located in Platte county, Wyoming at an elevation of 4,862 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,862 Feet (1,482 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 42.3256, -104.69510
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Good Fortune Iron Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Good Fortune Iron Mine
Secondary: Hartville Area
Secondary: NIghtingale Mine
Secondary: Nightingale Group
Secondary: Includes Origan, Columbian, Nightingale, and Hoosier Claims
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Platte
District: Hartville District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Colorado Fuel And Iron Corp.
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Schroeder Mining Co.
Home Office: Guernsey, WY
Info Year: 1954
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1898
Discovery Year: 1857
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: High Plains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Hematite
Comments
Comment (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
Comment (Location): 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).
References
Reference (Deposit): UNIV WYO M A THESIS GOOD FORTUNE MINE AREA BY B E EBBETT,195
Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 2964, 251 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/2964_DMEA.pdf
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/2964_DMEA.pdf
Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 2963, 3 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/2963_DMEA.pdf
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/2963_DMEA.pdf
Reference (Deposit): WGS BULL 50, APRIL 1966, P 117
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 315 D P 190-205,DATA ONHISTORY,PRODUCTION,GEOLOGY
Reference (Deposit): USBM R I 4086 P 1,18,GENERALIZED GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL
Reference (Deposit): USBM R I 4089 P 1,7,DATA ON DRILLING,ANALYSES,MINE WORKINGS
Reference (Deposit): WYO.LIBRARY,DATA ON GEOLOGY
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