Commodities
PrimaryIron
SecondaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface, Underground
Orebody formLENTICULAR, TABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite, Goethite, Limonite
GangueBarite, Chalcedony, Gypsum, Quartz, Dolomite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Whalen Group
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1901
Last production1963
Discovery year1887
Identification
Deposit ID10254298
MRDS IDW031618
Alternate namesChicago Mine Or Chicago Pit, Hartville Area, Good Fortune Mine Adjacent Proper-, Central Ore Body, Platte County Iron
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.33441, -104.70337
References
USBM IC 8315, P. 39-42, 48, 49: DATA ON ORE BODIES, MILLINGUSBM RI 4086,P.1-18 DATA ON GEOLOGY,GEOPHSICSUSGS BULL 315-D,P.190-205,DATA ONGEOLOGY,HISTORY,EARLY PRODURMAG GUIDEBOOK,1963,P.264-266,DATA ON GEOLOGY AND ORE BODIESUSBM IC 7759,P.1-30,DATA ON MINING METHODSGEOLOGICAL SURVEY WYOMING BULL. 50, 1966, PP. 105, 117, 239.ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 12/31/80.GEOL. SURVEY WYOMING, WYOMING MINES AND MINERALS MAP, 1979.http://www.wsgs.uwyo.edu/Topics/WYEconomics/Metals.aspx, accessed 6/9/2010.