Enterprise Claims

The Enterprise Claims is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Enterprise Claims
Secondary: Limestone Inlet
Secondary: Claim Groups: Arizona, Bach, Montana

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska
District: Juneau

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE SAID TO AVERAGE 15.00 DOLLARS/TON, (AU AT 20.67/FINE OZ), USGS BULL 480, P. 97

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): ADIT SYMBOL N OF LIMESTONE INLET, TAKU RIVER (A-6), 1:63360 QUAD. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): MOST DEVELOPMENT WAS ON ENTERPRISE GROUP OF CLAIMS, PRIOR TO 1916; UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF ORE MILLED IN 1916, NO DATA ON POSSIBLE PRODUCTION; 4 LODE CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): 2 AURIFEROUS QUART VEINS 3 IN T0 9 FT WIDE CARRYING FREE GOLD AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF GALENA, SPHALERITE AND CHALCOPYRITE; VEINS FOLLOWED 120 TO 800 FT ALONG STRIKE; ENTERPRISE VEIN AVERAGED 5 FT IN WIDTH

Comment (Workings): ENTERPRISE GROUP: 320 FT DRIFT AND 120 FT DRIFT CONNECTED BY 77 FT RAISE; ARIZONA GROUP: SURFACE CUTS ON VEIN FOR 800 FT; MILL USED IN 1916 HAD FIVE 1250 POUND STAMPS

Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK DESCRIBED AS A "SOMEWHAT" PORPHYRITIC DIORITE INTRUDED INTO VOLCANIC SERIES OF SLATES AND GREENSTONES

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: SUNRISE CANYON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 155

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 322, NO. T013

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-T013

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 345, P. 90

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 379, P. 72

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 480, P. 97-98

Reference (Deposit): USBM BULL 153, P. 24

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