The Enterprise Group is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Saguache county, Colorado.
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Enterprise Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Enterprise Group
Secondary: Claims: Silver Key
Secondary: Enterprise
Secondary: Golden Blow Out
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Bonanza (Kerber Creek)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Colorado Mines Consolidated Co.
Years: 1904 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1904
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Bonanza Caldera
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Early Barren Stage Of Alteration By Fumarolic Or Acid-Hot Spring Activity Resulted In Intense Silicification, Wallrock Replacement By Jasper And Alteration Products Hematite, Diaspore, Alunite, Barite, Zunyite, Rutile, And Kaolin Minerals. Later Mineralizing Stage By Alkaline Or Neutral Solutions Deposited Ore And Gangue And Caused Micaceous Alteration (Sericite And Chlorite) And Calcite, Quartz, And Pyrite.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): S-T-R, LAT-LONG, AND ELEV. TAKEN FROM BURBANK'S (1932) PLATE 1 (SCALE 1:12000). MINE OR CLAIM LIES ACROSS GREENBACK GULCH BETWEEN WHITNEY GROUP AND CROWN POINT SHAFT
Comment (Development): PATTON REPORTS 25 TONS ORE SHIPPED AT TOTAL VALUE OF $1250.
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS TREND N23W AND N49W
Comment (Workings): SURFACE PROSPECT PITS, ONE TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN LENGTH, TWO SHAFTS 65 AND 20 FT DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): BURBANK, W.S., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 169, 166 P.
Reference (Deposit): PATTON, H.B., 1916, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA DISTRICT, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 9, 136 P.
Reference (Deposit): COLO. DIV. MINES MINE MGR. REPT. 1904, P. 481
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