The Centennial-Enterprise Mine is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,260 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,260 Feet (1,908 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.11778, -113.83194
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Centennial-Enterprise Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Centennial-Enterprise Mine
Secondary: M057528
Secondary: X1
Secondary: 14
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR-IRREGULAR-PIPELIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 47 TONS SHIPPED ASSAYED 0.05 OZ/TON AU, 1.6 OZ/TON AG, AND 5.4 PERCENT CU.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): 47 TONS WERE SHIPPED IN 1917, IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER ANY TUNGSTEN ORE WAS SHIPPED.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS 21X15X15 FT DEEP, 8X4X20 FT. DEEP, 8X8X20 FT DEEP; A 20 FT ADIT, SEVERAL PITS AND CUTS.
Comment (Geology): ALSO DIOPSIDE, MAGNETITE
Comment (Location): SW SW OF NW 1/4
Comment (Deposit): PIPELIKE MASS IN QTZ MONZONITE, S END OF ENTERPRISE CLAIM, CONTROLLED BY INTERSECTION OF TWO FRACTURES, ONE STRIKES N7E, DIPPING 70E, THE OTHER STRIKES N60W AND DIPS S.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING, UTAH: USGS, PP 177
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS, PP. 17
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 17
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP. 177
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
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