Enterprise Mine

The Enterprise Mine is a lead, gold, silver, copper, and zinc mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,020 feet.

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

Name: Enterprise Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation: 5,020 Feet (1,530 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc

Lat, Long: 35.14444, -113.82278

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Enterprise Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Enterprise Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Maynard 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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Brecciated Zone & Vertical Fractures


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized At Surface, Sulpides At Shallow Depth


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1909 , MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397 , P. 140


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