Enterprise Prospect

The Enterprise Prospect is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,841 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 Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 6,841 Feet (2,085 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 37.94111, -117.50250

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Enterprise Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Enterprise Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain 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: Occurrence
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Weepah Hills


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Cu


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)


References

Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, USGS PP. TT, P. 77-79


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.