The Enterprise Prospects is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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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
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.3133, -114.89500
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Enterprise Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Enterprise Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Stanley District
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.
Administrative Organization: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Swank, A. W.; Heavey Metals Co.
Owner Name: Phillips Petroleum Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone That Strikes N 30 - 50 Deg Sw, Dips Se; Brecciation, Gouge
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 5 TIMES BACKGROUND
Analytical Data: MAXIMUM RADIOACTIVITY IS 0.5 MILLIROENTGENS/HOUR
Materials
Ore: Pitchblende
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Development): 16 Claims
Comment (Workings): Workings Consist of 3 Bulldozer Cuts and An Adit
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974, USBM, Boise, Idaho, 61 P.
Reference (Deposit): Kern, B. F., 1959, Geology Of The Uranium Deposits Near Stanley, Cuser County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 117, 40 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1959 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 117
Reference (Deposit): 1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126
Reference (Deposit): 1975 Compile USBM, Mining Activity List, 1974
Reference (Deposit): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 126, 120 P.
Idaho Gold
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