The Enterprise Property is a mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,799 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: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.3581, -112.96390
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Enterprise Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Enterprise Property
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Nicholia 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: Targhee National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Milo Zook
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): LIES 0.5 MI SE OF THE NICHOLIA FRACTION
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY IS EXPLORED BY 2 SHAFTS, ABOUT 400 FT OF DRIFTS AND 70 FT OF INCLINES. 90- AND 60-FOOT SHAFTS.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): SHENON, P. J., 1928 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIRCH CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 27, 25 P.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1944, LEAD-ZINC-COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE BIRCH CREEK DISTRICT, CLARK AND LEMHI COUNTIES, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 70, 43 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1928 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 27
Reference (Deposit): 1944 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 70
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