The Enterprise is a gold mine located in Madera county, California at an elevation of 2,402 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: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.34083, -119.73861
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Enterprise MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Enterprise
Secondary: Fresno Enterprise
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Madera
Land Status
Not available
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: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): LEVELS, STOPES, WINZE. SEE DIAGRAM IN MCLAUGHLIN & BRADLEY ( 1914 ) FOR MORE DETAIL.
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS, THE DONKEY LUCK AND THE WEST IN A FAULT ZONE. VEINS AVG. 14 IN. THICK. LENGTH OF PAY SHOOTS FROM 35 - 75 FT. THE VEINS ARE CUT BY SEVERAL GRANITIC SILLS, 2 - 3 FT THICK, LYING NEARLY HORIZONTAL. THEY ARE SAID TO CAUSE SLIGHT ENRICHMENT ON EACH SIDE.
Comment (Production): MILL RUN SOMETIME PRIOR TO 1914 OF 1200 TONS STATED TO HAVE RECOV. $13.65 AU/TON. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC E 1/2 W 1/2 NW 1/4
Comment (Deposit): MOST ACTIVE IN EARLY 1880'S. PATENTED. 550 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. M., 1935 , MINING ACTIVITIES IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 31 , NO. 1 , P. 24 - 25 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, L. A., 1950 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MADERA COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 46 , NO. 4 , P. 472 , PL. 73 .
Reference (Deposit): MCLAUGHLIN, R. P. & BRADLEY, W. W., 1914 , MADERA COUNTY: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 14 , P. 542 .
Reference (Production): MCLAUGHLIN & BRADLEY ( 1914 )
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