The Enterprise Mine is a copper mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,799 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: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 44.5708, -117.06170
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Enterprise Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Enterprise Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Mineral 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Sturgill Peak Area
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Area Appears To Be On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of General N.E. Trend.
Type: L
Description: In Places, Veins Offset By Faults Of Ene Trend And N Dip.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE BOONE MINE, HIGH ON RIDGE ABOVE THE OLD TOWN OF MINERAL.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 180 - FOOT CROSSCUT WITH 380 FEET OF DRIFTS.
Comment (Geology): METALLIC MINERALS ARE FINE-GRAINED AND SHOW A TENDENCY TO FORM BANDED, DISCONTINUOUS CONCENTRIC STRUCTURES, SUGGESTING THE COLLOFORM.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
Comment (Commodity): ACTIVE IN 1890'S AND 1918 - 1922
References
Reference (Production): ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952; IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, ALFRED L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P, (FIGS.1,2,12)
Reference (Deposit): 1952 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMP. 9
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