The Enterprise Mine is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 2,149 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: 2,149 Feet (655 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.84639, -123.12278
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Enterprise Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Enterprise Mine
Secondary: Yellowstone
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: East Fork
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1882
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET, KIDNEY
Structure
Type: L
Description: Prominant Fault Strike N60w, Dip 47 Ne, Cuts Vein Near W. Faces Of Loney Jack Workings
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 4 TONS OF CON ASSAYED $300-$400/TON IN GOLD BY FLOTATION.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MAIN VEIN STOPED OUT FOR LENGTH OF 1600 FT., 147 FT. ABOVE CREEK. SOME STOPING ON ANOTHER BRANCH VEIN. 2000 FT. ADIT, 75 FT. ABOVE CREEK, WITH VEIN STOPED OUT TO LEVEL ABOVE FOR LENGTH OF 350 FT. FROM LOWER LEVEL, WINZE SUNK 180 FT. AND 100 FT. OF CROSSCUTS DONE ON 50 FT. LEVEL. MILLSITE. MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF WORKINGS IN LOGAN (1926).
Comment (Geology): NARROW DIORITIC DIKES INTRUDE META-ANDESITE
Comment (Deposit): 18 CLAIMS, OF WHICH 3, THE GROUP KNOWN AS YELLOWSTONE, WERE PATENTED ALSO INCLUDED NORTH STAR WORKINGS, LONE JACK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, AVG. 2 FT. THICK. ENTERPRISE VEIN BETWEEN DIORITE WALLS; SEVERAL STEP FAULTS SEPARATE VEIN 2-15 FT. WITH QUARTZ CONTINUOUS BETWEEN BREAKS. VEIN FROM 6 IN-6 FT. THICK WITH LITTLE OR NO GAUGE. OTHER BODIES OF BLANKET QUARTZ PARALLEL TO ENTERPRISE ON SAME SIDE OF CANYON. NUMEROUS JOINT-FILLED PLANS BETWEEN VEINS, PROMOTED BY BLOCKY NATURE OF COUNTRY ROCK. BROWN (1913) CLAIMED THAT SOME OF ORE CARRIED TELLURIUM.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: NO ORE YIELDING LESS THAN $7/TON COULD BE WORKED AT PROFIT
Comment (Production): FORMER LESSEES STATE 100 TONS FROM WINZE WORKINGS ON LONELY JACK CLAIM YIELD $6500. ALSO STATE THAT 3000 TONS OF ORE YIELDED $110,000. ENTERPRISE CLAIM ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF CREEK STATED TO HAVE YIELD $100,000. NO OTHER PRODUCTION DATA FOUND.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. 2 LOCATIONS, YELLOWSTONE IN SEC. 32, ENTERPRISE IN SEC. 33
Comment (Commodity): QUARTZ CONTAINS FREE GOLD
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1926, TRINITY COUNTY, CA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, P. 18-19, 27
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SISKIJOU, SHASTA AND TRINITY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, P. 887-888
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 705
Reference (Production): AVERILL (1941) LOGAN (1926) GOODWIN (1957)
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, CV, 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 33-34
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