Enterprise

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

Name: Enterprise  

State:  California

County:  Madera

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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