Mine detail: Enterprise Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.57066, -117.06271

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Quartz Latite
Associated rock:	Seven Devils Volcanics-Quartz Latite;Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite,Quartz Latite
Structure:	Area Appears To Be On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of General N.E. Trend., In Places, Veins Offset By Faults Of Ene Trend And N Dip.
Tectonic:	Island Arc
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	W012767
MAS	160870030
DEP	10105579
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)}{Deposit:: 1952 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMP. 9}{Production:: ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952; IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.}
Reporter	Winters, Dick , Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat