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Zenda

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048786
MRDS ID MP90011
Record type Site
Current site name Zenda

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.4662, 35.29138 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI SOUTH-WEST OF LORAINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loraine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 31S 33E 29 SW4 California

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES MOST OF THE DRAINAGE OF THE SALMON RIVER. AN AREA OF ABOUT 800 SQUARE MILES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Granitic Rocks In The Area Contain Roof Pendants Of Pre-Cambrian Age Metasedimentary Rocks Which Are Trending North-East

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 40NW
    Length 91.44M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wall Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • VARIOUS IGNEOUS INTRUSIONS INTO A BELT OF SLATY SCHISTS IN THE AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1909
Production years 1910-22, 1928-LITTLE PRODUCTION

Mining district

District name Loraine

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Zenda Gold Mining Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK 1994

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B. W., MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 1, 370 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LODE DEPOSITS HAVE ALSO BEEN FOUND IN THE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JUL-1995 Sachiko Tanikawa U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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