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Zenda Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104173
MRDS ID MP25800
Record type Site
Current site name Zenda Mine
Related records 10114893

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.46786, 35.28999 (WGS84)

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 030S 033E 30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE MINED FROM GLORY HOLE WAS $3/TON, CARRYING 0.08 OZ/TON AU, 3.5 OZ/TON AG

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 35NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amalie Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Zenda Gold Mining Co.
    Home office Los Angeles, California

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMBER OF TUNNELS 150-600 FT LONG AND 2 GLORY HOLES. MAIN TUNNEL HAULAGE DRIVEN N30W FOR 350 FT FROM WHICH POINT AN UPRAISE CONNECTS WITH THE GLORY HOLE.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS OPERATED FROM AUGUST 1, 1923 UNTIL SEPTERMBER 1927, WHEN OPERATIONS WERE SUSPENDED. TRAMWAY 3/4 MILE LONG, FROM MINE TO MILLSITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 339.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 515.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE OUTCROP OF QUARTZ, 30-50 FT WIDE WHERE EXPOSED IN GLORY HOLE. PAY SHOOT 300 FT LONG, AVG 30 FT IN THICKNESS.
Deposit 900 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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