Zenda Mine

Plant in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10114893
MRDS ID MP25800
MAS/MILS ID 0060290379
Record type Site
Current site name Zenda Mine
Related records 10104173

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -118.46532, 35.29059 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 030 S 033 E 29 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Plant type Leach

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hecla Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1997
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Equinox Resources Ltd. (In Mar 94 Amalg Into Hecla)
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1990
    Last year 1994

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 1089000mt ore
    Total resources 1089000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.75 g/mt Gold Major 1993
    Silver Ag 28.5 g/mt Silver Minor 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    EQUINOX RESOURCES LTD. 1992 ANNUAL REPORT, P.7.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, P. 131.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1990.

  • Deposit

    EQUINOX RESOURCES LTD. 1990 ANNUAL REPORT, P.5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LISTED BY 1996/97 RANDOL AS POST FEAS. STAG: WILL KEEP AS PAST PRODUCER TILL MORE DATA IS AVAILABLE, REMOVED FROM ADIT, 06/97.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.