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Kenton

Past Producer in Sierra 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086512
MRDS ID X025379
Record type Site
Current site name Kenton
Alternate or previous names Kenton Annex King Solomon
Related records 10140672

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.85909, 39.45461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1134
Relative position 1 MI SW OF ALLEGHANY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alleghany(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 010E 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH GRADE ORE ASSOCIATED COARSE ARSENOPYRITE. GOLD ASSOC W AREAS OF POST-FIRST-QUARTZ SHEARING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Carbonate

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.85909, 39.45461
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 E
    Dip 45 E
    Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS N ATTITUDE GIVEN ABOVE. TO THE S IT SWINGS NEARLY PARALLEL TO SERPENTINE CONTACT, OR N 30 W. DIP VARIES FROM 25 - 80 W. IN PLACES QTZ ABSENT OR BECOMES SML IRREGULAR STRINGERS ALONG REPEATEDLY SHEARED WALLS. LATER SHEARING HAS CRUSHED QTZ, OR BRECCIATED IT - THIS FOLLOWED BY QTZ CEMENT. ALSO A BRECCIA OF PARTLY SILICIFIED GABBRO. SHEARING VARIES IN INTENSITY - IN ONE PLACE, LITTLE GOUGE, & A FEW FEET AWAY. MUCH EVIDENCE OF REVERSE LEFT LATERAL MOVEMENT. POST MINERAL SHEARS ARE STEEPER, & CUT VEIN IRREGULARLY. VEIN ENTIRELY IN GABBRO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION SINCE 1892 , THO REOPENED SINCE THEN SEVERAL TIMES. CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATED GIVE $90,000 TOTAL PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 24.282HA
    Overall depth 82.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, 2 UPPER ADITS CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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