The Zenda is a gold mine located in Kern county, California.
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Zenda MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Zenda
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Loraine
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Zenda Gold Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Hydrothermal Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Granitic Rocks In The Area Contain Roof Pendants Of Pre-Cambrian Age Metasedimentary Rocks Which Are Trending North-East
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INCLUDES MOST OF THE DRAINAGE OF THE SALMON RIVER. AN AREA OF ABOUT 800 SQUARE MILES.
Comment (Deposit): LODE DEPOSITS HAVE ALSO BEEN FOUND IN THE AREA.
Comment (Geology): VARIOUS IGNEOUS INTRUSIONS INTO A BELT OF SLATY SCHISTS IN THE AREA.
References
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK 1994
Reference (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.
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