The Kenton is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 3,720 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,720 Feet (1,134 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.45472, -120.85806
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Kenton MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kenton
Secondary: Kenton Annex King Solomon
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Carbonate
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): HIGH GRADE ORE ASSOCIATED COARSE ARSENOPYRITE. GOLD ASSOC W AREAS OF POST-FIRST-QUARTZ SHEARING
Comment (Geology): 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.
Comment (Production): NO SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION SINCE 1892 , THO REOPENED SINCE THEN SEVERAL TIMES. CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATED GIVE $90,000 TOTAL PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, 2 UPPER ADITS CAVED.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 38 , NO. 1 , P. 58 .
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G., & GANNETT, R. W., 1932 , GOLD QTZ VEINS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CALIF.; USGS PROF. PAPER 172 , P. 97 , 98 , FIG. 28 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1929 , SIERRA CO.: CDMM 25TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, APRIL, P. 179 .
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