USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Kern County
Zenda Mine
Unconfirmed Gold Underground 1 mapped shaft
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Kern
- Development status
- Plant
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
- California DMR status
- RECLAIMED
- Reclamation status
- RECLAMATION NOT STARTED
- DMR report year
- 2008
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Au mine located in sec. 30, T30S, R33E, MDM, 1.5 km (1.0 mile) SSW of Millersville and 3.1 km (1.9 miles) WSW of Loraine, on the divide between Studhorse Canyon on the E and Big Last Chance Canyon on the W (located claim). The property compris…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- Shaft : Loraine , 1972
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Plant): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
California state reporting
- Operator: EQUINOX RESOURCES (CA), INC.
- Report year: 2008
Historical record
- Development status: Plant
Operators / organizations
- Equinox Resources Ltd. (In Mar 94 Amalg Into Hecla) · Historical operator · 1990
- Hecla Mining Co. · Historical operator · 1997
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Native Gold
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
California DMR Mines Online
Type: California state mining record
Record: 91-15-0070
Supports:
- operation status
- reclamation information
- reporting year
- operation type
A DMR match does not by itself prove underground workings.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 80736
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (1)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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