The Walker is a gold and copper mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 1,099 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: 1,099 Feet (335 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.6525, -122.42167
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Walker MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Walker
Secondary: Dowling Mining and Investment Company
Secondary: Josephine and Providence
Secondary: Star Gulch Mining Company
Secondary: Utah and California
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: Old Diggings
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/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: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Location): COORDINATES ACCURATE
Comment (Commodity): ORE CARRIES LARGE PERCENTAGE OF SULFIDES
Comment (Workings): 14 CLAIMS; MAIN ADIT 2,300 FT., 2 OTHER ADITS 900 , 1,100 ; LATED DEVELOPMENT OTHER DIFFERENT VEINS LEAD TO GLORY - HOLE AND SQUARE - CUT METHODS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 1 OF 6 VEINS INITIALLY DEVELOPED; VEINS 3 - 50 FT. THICK; RHYOLITE DIKES PASSING THROUGH THE OLD DIGGING DISTRICT APPEAR TO FINGER OUT INTO SEVERAL SMALLER DIKES ON THIS PROPERTY; SOME BRECCIA ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
References
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 259
Reference (Deposit): REF. MCGREGOR, ALEX, 1890 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 630 - 631
Reference (Deposit): 2) REF. LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY, CAL.: CDMG, COUNTY REPT. 6 , 154 P.
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1939 , MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CDM REPT. 35 , P. 154 - 156
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G. C., 1916 SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT 14 , P. 803
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