The Walker Mine is a mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 899 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
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Walker Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Walker Mine
Secondary: Darrington
Secondary: Walker Property
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
District: Clarksville
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: State Lease
Type: Private Lease
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bankers Title Guranty Co,Owner Of Mineral Rights
Percent: 90.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Years: 1976 -
Owner Name: John Hancock Mutual Life Ins Co,Owner Of Surface,1976
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Massachusetts
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE MINABLE GRADE 10% CR2O3.WITH 15-17% FEO TALIAFERRO AND CATER ESTIMATE 1500 TONS OF ORE IN SIGHT.RECO 703. HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1MILE OF MINE. -INSUFFICIEN RCE FOR COSTING ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E=S102 07.94,CR2O3 40.19,FEO 14.85,TOTAL FE 22.51,AL203 09.4 2.24,CR/FE 1.57.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF JOUR OF MINE AND GEOL,VOL.52,NO 4,P. 393,CLARKE AND CA
Reference (Deposit): 956
Reference (Deposit): CDMG BULL 134 PT 3,CHAPT 4 P.126,CATER,1951
Reference (Deposit): COOPERATIVE WAR MINERAL INVEST INCALIF UNPUBL REPORT,TALIAFE
Reference (Deposit): 8
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