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Walker

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103045
MRDS ID M021289
Record type Site
Current site name Walker
Alternate or previous names Dowling Mining and Investment Company, Josephine and Providence, Star Gulch Mining Company, Utah and California

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.42276, 40.65235 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position ABOUT 7 MILES N OF REDDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shasta Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 005W 03,04 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ACCURATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE CARRIES LARGE PERCENTAGE OF SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.42276, 40.65235
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike NE
    Dip 70 SE
    Thickness 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 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.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Old Diggings

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 161.88HA
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • 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.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1939 , MIN. RES. OF SHASTA COUNTY: CDM REPT. 35 , P. 154 - 156

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1916 SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT 14 , P. 803

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 259

  • Deposit

    REF. MCGREGOR, ALEX, 1890 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 630 - 631

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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