Walker River

Occurrence in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031482
MRDS ID M010349
Record type Site
Current site name Walker River
Related records 10140275

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -119.24077, 38.23568 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Alkali(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 025E 04,05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -119.24077, 38.23568

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DEPOSITS OF AURIFEROUS GRAVEL OCCUR IN THE HEAD WATER AREA OF WALKER RIVER NEAR BRIDGEPORT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 30, NOS. 2 AND 3, P. 249

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 135, PL. 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.