Walker Mine

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10115362
MRDS ID M007304
MAS/MILS ID 0060170032
Record type Site
Current site name Walker Mine
Alternate or previous names Darrington, Walker Property
Related records 10029632

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.07323, 38.6766 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clarksville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 008 E 35 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 75E
    Length 30M
    Width 1M
    Area 15HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N35W:75E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 15
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Clarksville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Hancock Mutual Life Ins Co,Owner Of Surface,1976
    Interest 100
    Home office Massachusetts
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bankers Title Guranty Co,Owner Of Mineral Rights
    Interest 90
    Home office California
    Year 1976
    First year 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1951
    Inferred 1500mt ore
    Total resources 2000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 100 wt-pct Chromium Trace 1951
    Iron Fe 10 wt-pct Iron Trace 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR OF MINE AND GEOL,VOL.52,NO 4,P. 393,CLARKE AND CA

  • Deposit

    956

  • Deposit

    CDMG BULL 134 PT 3,CHAPT 4 P.126,CATER,1951

  • Deposit

    COOPERATIVE WAR MINERAL INVEST INCALIF UNPUBL REPORT,TALIAFE

  • Deposit

    8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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