Mine detail: Walker

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Location: Plumas County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.96016, -120.66854
dep_id: 10077104
mrds_id: W024539
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Jamesonite, Pyrrhotite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Barite, Cordierite, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.)
hrock_type: Schist
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Faults: Max. Displacement 20 Ft. Cut The Veins: A Qtz-Diorite Dike Is Found To Displace Veins 10 Ft.
prod_yrs: 1931 ,
References:
  • Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1937 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF PLUMAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 33 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 95 - 103
  • Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1924 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION; 24TH REPT. STATE MIN.: CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 280 - 285
  • Deposit:: GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 599
  • Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A., 1921 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 17TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 471 - 473
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