USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Plumas County
Walker Mine
Unconfirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Plumas
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Walkermine, Walker Extension - 2 Miles North, Native Son
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Source classification: Underground operation documented
Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 adit symbol
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Amax Inc. · Historical operator · 1978
- Continental Oil Co. (Connoco) · Historical operator · 1978
- Calicopia Corp.,Robt Barry Pres. Beverly Hills Cal · Source-reported owner · 1978
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Actinolite
- Biotite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chlorite
- Feldspar
- Galena
- Garnet
View all 19 reported minerals
- Actinolite
- Biotite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chlorite
- Feldspar
- Galena
- Garnet
- Gold
- Jamesonite
- Magnetite
- Pyrite
- Pyroxene
- Pyrrhotite
- Quartz
- Sphalerite
- Stibnite
- Tetrahedrite
- Tourmaline
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
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