Walker Lane Mining LLC (Rawhide)

Walker Lane Mining LLC (Rawhide) is a surface gold mine in Mineral County, Nevada, near Fallon. MSHA lists its status as active since Sep 25, 2011 and records 67 employees. It is one of 57 gold mines in Nevada that are not marked abandoned, and one of 4 in Mineral County; by employees it ranks 26 of 54 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Active since Sep 25, 2011
Type
Surface
County
Mineral County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
Nearest town
Fallon
Employees reported
67
Operator
Walker Lane Mining LLC
Coordinates
39.0036, -118.3861
MSHA mine ID
2601030

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
Rawhide Deposit
USGS status
Producer
Commodities
Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Antimony, Molybdenum, Zinc, Chlorine, Bromine, Aluminum, Tungsten, Selenium, Mercury
Deposit type
Epithermal vein, Comstock
Workings
Surface/Underground
Output size
medium (USGS class)
Production years
from 1907
Discovered
1906

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10072140 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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