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Unknown-Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045159
MRDS ID M232836
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown-Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.13675, 40.70019 (WGS84)
Relative position TWO MILES S.W. OF CARLIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carlin West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 052E 33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.13675, 40.70019
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carlin

Comments on the workings information

  • GRAVEL PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. CARLIN 15' TOPOGRAPHIC QUAD, SERIES U796, 1952

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLASTIC STREAM GRAVELS
Deposit GRAVEL PIT SHOWN ON CARLIN QUAD, 15' 1950. LOCATED JUST NORTH OF PACIFIC RR. TRACKS, LITE PIT IS SITUATED IN THE FLOOD CHANNEL OF THE HUMBOLDT RIVER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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