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Pilot Quarry

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045998
MRDS ID M233903
Record type Site
Current site name Pilot Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.25726, 40.8202 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MILE W. OF PILOT SIDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Morris Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pilot-Thousand Springs, Nevada, Utah(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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
034N 068E 14,13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON EASTERN FLANK OF TOANO RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.25726, 40.8202
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1960

Mining district

District name Proctor

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah Construction And Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMESTONE QUARRY
Deposit LIMESTONE WAS MINED FROM THE PILOT QUARRY 1/2 MILE W. OF PILOT SIDING ON WPRR, BY THE UTAH CONSTRUCTION AND MINING CO. DURING 1960. A SAMPLE BULK SHIPMENT TO AN OUT-OF-STATE LIME PLANT WAS MADE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Tingley, J.V. 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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