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Sand and Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Pershing 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103882
MRDS ID M060293
Record type Site
Current site name Sand and Gravel Pit
Related records 10247469

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.5457, 40.13628 (WGS84)
Elevation 1207

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West of Lovelock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026E 031E 08,09 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TAKEN AT CENTRAL PIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.5457, 40.13628
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Butte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PIT 3500 FT LONG AND AVERAGES 300 FT WIDE AND 20 FT DEEP. TWO SMALLER PITS - 1000 FT BY 600 FT AND 10 FT DEEP; 400 FT BY 400 FT AND 10 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961: VOL.1, SO. PACIFIC CO, SAN FRANCISCO, P. 55

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PIT 3500' LONG AND AVERAGES 300' WIDE & 20' DEEP. TWO SMALLER PITS - 1000' BY 600 FT AND 10' DEEP; 400' BY 400' AND 10' DEEP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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