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Carson Valley Sand Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124944
MAS/MILS ID 0320010366
Record type Site
Current site name Carson Valley Sand Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.78568, 39.7166 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Upsal Hogback(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021 N 028 E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • T.21 N, R.28 E, SECTION 1

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.78568, 39.7166
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED AUGUST 1979

  • Deposit

    MILLER, USBM MLA REPORT IN PROGRESS, 1993.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUL-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.