Apex Mine

Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149706
MAS/MILS ID 0320030066
Record type Site
Current site name Apex Mine
Alternate or previous names Schumaker Gypsum Mine, Apex Pit, White Eagle Gypsum Claims, Apex

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.88053, 36.22059 (WGS84)
Elevation 561
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchman Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 S 064 E 07 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO EXTENDS INTO S 18, T 20 S, R 64 E, AND UNSURVEYED T 20 S, R 63 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.88053, 36.22059

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pabco Gypsum
    ID 2600093
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS NEV INDUST MINERALS 1973 P.10

  • Deposit

    NEV.BUR MINES BULL 62 1965 P.204

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-93 Overbay, D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 08/29/1975
MSHA mine ID2600093
Mine name (MSHA)PABCO Gypsum Apex Quarry
Current operatorPABCO Building Products LLC
Current controller (parent)Pacific Coast Building Products Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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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.