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Browne Pit

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10149751
MAS/MILS ID 0320190167
Record type Site
Current site name Browne Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.15159, 39.5802 (WGS84)
Elevation 1253
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fernley East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 N 025 E 23 NWSWSW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PIT IS REPORTED IN SEC. 22. HOWEVER, THE FERNLEY EAST 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP SHOWS A PIT IN ADJACENT SEC. 23 WHERE THE LOCATION OF THIS RECORD IS PLACED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.15159, 39.5802
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pyramid Sand And Gravel
    ID 2601258
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. INDUS. COMM. DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    APRIL, 1975, P. 42.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-APR-93 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

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