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First Miss Limestone Pit

Producer in Humboldt 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173616
MAS/MILS ID 0320130509
Record type Site
Current site name First Miss Limestone Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.23096, 41.19989 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dry Hills South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038 N 042 E 03 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.23096, 41.19989
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner First Miss Gold, Inc.
    ID 2601801
    Year 1991
  • Type Operator
    Owner Paiute Pit Aggregate
    ID 2601801
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 44.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-SEP-91 Ridenour, James 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)

StatusAbandoned since 06/01/2005
MSHA mine ID2601801
Mine name (MSHA)Getchell Mine & Mill
Current operatorBarrick Turquoise Ridge Inc
Current controller (parent)Barrick Gold Corp
Mine typeFacility (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

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