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Cinder Cone Pit

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Pumice
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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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198491
MAS/MILS ID 0320230215
Record type Site
Current site name Cinder Cone Pit
Alternate or previous names Cinder Cone Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -116.51118, 36.68777 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Dune(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014 S 048 E 36 S2SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: NV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION (1976 THRU 1992), AND MINOBRAS (1973, P. 35) REPORT THIS MINE IN SEC. 28, T. 14 S., R. 49 E., AMARGOSA VALLEY 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP. THE 1983 PHOTOREVISION OF THIS MAP DOES NOT SHOW A CINDER CONE IN THE VICINITY OF THE REPORTED LEGAL DESCRIPTION, WHICH CASTS A SHADOW OF CREDIBILITY OVER THE REPORTED LOCATION. THIS RECORD IS PLOTTED ON A MINE SYMBOL ON A SMALL CINDER CONE IN UNSURVEYED SEC. 36, T. 14 S., R. 48 E., AS SHOWN ON THE BIG DUNE 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -116.51118, 36.68777
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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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cind-R-Lite Block Co.
    ID 2600101
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    NV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 49.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JUL-97 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)

StatusActive since 11/12/2014
MSHA mine ID2600101
Mine name (MSHA)Cind R Lite Cinder Cone Mine
Current operatorAllied Building Materials Inc / Cind R Lite Block
Current controller (parent)Thomas Allen
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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