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Red Gorge Pit

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221486
MAS/MILS ID 0320030073
Record type Site
Current site name Red Gorge Pit
Alternate or previous names Red George Pit, West Coast Silica Co. Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.52362, 36.56559 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weiser Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(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 016 S 067 E 05 SWSESW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: LOCATION IS PLACED AT A MINE IN THE SW/4 SEC. 5, AS SHOWN ON THE WEISER RIDGE 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.52362, 36.56559
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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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 62, 1965, P. 209.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 45, 1989, P. 10.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-FEB-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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