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Desert Creek Pit

Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10222708
MAS/MILS ID 0320190071
Record type Site
Current site name Desert Creek Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.31568, 38.70961 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 024 E 20 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PIT EXTENDS INTO THE N/2NE/4 SEC. 29.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.31568, 38.70961
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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 Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner H. E. Hunewill Construction Co., Inc.
    ID 2601002
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV INDUS COMM DIR OF ACT NEV MINE OPS, JAN 31, 1977, P.35

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE

  • Deposit

    DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION OF MINE

  • Deposit

    INSPECTION, 1982, P. 36.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/11/2003
MSHA mine ID2601002
Mine name (MSHA)CEDARAPIDS JAW CRUSHER,S/N5052
Current operatorH E Hunewill Construction Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Loren E Hunewill
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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