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Sparks Pit & Mill

Producer in Washoe 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 10247494
MAS/MILS ID 0320310237
Record type Site
Current site name Sparks Pit & Mill
Alternate or previous names Sparks Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.7288, 39.53319 (WGS84)
Elevation 1353
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vista(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019 N 020 E 10 N2NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE LOCATION OF THIS PIT WAS REPORTED IN SECS, 3 AND 10; THESE ARE THE SAME PIT, THE BULK OF WHICH IS IN SEC. 10.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) Older alluvium and alluvial fan deposits
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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 Operator
    Owner Helms Rock And Sand Co.
    ID 2600449
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEVADA MINES FOR 1975, P.61

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEVADA MINES FOR 1976, P.52

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEVADA MINES FOR 1977, P.51

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEVADA MINES FOR 1978, P.53

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAR-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 06/13/1994
MSHA mine ID2600449
Mine name (MSHA)Helms Rock & Sand Pit
Current operatorHelms Rock & Sand
Current controller (parent)Helms Robert L Construction & Development Co
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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