Las Vegas Gypsum Plant

Plant in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271093
MAS/MILS ID 0320039014
Record type Site
Current site name Las Vegas Gypsum Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -114.85913, 36.24029 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Government Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 S 064 E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) Conglomerate and clastic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Refiner

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Johns-Manville Products Corp.
    Year 1975
    Last year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Pabco Gypsum
    ID 2600093
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1977
    First year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1993, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1992, P. 3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-94 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 08/29/1975
MSHA mine ID2600093
Mine name (MSHA)PABCO Gypsum Apex Quarry
Current operatorPABCO Building Products LLC
Current controller (parent)Pacific Coast Building Products Inc
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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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