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Buffalo Road Pit & Mill

Producer in Clark 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 10294487
MAS/MILS ID 0320030381
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Road Pit & Mill
Alternate or previous names Buffalo Pit & Mill, Stocks Mill & Supply Co Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -115.28834, 36.10829 (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

Blue Diamond SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Las Vegas Wash(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 021 S 060 E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -115.28834, 36.10829
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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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Stocks Mill And Supply Co
    ID 2600455
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner W. M. K. Transit Mix, Inc.
    ID 2600455
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1975, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1974, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 7.

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)

StatusAbandoned since 07/29/1987
MSHA mine ID2600455
Mine name (MSHA)Stocks Buffalo Pit & Mine
Current operatorStocks Mill & Supply Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Richard D Ford
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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