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Grimes Flat Pit

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294769
MAS/MILS ID 0320010512
Record type Site
Current site name Grimes Flat Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.64817, 39.4071 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grimes Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 030 E 20 C NWSW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: NDMI DOES NOT REPORT THE LEGAL LOCATION OF THIS PIT. HOWEVER, THE GRIMES POINT 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP SHOWS A BORROW PIT IN THE SW/4 SEC. 20 NEAR GRIMES POINT. WE ASSUME THIS IS THE SAME PIT AND HAVE PLOTTED IT AT THAT LOCATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.64817, 39.4071
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1979

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nevada Paving, Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1980, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1979, P. 3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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