Whiting Bros Pit & Mill

Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221453
MAS/MILS ID 0320030386
Record type Site
Current site name Whiting Bros Pit & Mill
Alternate or previous names Whiting Bros Mill, Sunrise Pit, East Side Pit & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -115.02023, 36.14029 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Las Vegas NE(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 062 E 11 N2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -115.02023, 36.14029

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 BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Whiting Brothers Construction Co. (2600464)
    ID 2600464
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Diamond Construction Co. (2600697)
    ID 2600464
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Las Vegas Paving Co. (2601195)
    ID 2600464
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1974, P. 8, 9.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1978, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1977, P. 8.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-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 09/10/2004
MSHA mine ID2600464
Mine name (MSHA)Nipton Pit
Current operatorWhiting Huntington, LLC
Current controller (parent)Craig C Whiting; Michael T Huntington
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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