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Section 5 Gravel Pit

Occurrence in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037731
MRDS ID M035911
Record type Site
Current site name Section 5 Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.64849, 38.85102 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 8 MI. SE OF GARDNERVILLE ON HWY. 395

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carters Station(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 021E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.64849, 38.85102
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNCONSOLIDATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gardnerville

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFUR OCCURS NEAR GRAVEL PIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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