Cinder Cone Mine

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Volcanic Materials
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046571
MRDS ID M241756
Record type Site
Current site name Cinder Cone Mine
Alternate or previous names Possibly Same As Cind-R-Lite Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.50949, 36.68247 (WGS84)
Elevation 823

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Dune(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015S 048E 01 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Volcanic Materials Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.50949, 36.68247

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lee, (Big Dune) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cind-R-Lite Block Co., Ernest Selman, Supt.
    Home office 3333 Cinder Lane, Las Vegas, Nv 89103

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS ACTIVE OPEN-PIT MINE EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS IN 1982.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING 1982: NBMG REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.