Rilite Mine & Plant

Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Pumice
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149472
MAS/MILS ID 0320030656
Record type Site
Current site name Rilite Mine & Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -115.17083, 35.7817 (WGS84)
Elevation 1308
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

Hidden Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 S 061 E 09 NESWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -115.17083, 35.7817

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tri-Delta Mining And Crushing Of Nevada, Inc.
    ID 2601563
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES,DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING 1979,NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION,APRIL 1980,

  • Deposit

    P. 10

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION

  • Deposit

    OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, P. 7.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-FEB-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)

StatusActive since 09/27/2011
MSHA mine ID2601563
Mine name (MSHA)Money Pit Mine
Current operatorSNL Sand LLC
Current controller (parent)Vincent Apple
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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