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Red Sand Pit

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silica
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  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 10173871
MAS/MILS ID 0320030377
Record type Site
Current site name Red Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.44522, 36.50219 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
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

Overton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 016 S 067 E 36 NWSWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.44522, 36.50219
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Simplot Silica Products
    ID 2600394
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEV MINES OCT. 1975, STATE INSPECTOR

  • Deposit

    MINES, P. 6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-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)

StatusAbandoned since 06/19/1980
MSHA mine ID2600394
Mine name (MSHA)Red Sand Quarry
Current operatorSimplot Silica Products
Current controller (parent)Scott Simplot
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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