Nevada Gypsum & Mining

Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197442
MAS/MILS ID 0320030753
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Gypsum & Mining

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.93413, 36.16419 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchman Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(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 020 S 063 E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.93413, 36.16419

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nevada Gypsum And Mining Corp.
    ID 2602128
    Year 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 10, 1990,

  • Deposit

    P. 25.

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 10/07/1992
MSHA mine ID2602128
Mine name (MSHA)Nevada Gypsum
Current operatorSevier Excavating & Construction Company
Current controller (parent)Dastrup Marylene R
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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