Hughes Rock & Sand Pit

Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222498
MAS/MILS ID 0320190148
Record type Site
Current site name Hughes Rock & Sand Pit
Alternate or previous names Ricci Pit, Dayton - Helms Pit, Anderson Pit & Mill, Dayton Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.5949, 39.2374 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dayton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 021 E 23 E2E2W2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.5949, 39.2374

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Helms Rock And Sand
    ID 2600431
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Eagle Valley Construction Co.
    ID 2600431
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hughes Rock And Sand
    ID 2600431
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. I -

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    NEV. INDUS. COMM. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS,

  • Deposit

    JAN. 31, 1977, P. 33, 36.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE

  • Deposit

    DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION OF MINE

  • Deposit

    INSPECTION, 1982, P. 45.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-APR-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 08/22/1997
MSHA mine ID2600431
Mine name (MSHA)HUGHES ROCK & SAND PIT
Current operatorHughes Rock & Sand Inc
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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