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County Pit

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10246406
MAS/MILS ID 0320190153
Record type Site
Current site name County Pit
Alternate or previous names Smith-Wellington Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.39928, 38.77071 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
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

Oreana Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 N 023 E 34 W2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PIT IS REPORTED IN SEC. 33. HOWEVER, THE OREANA PEAK 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP SHOWS TWO PITS IN SEC. 34. THE LOCTION OF THIS RECORD IS PLACED ON THE PIT IN THE SE/4NW/4SW/4 SEC. 34.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.39928, 38.77071
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lyon County Road District #3
    ID 2600836
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV INDUS COMM DIR OF ACTIVE MINE OPS, JAN 31, 1977, P.34

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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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