Faith Pit

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Clay
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246999
MAS/MILS ID 0320310033
Record type Site
Current site name Faith Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.7674, 39.3877 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Rose NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 020 E 32 E2NWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.7674, 39.3877

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS: NEV IND MIN (1973) P 42

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE &

  • Deposit

    STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA, WITH A SECTION ON INDUSTRIAL

  • Deposit

    MINERALS BY K.G. PAPKE: NBMG BULL 70, P.114-115.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-MAR-1993 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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