Ring Road Pit & Plant

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver
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 10271697
MAS/MILS ID 0320310305
Record type Site
Current site name Ring Road Pit & Plant
Alternate or previous names Ring Road Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.84681, 39.52129 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
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

Reno(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(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 019 N 019 E 09 SESE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST END OF RENO OFF I80.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) Older gravels

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Robert L. Helms Constructions Co.
    ID 2601519
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA, 1979.

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 05/22/1979
MSHA mine ID2601519
Mine name (MSHA)Ring Road Pit
Current operatorRobert L Helms Construction
Current controller (parent)Helms Robert L Construction & Development Co
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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