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Georgia Pacific Gypsum Quarry

Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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  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 10294613
MAS/MILS ID 0320030421
Record type Site
Current site name Georgia Pacific Gypsum Quarry
Alternate or previous names Weiser Ridge, Weiser Ridge Grypsum Prospect, Glendale Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.57722, 36.53829 (WGS84)
Elevation 780
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weiser Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 S 066 E 14 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: NBMG REPORT 45 (1989, P. 10) GIVES A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF T. 15 S.; HOWEVER, PLATE 1 SHOWS THIS SITE IN T. 16 S. THIS RECORD IS PLOTTED IN SEC. 14, T. 16 S., R. 66 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.57722, 36.53829
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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 BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS,NEV.INDUS.MINERALS,1973,P.9

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 45, 1989, P. 10.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-1993 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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