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West Coast Silica Pit & Mill

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294811
MAS/MILS ID 0320030505
Record type Site
Current site name West Coast Silica Pit & Mill
Alternate or previous names West Coast Silica Pit and Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.44192, 36.51439 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Overton(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 067 E 25 SESENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.44192, 36.51439
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Johns-Manville Products Corp.
    ID 2601441
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERA-

  • Deposit

    TIONS ACTIVE DURING 1978. NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION,

  • Deposit

    JAN., 1979, P. 8.

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 06/30/1980
MSHA mine ID2601441
Mine name (MSHA)West Coast Silica Pit And Mill
Current operatorJack Perkins
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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