Lower Naturalite Pit & Plant

Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodity Pumice
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 10296441
MAS/MILS ID 0320290081
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Naturalite Pit & Plant
Alternate or previous names Lower Naturalite

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.5224, 39.3399 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flowery Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017 N 022 E 16 S2S2NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.5224, 39.3399

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 Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Apco Aggregates, Inc.
    ID 2601006
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Galss Mountain Block
    ID 2601006
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTION OF MINES, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, APRIL 1976, P.60

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS \0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY \0\0\0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1982, P. 52.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 05/04/2000
MSHA mine ID2601006
Mine name (MSHA)Basalite Dayton
Current operatorBasalite Concrete Products, LLC
Current controller (parent)Pacific Coast Building Products Inc
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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