Mine · Churchill County, Nevada, United States

Black Mountain

Black Mountain is a mine in Churchill County, Nevada, United States, operated by Gopher Construction, Inc.

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Location	Churchill County	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating (intermittent)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Commodities	industrial sand (mainly industrial sand)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Gopher Construction, Inc.	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Employees	7 people (annual average, in 2025)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Mine type	Surface	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	39.6475, -119.1831	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this mine: 645 water rights (345 active), 10 data centers (1 operating, 161 MW) and 2 power plants (1 operating, 1,033 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Mark Iv Well water right 94805T	Water right	560 acre-ft/year	Permitted	2.9 km
Fernley Well #9a water right 49229	Water right	2,896 acre-ft/year	Permitted	4.5 km
Fernley Area effluent water right 74009S01	Water right	1,173 acre-ft/year	Permitted	4.5 km
Sierra Solar Hybrid	Power plant	800 MW	Planned	26 km
Google Storey County	Data center	161 MW	Operating	27 km
Tahoe Reno 1	Data center	—	—	29 km
Tahoe Reno 2	Data center	—	—	30 km
Tracy	Power plant	1,033 MW	Operating	31 km

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Data on this page

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion. Nevada Division of Water Resources water rights points of diversion, CC0 1.0 Universal.