Mine · Lyon County, Nevada, United States
Fernley Plant
Fernley Plant is a mine in Lyon County, Nevada, United States, owned by Imerys S A.
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 | Lyon County | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (active) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Commodities | diatomite (mainly diatomite) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Imerys S A (controls the operator) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Imerys Filtration Minerals, Inc. | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Employees | 17 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 | 39.6089, -119.2500 | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchHow its owner compares
Imerys S A owns 23 of the 2,675 mines in the United States in our data with a named owner; 9 owners have more. Counts cover the mines in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Owner in United States | Rank | Mines | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc | 1st | 56 | 2.1% |
| Sev.en Global Investments a.s. | 2nd | 50 | 1.9% |
| Rosebud Mining Company | 3rd | 40 | 1.5% |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Metinvest B V | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Imerys S A | 10th | 23 | 0.86% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this mine: 955 water rights (545 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernley Well #14 water right 70290 | Water right | 724 acre-ft/year | Active | 0.7 km |
| Fernley Well #14 water right 70291 | Water right | 356 acre-ft/year | Active | 0.7 km |
| Fernley Well #14 water right 81142 | Water right | 116 acre-ft/year | Permitted | 0.7 km |
| Google Storey County | Data center | 161 MW | Operating | 20 km |
| Tahoe Reno 1 | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Tahoe Reno 2 | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Tracy | Power plant | 1,033 MW | Operating | 24 km |
| Sierra Solar Hybrid | Power plant | 800 MW | Planned | 33 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.