Mine · Churchill County, Nevada, United States
Pop-Corn
Pop-Corn is a mine in Churchill County, Nevada, United States, owned by USS Holdings 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 | perlite (mainly perlite) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | USS Holdings Inc (controls the operator) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | US Silica Company | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Employees | 2 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 | 39.5625, -119.4814 | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this mine and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its permits, resources and offtake, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow its owner compares
USS Holdings Inc owns 26 of the 2,675 mines in the United States in our data with a named owner; 8 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% |
| USS Holdings Inc | 9th | 26 | 0.97% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this mine: 1,629 water rights (939 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy Segment groundwater water right 19862 | Water right | 161 acre-ft/year | Active | 0.2 km |
| Truckee River water right 29428 | Water right | 173 acre-ft/year | Active | 0.5 km |
| Tracy Segment groundwater water right 62256 | Water right | 206 acre-ft/year | Permitted | 1.1 km |
| Tracy | Power plant | 1,033 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| Data center, Washoe County (OSM way 1210199368) | Data center | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Tahoe Reno 1 | Data center | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Tahoe Reno 2 | Data center | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Sierra Solar Hybrid | Power plant | 800 MW | Planned | 50 km |
Owner, operator and place
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Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- 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.