State Highway Dept

Producer in Sweetwater county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133367
MAS/MILS ID 560370266
Record type Site
Current site name State Highway Dept

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -109.40471, 42.04943 (WGS84)
Elevation 2021
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Moved coordinates approx. 1,300 m south to disturbed area visible on satellite imagery. Location on CR-2 is very small scale, but appears to be at least 1 mi. ENE of Eden.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Farson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 024N 106W Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) Green River Formation - Laney Member

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CR-2 does not map any gravel in this area. State geologic map maps this as Laney member of Tertiary Green River Fm.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROOT ET AL 1973 WYO GEOL SURV CR-2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2011-11-10 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Added PLSS to match CR-2

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references