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State Highway Dept

Past Producer in Sweetwater county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  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 10133640
MAS/MILS ID 560370238
Record type Site
Current site name State Highway Dept

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.9489, 41.7294 (WGS84)
Elevation 2082
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 2 pits shown on topo in sections 8 and 9. Probably combined on CR-2. CR-2 also shows a pit on the west side of Hwy 371 (Horsethief Canyon) but none is marked on topo or readily apparent on satellite imagery.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thayer Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Desert Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitter(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 020N 102W 8, 9 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.9489, 41.7294
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • No current operation visible on 2011 satellite imagery. Changed status from producer to past producer.

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 2011-11-21 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Moved coordinates about 2000 m ESE to gravel pit marked on topo in W2 NW of SW Sec. 8. Another gravel pit is near the center of the N2 of Sec. 8. Record is combined.

Beyond USGS

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

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