State Highway Dept

Past 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157370
MAS/MILS ID 560370251
Record type Site
Current site name State Highway Dept

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.3147, 41.7072 (WGS84)
Elevation 2094
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position Location unconfirmed. No gravel pits on topo in this Township, no evidence on satellite images of a gravel pit.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tipton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Divide Closed Basin(hydrologic unit)

Great Divide Closed Basin(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sweetwater

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.3147, 41.7072

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 2011-11-22 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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