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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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230130
MAS/MILS ID 560370249
Record type Site
Current site name State Highway Dept

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.66899, 41.67592 (WGS84)
Elevation 1881
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Two additional deposits are adjacent, one to 1500 m the WNW the other 1000 m to the ESE. Deposits are visible on satellite imagery. Unable to determine exactly which one was the one on CR-2.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stevens Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Slate(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 20N 109W 36 NW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Alluvium and Colluvium
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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. Site is abandoned.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROOT ET AL 1973 WYO GEOL SURV CR-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Two additional deposits are adjacent, one to 1500 m the WNW the other 1000 m to the ESE. Deposits are visible on satellite imagery. Unable to determine exactly which one was the one on 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.

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