Fay Pit

Producer in Albany 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10254462
MAS/MILS ID 0560010274
Record type Site
Current site name Fay Pit
Alternate or previous names Yoeman Contractors Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.60451, 41.23307 (WGS84)
Elevation 2198
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Laramie(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015 N 073 W 29 SE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.60451, 41.23307

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Wyoming Construction Co.
    ID 4800307
    Home office Wyoming
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION DATA

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 1980-JAN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Rjs U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/17/1981
MSHA mine ID4800307
Mine name (MSHA)Faye Pit
Current operatorSterling Sand & Gravel Company Of Wyoming
Current controller (parent)Koppers Co Inc & Redland Plc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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