Unknown Gravel Pits

Past Producer in Lincoln 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. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400668
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Gravel Pits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Pit -111.018, 42.982 (WGS84) 10 Pit on south side of hwy 239, east of Baker Ditch.
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Pit -111.017, 42.984 (WGS84) 10 Pit on north side of hwy 239, east of Baker Ditch.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

USGS map quadrangles

Thayne West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 035N 119W 27 C of S2 of SE4 Wyoming
6th Principal 035N 119W 34 C of N2 of NE4 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Neither pit is currently active (as of 2013) and appear to have been reclaimed. However, a much larger operation, currently inactive, is visible just to the south on satellite imagery. And another operation is located south of that.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -111.018, 42.982
Pit (2) -111.017, 42.984

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Location

    USGS, 1981, Thayne West 1:24,000 topographic map.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2013-03-08 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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