Granger Gravel

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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400708
Record type Site
Current site name Granger Gravel
Alternate or previous names Sweetwater Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -109.902, 41.629 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Coordinates are for eastern margin of pit, based on 2013 satellite imagery. Coordinates supplied by WY DEQ-LQD are 41.629223 -109.904825, which is just 220 m to the east where the access road leaves the main road. Deposit is NW of the RR tracks.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

USGS map quadrangles

Sevenmile Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 019N 111W 13 NW4 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • A.B. Wilson moved coordinates approx. 600 m to the NE to the abandoned pit visible on 2013 satellite imagery in ArcGIS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -109.902, 41.629

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Gorge Sand & Gravel Inc.
    Home office Green River, WY
    Year 2001
  • Type Unknown
    Owner F M C WY Corp
    Year 2013
    First year 1991

Comments on development

  • DEQ Small mine Permit SP0635

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Identification

    National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association and USGS, 2001, Aggregates Industry Atlas of the United States: CD-ROM available from NSSGA.org.

  • Deposit

    Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, 2013, Land Quality Division Permitted Mines Database.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2013-03-12 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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