Unknown Gravel Pit

Unknown in Sweetwater county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10400870
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unknown Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-109.248, 41.772 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boars Tusk SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitter(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Wyoming	Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
6th Principal	021N	105W	24 ; 25	C of S edge ; C of N edge	Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-109.248, 41.772	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface
Commodity type	Non-metallic

Comments on development

Southern part of pit has been long abandoned and reclaimed. Hardly any scarring remains visible on 2013 satellite imagery. Surface disturbances to the north are only slightly more visible. Site has been abandoned for a long time.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Location

USGS, 1986, Boars Tusk SW 1:24,000 topo map.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	2013-03-28	Wilson, Anna B.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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