State Highway Department Sand Pit

Unknown 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. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400881
Record type Site
Current site name State Highway Department Sand Pit
Alternate or previous names Unknown Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -108.247, 41.638 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 25(meters)
Relative position Gravel pit on topo matches location shown on CR-2 for Sand Pit.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Desert NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Desert Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 019N 096W 8 SW4 of NE4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -108.247, 41.638

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Non-metallic

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CR-2 (Root and others, 1973) says >25,000 cubic yards. Not clear if that is total size, production, or what.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Root, Glass, and Lane, 1973, Sweetwater County, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming County Resource Series CR-2.

  • Location

    USGS, 1973, Red Desert NW 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.