Unknown Sand and Gravel pit

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. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400957
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Sand and Gravel pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.8204, 41.8821 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position Surface disturbance clearly visible on satellite imagery viewed through ESRI's Map Service in ArcGIS as of Aug. 2013.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thoman School(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Slate(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 022N 109W 18 SW4 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Operation in SW4 of Sec. 18 is clearly visible on satellite imagery. There is no current permit to mine issued in this area by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, therefore it is assumed that this mine is no longer producing. There is no indication of a mine in this area on the USGS Thoman School quadrangle map.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.8204, 41.8821

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Location

    2013 ESRI Map Service Imagery.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2013-08-14 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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