Bluemel and Fraughton

Producer in Uinta 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 10400992
Record type Site
Current site name Bluemel and Fraughton

Comments on the site identification

  • 3 separate mines all with different names and owners are contiguous on the same deposit. From north to south: Bluemel (Ready Rocks Inc., Limited Mine Operation permit ET1372), Fraughton (Nix, GT Const. Co., Limited Miner Operation permit ET1238), Fraughton (Oftedal, EH & Sons, Limited Mine Operation permit ET1338).

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -110.3136, 41.2875 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position Three "mines" on same deposit. Coordinates are for approx. center of the group.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uinta(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain View(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Evanston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Uinta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015N 114W 7; 18 SW4 of SW4; NW4 of NW4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -110.3136, 41.2875

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ready Rocks Inc. (Bluemel)
    Year 2013
    First year 2006
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Nix, G T Const. Inc.
    Year 2013
    First year 2003
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Oftedal, E H & Sons
    Year 2013
    First year 2006

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2013-08-16 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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