Unknown Sand and Gravel pit

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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400994
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Sand and Gravel pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -109.13672, 41.82091 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position Clearly visible on 2013 ArcGIS satellite imagery. Appears to be abandoned. There has been no mining here in a number of years. Scar partially reclaimed and replanted but still very visible.

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 21N 104W 1 NW4 of SE4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -109.13672, 41.82091

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Searle Bros. Const. Co.
    Year 2013
    First year 1994

Comments on development

  • DEQ Limited Mine Operation permit ET0941
  • Appears abandoned and partially reclaimed. No mining here for years.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Unusual, in that this deposit is in red rocks.

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.