Potter Pit

Producer in Campbell county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Pumice
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10254318
MAS/MILS ID 0560050560
Record type Site
Current site name Potter Pit
Alternate or previous names Morris Scoria Quarry Msha #1046

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.47122, 43.57885 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teckla SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newcastle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Campbell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 050 N 072 W 28 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.47122, 43.57885

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. And M Construction
    ID 4801046
    Home office Wyoming
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Morris Construction Co.
    ID 4801046
    Home office Wyoming
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA M/NM MINE FILE 1-17-80

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Rdm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/11/1986
MSHA mine ID4801046
Mine name (MSHA)Potters Pit
Current operatorS & M Construction Inc
Current controller (parent)Ray Garland
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references