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State Highway Department ledge rock quarry

Past Producer in Sweetwater county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10254720
MAS/MILS ID 560370243
Record type Site
Current site name State Highway Department ledge rock quarry
Alternate or previous names State Highway Dept

Comments on the site identification

  • Shown on CR-2 as a "State Highway Department ledge rock quarry"

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -109.198, 41.7146 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Coordinates are for an old surface scar. No satellite evidence of any recent activity.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reliance(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 20N 105W 13 NE4 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Location uncertain. Appears from CR-2 (1:500,000-scale) that it is at or close to Stansbury (coal). Coordinates are for what appears to have been a ground disturbance in NE4 of Sec. 13.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CRUSHED ROCK

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -109.198, 41.7146
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • If coordinates are correct, this plots in Cretaceous Ericson Sandstone of the Mesaverde Group.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • No mines visible on satellite imagery in this area with the exception of abandoned wokings at Stansbury. Therefore, A.B. Wilson changed Development Status from Producer to Past Producer.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROOT ET AL 1973 WYO GEOL SURV CR-2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2011-11-28 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

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

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