Unknown Gravel Pits

Past Producer in Lincoln 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 10400679
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Gravel Pits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Pit -111.001, 42.077 (WGS84) 10 Middle of 3 pits.
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Pit -111.003, 42.077 (WGS84) 10 western of 3 pits
Pit -110.999, 42.078 (WGS84) 10 eastern of 3 pits

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boundary Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 024N 120w 12 C of W2 of NW4. Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Scars visible along north side of road along Dry Hollow. Based on 2013 satellite imagery, site(s)appear to have been abandoned long ago.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -111.001, 42.077
Pit (2) -111.003, 42.077
Pit (3) -110.999, 42.078

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Location

    USGS, 1973, Boundary Ridge 1:24,000 topographic map.

  • Location

    USGS, 1971, Cokeville 1:24,000 topographic map.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2013-03-08 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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