Unknown Gravel Pit

Unknown 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. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400876
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.931, 41.727 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sevenmile Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blacks Fork(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Sweetwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 029N 102W 8 SE4 of NE4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.931, 41.727

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Non-metallic

Comments on development

  • No sign of another pit in the SW4 of adjacent sec. 9 on 2013 satellite imagery. Unable to find actual location of those adjacent workings on the Thayer Junction topo. If this was an area, not a pit, then there is no sign of such workings as of 2013 satellite imager.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Location

    USGS, 1976, Thayer Junction 1:24,000 topo map.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2013-03-28 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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