Unknown Sand and Gravel pit

Prospect in Sublette 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400991
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Sand and Gravel pit

Comments on the site identification

  • Not certain if this is the same as the active mine (as of 2013 satellite imagery) in T30N, R105W, Sec. 15, S2 of SW4. If so, then the coordinates provided by DEQ-LQD are a little off. Location of active mine is at 46.5632, -109.3573.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -109.3642, 42.56027 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Not certain if this is the same as the active mine (as of 2013 satellite imagery) in T30N, R105W, Sec. 15, S2 of SW4. If so, then the coordinates provided by DEQ-LQD are a little off. Location of active mine is at 46.5632, -109.3573 (WGS84).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sublette(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leckie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pinedale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(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 Sublette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 030N 105W 21 NE4 of NE4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -109.3642, 42.56027

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Dunton Sheep Co.
    Year 2013
    First year 1995

Comments on development

  • DEQ Limited Mine operation permit ET0974.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

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.