| Abstract: | An assessment of gravel needs in Front Range Urban Corridor markets to 2000 A.D., based on forecast population increases and urbanization, indicates that adequate resources to meet anticipated needs are potentially available, if future land use does not preclude their extraction. Because of urban encroachment onto gravel-bearing lands, this basic construction material is in short supply nationally and in the Front Range Urban Corridor. Longer hauls, increased prices, and use of alternatives, especially crushed rock aggregate, have resulted. An analysis of possible sequential land uses following gravel mining indicates that a desirable use is for ‘real estate‘ ponds and small lakes.
A method for computing gravel reserves, based on planimeter measurement of area of resource-bearing lands and statistical analysis of reliability of thickness and size distribution data, was developed to compute reserves in individual markets. A discussion of the qualitative ‘usability‘ of these reserves is then made for the individual markets. |
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| ProdID: | 16070 |
| Citation Author: | Soule, James M.; Fitch, Harold R. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | ii, 29 p. :ill, map ;29 cm.; (6 sheets, scale 1:100,000 - PGS) |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 74-178 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Gravel resources, urbanization, and future land use, Front Range Urban Corridor, Colorado; 1974; OFR; 74-178; Soule, James M.; Fitch, Harold R. |
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| Text: | Gravel resources, urbanization, and future land use, Front Range Urban Corridor, Colorado; 1974; OFR; 74-178; Soule, James M.; Fitch, Harold R. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1974/0178/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1974/0178/report.pdf |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_15018.htm |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
