Minerals

Community Pits & Common Use Areas for Landscape Rock, Gravel and other Mineral Materials

A wide variety of landscape rock, gravel and sand can be obtained from the Shoshone Field Office. The public can obtain these mineral materials by purchasing a permit at the Field Office. BLM staff can help you select rock that meets your needs and they’ll provide a map to the site where you can collect the material. The following table describes Shoshone’s mineral material sites, the site names link to photos of the rocks and materials available at each site, and the map provides the general locations of the sites.

Community Pit	Description	Location	Price	Permitted Amounts
Black Butte	Platy, ropy lava rock, brownish red to black in color, used for decorative purposes.	Lincoln County, north of Shoshone.	Mineral  - $20.00/ton Reclamation - $4.00/ton Total -$24.00/ton	Minimum -1 ton Maximum -5 tons/ year
Camp Creek	Flagstone of various shapes and sizes, useful for walkways and patios.	Blaine County, between Fairfield and Hailey.	Mineral -$20.00/ton Reclamation -$4.00/ton Total -$24.00/ton	Minimum -1 ton Maximum -5 tons/ year
Cinder Butte	Volcanic cinder, used for rock gardens, landscaping, and road material.	Jerome County, northeast of Hazelton.	Mineral -$20.00/ton Reclamation -$4.00/ton Total -$24.00/ton	Minimum -1 ton Maximum -5 tons/ year
Owinza Butte	Volcanic cinder, used for rock gardens, landscaping, and road materials.	Lincoln County, east of Shoshone.	Mineral -$20.00/ton Reclamation -$4.00/ton Total -$24.00/ton	Minimum -2 tons Maximum - 5 tons/year
Bliss-Hill City Road	Lichen covered lava rock, rhyolite landscape boulders.	Gooding County, between Bliss and Hill City.	Mineral - $20.00/ton Reclamation - $4.00/ton Total - $24.00/ton	Minimum - 2 tons Maximum - 20 tons
Mammoth Cave	Lichen covered blocky lava rock used for rock walls and landscaping.	Lincoln County, north of Shoshone.	Mineral - $20.00/ton Reclamation fee - $4.00/ton Total - $24.00/ton	No maximum or minimum
Old Highway 75	Lichen covered blocky lava rock used for rock walls and landscaping.	Lincoln County, north of Shoshone.	Mineral - $20.00/ton  Reclamation - $4.00/ton Total - $24.00/ton	No maximum or minimum
Old Shoshone-Gooding Highway	Lichen covered blocky and angular lava rock used for rock walls and landscaping.	Lincoln County, west of Shoshone.	Mineral - $20.00/ton; Reclamation - $4.00/ton Total - $24.00/ton	No maximum or minimum
Big Wood	Colorful river gravel, golf ball to baseball size, used for landscaping and rock gardens.	Lincoln County, north of Shoshone.	Mineral -$2.00/ cubic yard Reclamation - $0.40/cubic yard Total -$2.40/cubic yard	Minimum -10 cubic yards Maximum -100 cubic yards/year
Cottonwood Slough	Bean to golf ball size river gravel, used for road material.	Lincoln County, southwest of Richfield.	Mineral - $2.00/cubic yard Reclamation - $0.40/cubic yard Total - $2.40/cubic yard	Minimum -15 cubic yards Maximum -100 cubic yards/year
East Magic	Decomposed granite, used for road materials.	Blaine County, near East Magic town site.	Mineral -$4.00/cubic yard Reclamation -$1.00/ cubic yard Total -$5.00/cubic yard	Minimum -10 cubic yards Maximum -200 cubic yards/year
Midpoint	Fill material, used for road base.	Jerome County, south of Shoshone.	Mineral -$2.00/cubic yard Reclamation -$0.40/cubic yard Total -$2.40/cubic yard	Minimum -15 cubic yards Maximum -100 cubic yards/year
West Magic	River gravel smaller than Sun Valley rock, but larger than driveway gravel.	Blaine County, near West Magic town site.	Mineral -$2.00/cubic yard Reclamation - $0.40/cubic yard Total -$2.40/cubic yard	Minimum -15 cubic yards Maximum -100 cubic yards/year
Windsand	Windblown sand, used for fill material, sand may only be removed from areas marked with white posts, permittees using dump trucks and front end loaders will be limited to a two day permit.	Lincoln County, between Shoshone and Gooding.	Sand - $2.00/cubic yard Reclamation - $0.40/cubic yard Total -$2.40/cubic yard	Minimum -15 cubic yards Maximum -100 cubic yards/year
Johnson Hill	Rip-rap and decomposed granite used for flood control and roadbase.	Camas County, southeast of Fairfield.	Mineral - $4.00/cubic yard No reclamation fee. Total - $4.00/cubic yard	No maximum or minimum.
Great Flood	Dirt, lava rock, and gravel used for fill material and roadbase.	North of the Golf Course Road in Jerome County.	Mineral - $2.00/cubic yard Reclamation - $0.40/cubic yard Total - $2.40/cubic yard	Minimum - 10 cubic yards Maximum - 100 cubic yards.
Portuguese Creek	Lichen covered rhylolite boulders used for landscaping.	Northeast of Gooding on the County Line Road.	Mineral - $20.00/ton Reclamation - $4.00/ton Total - $24.00/ton	Minimum - 2 tons Maximum - 20 tons

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