Sand and Gravel Sale Generates More Than $10.7 Million
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Las Vegas --The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today sold contracts for the extraction of 9.6 million tons of sand and gravel from the Lone Mountain Community pit.
Mineral materials (sand and gravel) are used in everyday construction, agriculture, and decorative applications. Highways, bridges, power plants, dams, high-rise buildings, railroad beds and airport runways, along with their foundations and sidewalks, all use mineral materials of one type or another.
Successful bidders included:
Size | Tons of Material | Purchase Price | Successful Bidder | Parcel Number |
53.2 acres | 2,500,000 tons | $3,200,000 | Mel Clark, Inc. | N-92885 |
17.8 acres | 388,000 tons | $679,000 | Rice Construction | N-92886 |
17.9 acres | 600,000 tons | $708,000 | Boulder Sand and Gravel | N-92887 |
139.4 acres | 4,000,000 tons | $4,000,000 | Las Vegas Paving, Inc. | N-92888 |
19.2 acres | 100,000 tons | $115,000 | Hollywood Gravel, LLC | N-93012 |
55.4 acres | 2,000,000 tons | $2,000,000 | Wells Cargo | N-93022 |
The Las Vegas Field Office manages the largest BLM mineral materials program in the nation featuring seven active community pits and dozens of individual use areas that produce several million tons of sand and gravel per year. Last fiscal year, the Las Vegas Field Office sold almost $2.4 million of sand and gravel.
Seventy-six percent of the money derived from BLM sales is deposited in the Reclamation (trust) Fund, 20 percent goes to the General (Federal) Treasury, and four percent goes to the state in which the sales were made.
For more information about mineral materials, please visit http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/prog/minerals/saleable_minerals.html
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.