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.