Orange Grove Mine, Tucson, AZ
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N 32° 18.971 W 111° 02.861
12S E 495511 N 3575484
An active sand and gravel quarry along I-10 Near west Orange Grove Road in Tucson, AZ.
Waymark Code: WMJHGK
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2013
Views: 8
This large surface pit is owned by the CalPortland Company. Construction sand and gravel have been mined here for several decades. It is a surface mine and has about 25 employees.
Orange Grove Plant
6601 N. Casa Grande Hwy., Tucson, AZ 85743
520-744-3222
Recently, Pima County decided to spend about $4 million to buy the CalPortland gravel pit property along Interstate 10 and turn it into a 600-acre park with a lake, soccer fields and shopping. They deemed it a unique property that would allow the county to do transportation, flood control, water resources, recreation and economic development projects at one site. CalPortland would continue to mine sand and gravel on part of the property, including excavating the Sunset pit to the county's design.
Type of Stone/Ore mined: Sand and gravel.
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