ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) a item property	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Asset Retirement Obligations [Line Items]
Reclamation activities	$ 5,234	$ 3,578
California [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligations [Line Items]
Reclamation activities	$ 722	$ 1,266
Adjacent aggregates sites \| property	2
Property, acres \| a	90
Number of aggregates locations \| item	3

Amount of asset retirement obligations settled, or otherwise disposed of, during the period. This may include asset retirement obligations transferred to third parties associated with the sale of a long-lived asset.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 410
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6392692&loc=d3e7535-110849

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