Island Lake Pit

Producer in McHenry county in Illinois, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145018
MAS/MILS ID 0171110022
Record type Site
Current site name Island Lake Pit
Alternate or previous names Isand Lake Pit, Could Be the Marengo Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -88.24364, 42.26671 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McHenry(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wauconda(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elgin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rockford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Fox(hydrologic unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois McHenry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -88.24364, 42.26671

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Road Materials Corp.
    ID 1101212
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1982
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Prairie Material
    ID 1101212
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA PRODUCERS LIST 11/82

  • Deposit

    MSHA.DBF, 02/95.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MSHA.DBF, 02/95 LSITS A MARENGO PLANT/PRAIRIE MATERIAL UNDER MINES I.D. 1101212, STATUS 09/90.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-APR-1995 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusIntermittent since 04/06/2017
MSHA mine ID1101212
Mine name (MSHA)MARENGO MATERIALS
Current operatorMARENGO MATERIALS LLC
Current controller (parent)Jack Pease; Daniel Plote
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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