Unimin Plant & Mill

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183740
MAS/MILS ID 0170039004
Record type Site
Current site name Unimin Plant & Mill
Alternate or previous names Tammsco Co.Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -89.27447, 37.22927 (WGS84)
Elevation 103
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alexander(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tamms(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Girardeau(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Alexander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 015 S 002 W 12 SWNENE Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -89.27447, 37.22927

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tammsco Inc
    ID 1102051
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA PRODUCERS LIST 11/82

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 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)

StatusActive since 06/27/1973
MSHA mine ID1102051
Mine name (MSHA)Tamms Plant
Current operatorCovia Specialty Minerals, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Covia Holdings LLC
Mine typeFacility (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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