Marblehead South Chicago Lime Plant

Producer in Cook county in Illinois, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217340
MAS/MILS ID 0170319006
Record type Site
Current site name Marblehead South Chicago Lime Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -87.54331, 41.70832 (WGS84)
Elevation 178
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cook(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Calumet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chicago(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chicago(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Calumet-Galien(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Cook

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -87.54331, 41.70832

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Marblehead Lime Co.
    ID 1102161
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA MIF LIST 12-16-82

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 3-10-81.

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)

StatusAbandoned since 05/19/2016
MSHA mine ID1102161
Mine name (MSHA)South Chicago Plant
Current operatorCarmeuse Lime and Stone, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Carmeuse Holding SA
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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