Ashkum Quarry

Past Producer in Iroquois county in Illinois, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10217717
MAS/MILS ID 0170750007
Record type Site
Current site name Ashkum Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.08283, 40.90562 (WGS84)
Elevation 201

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iroquois(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piper City NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Peoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Iroquois(hydrologic unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Iroquois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.08283, 40.90562

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Pontiac Stone Co.
    ID 1101913

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA LIST, ILL. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRINTOUT

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 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 08/27/1979
MSHA mine ID1101913
Mine name (MSHA)Ashkum Quarry
Current operatorVulcan Materials Company
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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External references