Palmyra Quarry

Producer in Lee 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 10217943
MAS/MILS ID 0171030003
Record type Site
Current site name Palmyra Quarry
Alternate or previous names Propheter Quarry & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.58618, 41.85361 (WGS84)
Elevation 229

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lee(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixon West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dixon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aurora(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rock(hydrologic unit)

Rock(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rock(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Lee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.58618, 41.85361

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 Unknown
    Owner Tri-County Quarries
    ID 1100394
    Year 1982
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Kehobe Materials (Previous Owner)
    ID 1100394
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA PRODUCERS LIST 11/82

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORTS 5-80 & 7-81.

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE LISTING 11-24-80.

  • 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 03/06/2007
MSHA mine ID1100394
Mine name (MSHA)Palmyra Quarry
Current operatorBob Propheter Aggregates L. L. C.
Current controller (parent)Florence L Propheter
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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