Joppa Cement Plant

Producer in Massac county in Illinois, United States with commodity Calcium
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 10241837
MAS/MILS ID 0171279901
Record type Site
Current site name Joppa Cement Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -88.83085, 37.19837 (WGS84)
Elevation 107
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Massac(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Joppa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Massac

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 015 S 003 E 24 C S2 Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -88.83085, 37.19837

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 Operator
    Owner Missouri-Portland Cement Co.
    ID 1100786
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA PRODUCERS LIST 11/82

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 5-14-81.

  • 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 04/15/2013
MSHA mine ID1100786
Mine name (MSHA)Amrize Joppa Plant
Current operatorAmrize Cement Inc.
Current controller (parent)Amrize Ltd
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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