Valmeyer No 3 Quarry & Mill

Plant in Monroe 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 10242123
MAS/MILS ID 0171330001
Record type Site
Current site name Valmeyer No 3 Quarry & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.3079, 38.30115 (WGS84)
Elevation 122

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valmeyer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Festus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Louis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cahokia-Joachim(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 Monroe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.3079, 38.30115

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Columbia Quarry Co.
    ID 1100036
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA PRODUCERS LIST 11/82

  • 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 09/02/1992
MSHA mine ID1100036
Mine name (MSHA)Valmeyer #3 Quarry & Mill
Current operatorColumbia Quarry Company
Current controller (parent)Clyde D Trexler
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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