Peoria Blacktop Sand Pit

Past Producer in Peoria county in Illinois, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10168899
MAS/MILS ID 0171430006
Record type Site
Current site name Peoria Blacktop Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -89.67508, 40.72002 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Peoria(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Peoria West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Peoria(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Peoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Illinois-Lake Chautauqua(hydrologic unit)

Lower(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Peoria

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 008 N 007 E 35 NW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -89.67508, 40.72002

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 Operator
    Owner Peoria Blacktop, Inc.
    ID 1101076
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ILL. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRINTOUT 1981 #143-013

  • 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 09/19/1979
MSHA mine ID1101076
Mine name (MSHA)Peoria Blacktop Sand Pit
Current operatorPeoria Blacktop Inc
Current controller (parent)Kenneth L Ray; James M Sumner
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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