Woods Sand Pit

Past Producer in Tazewell 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 10120920
MAS/MILS ID 0171790009
Record type Site
Current site name Woods Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -89.50428, 40.43693 (WGS84)
Elevation 166
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tazewell(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delavan North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lincoln(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Peoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mackinaw(hydrologic unit)

Lower(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Tazewell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 023 N 004 W 24 NENW Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -89.50428, 40.43693

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 Martin Marietta Aggregates Co.
    ID 1102030
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ILL. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRINTOUT 1981 #179-021

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 03/31/1981
MSHA mine ID1102030
Mine name (MSHA)Woods Sand Plant
Current operatorMartin Marietta Aggregates
Current controller (parent)Martin Marietta Materials Inc
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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