Dixon Quarry & Cement Plant

Producer in Lee county in Illinois, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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 10144937
MAS/MILS ID 0171030001
Record type Site
Current site name Dixon Quarry & Cement Plant
Alternate or previous names Dixon Plant Cement

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.46538, 41.89641 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lee(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grand Detour(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
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.46538, 41.89641

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 Owner-Operator
    Owner Dixon-Marquette Coment Co.
    ID 1100118
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1995
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Lone Star Industries, Inc.
    ID 1100118
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1982
    Last year 1982
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Medusa Cement Co., Div. Of Medusa Corp. (Previous Owner)
    ID 1100118
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORTS 4-81 & 7-79.

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA PRODUCER LIST 11/82

  • Deposit

    MSHA.DBF, 02/95.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-APR-95 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 10/01/2018
MSHA mine ID1100118
Mine name (MSHA)St. Mary's Cement -Dixon
Current operatorSt. Marys Cement U.S. LLC
Current controller (parent)VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS
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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