Oregon Quarry & Plant

Producer in Ogle county in Illinois, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Industrial, Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145040
MAS/MILS ID 171410027
Record type Site
Current site name Oregon Quarry & Plant
Alternate or previous names Oregon Plant & Quarry, Manley Quarry, Oregon Quarry

Comments on the site identification

  • Unable to determine if this is the same site as the Oregon Construction Co. Quarry. That quarry is supposedly in a different section-township-range. (See 10266531, or deleted record 10241473 (Old MAS records 0171410102 or 0171410009)

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.3685, 41.9966 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Visible on imagery. Many pits shown on topo in secs. 7, 8, 17, 18. Workings extend nearly 1.7 miles from these coordinates to the SW.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ogle(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Daysville(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 Ogle

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 023N 010E 7, 8, 17, 18 Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Industrial Primary
Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRINCIPAL PRODUCT-GRADED INDUSTRIAL SAND

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Mixed Clastic/Carbonate Rock
    Rock type qualifier Ancell group include: Joachim Dolomite, Dutchtown Limestone, St. Peter Sandstone, Glenwood Formation. Based on the stratigraphic column, collectively this group is about 60% sandstone, 30% dolomite, and 10% limestone, and incidental anhydrite.
    Rock unit name Ancell group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.3685, 41.9966

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner UNIMIN CORPORATION
    Year 2014
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Martin Marietta Aggregates Co.
    ID 1101579
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA PRODUCERS LIST 11/82

  • Deposit

    PRINCIPAL PRODUCT-GRADED INDUSTRIAL SAND

  • Deposit

    ILL DIR MINERAL PRODUCERS 1974 P82 (GEOL SUR PUB)

  • Deposit

    Anna Wilson, USGS, unpublished field notes, July 10, 2015.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General AB Wilson, USGS, corrected location and changed commodity from just plain silica to silica sand and frac sand.
General Site visited by Anna Wilson and Mary Ellen Benson of USGS Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center on July 10, 2015 by Unimin's Chief Geologist, Mark Adams, and General Manager, Bill Bratney.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-03 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 2014-04-28 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Corrected location, added PLSS. Deleted duplicate record 10401131

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 02/22/1972
MSHA mine ID1101579
Mine name (MSHA)Oregon Plant
Current operatorCovia Solutions LLC
Current controller (parent)Covia Holdings LLC
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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