Morris Sand & Gravel Pit

Plant in Grundy 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 10193532
MAS/MILS ID 0170639001
Record type Site
Current site name Morris Sand & Gravel Pit
Alternate or previous names Youngreen Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -88.43334, 41.34892 (WGS84)
Elevation 149
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grundy(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ottawa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aurora(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper(hydrologic unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Grundy

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 033 N 007 E 09 Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -88.43334, 41.34892

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Materials Service Corp.
    ID 1101113
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE LISTINGS 11-23-79 & 7-26-78.

  • Deposit

    MSHA.DBF LIST, 1995.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-APR-1995 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)

StatusIntermittent since 07/01/1985
MSHA mine ID1101113
Mine name (MSHA)Morris Sand & Gravel
Current operatorHeidelberg Materials Midwest Agg, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Heidelberg Materials AG
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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