Serena Sand Plant-Zemi Corp. Pit

Producer in La Salle county in Illinois, United States with commodity Silica
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 10264465
MAS/MILS ID 0170990041
Record type Site
Current site name Serena Sand Plant-Zemi Corp. Pit
Alternate or previous names Shabbona Silica Pit & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -88.75175, 41.46002 (WGS84)
Elevation 188
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Salle(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wedron(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ottawa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aurora(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Fox(hydrologic unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Illinois(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois La Salle

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
3rd Principal 035 N 004 E 34 Illinois

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) Ancell Group

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Consolidated Zemi Corp.
    ID 1101319
    Year 1982
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Owens-Illinois, Inc. (Previous Owner)
    ID 1101319
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA PRODUCERS LIST 11/82

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 2-9-81.

  • Deposit

    # COMMODITY IS SILICA SAND.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 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 01/29/1988
MSHA mine ID1101319
Mine name (MSHA)Serena Sand Plant-Zemi Corporation
Current operatorConsolidated Zemi Corp
Current controller (parent)Treco Sales Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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