Mines in La Salle County, Illinois

La Salle County, Illinois has 81 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 29 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 30 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in La Salle County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Amrize Utica Stone Plant	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Lasalle Quarry and Mill	Cement	Facility	Active	MSHA
Manley Bros.	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Northern White Sand	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Ottawa Plant	Ground Silica	Surface	Active	MSHA
Troy Grove Plant	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Troy Grove Stone Quarry (Mc46)	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Vermilion Plant (Mc47)	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Wedron Plant	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Alpha Cement Pitmertel Gravel Co.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Boehm No. 1 Pit	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Boehm No. 2 Pit	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Feken Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Garrow Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Lasalle Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Lone Star-Oglesby Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Lucy Pit & Mill / Portable #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
M. H. Spicer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Marquette Co Cement--Lowell Plant	Stone	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Ottawa Industries Sand Pit	Silica	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Ottawa Pit No. 8	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Prairie State Plant & Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Serena Sand Plant-Zemi Corp. Pit	Silica	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Sheridan Pit / W.s. Portable #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Sheridan Plant No. 5 & Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Troy Grove Plant & Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Utica Plant & Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Utica Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Vermillion Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Alpha Portland Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bailey Falls Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
C. Baker Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
C. Locke Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Dickens Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Dimmick Quarry	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Donovan Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
East Schiedecker Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Fox River Valley Sand & Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Holcim Sheridan Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Hoxsey Sand Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Ill.valley Min.co.clay Shale Pit	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Kellyco Inc Portable	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Koob Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
La Salle County Fire Clay	Fire Clay (Refractory)		Past Producer	MRDS
La Salle County Fire Clay		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lasalle City Pit	Stone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lasalle County Highway Pit	Stone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lehigh Portland Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lock Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lucy Pit 1-A	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Manley Bros. Troy Grove Pit	Silica	Surface	Plant	MRDS
Marquette Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Materialite Pit	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Oglesby Cement Plant	Cement	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
Ottawa Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Ottawa Shale Pit	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Peru Plant	Sand, Industrial NEC	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
Porter Co.clay Pit	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Ristokrat Clay Pit No. 4	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Plant No. 1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Seneca Sand Llc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Serena Rhodes Pit / Portable #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sheridan-Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Spicer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Streator Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Thompson Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Thompson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Tri-County Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Triumph Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Unimin Utica Plant & Pit	Silica	Surface	Plant	MRDS
Utica Clay	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Utica Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Utica Plant	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Utica Silica	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Wedron Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wedron Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wedron Plant	Sand, Common	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Wedron Plant & Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Plant	MRDS
West Schiedecker Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wetherby Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wiley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS