Mines in Tazewell County, Illinois

36Total

13Active

Tazewell County, Illinois has 36 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 13 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 23 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Tazewell County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Clay Pit No 3 Peoria Brick & Tile	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Clouse Sand & Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Crabb Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Elzie Hurley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Farmdale Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Lucy Bolliger Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
McMullen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Morris Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Moushon Construction Co. Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Pekin Sand	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Pekin South Sand	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Percy Ragar Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Rokey Acres Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Adwell Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Ben Bollinger Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
C. Frank Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Carri Scharf Mtrals Farmdale Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Clouse Sand & Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Farmdale Sand & Gravel Llc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Farmdale	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Hurley Pit No. 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lee Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lowery Excavating	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Lowry	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Lucy Bolliger Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mackinaw Plant & Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Moushon Construction Co. Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Portadredge #2501	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Pekin Sand & Gravel, Llc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Peoria Blacktop S & G	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Peoria Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Quikrete Peoria	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Riverside	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Rokey Acres Pit No. 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Staker Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Woods Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS