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Aggregates (commodity) from
Prairie State Plant & Quarry (Prairie State Pit & Mill; Prairie State Plant; Wedron Silica), LaSalle County, Illinois, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Commodity:Aggregates (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Aggregates (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prairie State Plant & Quarry (Prairie State Pit & Mill; Prairie State Plant; Wedron Silica), LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1167264
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1167264:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other deposits of Aggregates (commodity)
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘTroy Grove Plant & Quarry, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘAlpha Portland Quarry, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘLasalle Quarry & Mill (Lasalle County Pit), LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
15.7km (9.8 miles) ⓘUtica Quarry & Mill (Utica Stone Company; M. B. Crushing; Inc.), LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
16.8km (10.4 miles) ⓘLone Star-Oglesby Quarry & Mill (Oglesby Quarry & Mill; Lone Star Oglesby Cement Plant), LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘLehigh Portland Quarry, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘMarquette Quarry, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘWedron Plant & Quarry (Wedron Pit No. 1 & Mill; Wedron Pit & Quarry Martin Marietta), LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
32.7km (20.3 miles) ⓘSteward Pit, Lee County, Illinois, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Limestone Quarry (MRDS - 10120361), Lee County, Illinois, USA
 
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