Mines in Alexander County, Illinois

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Elco Plant	Quartz, Ground	Facility	Active	MSHA
Tamms Plant	Misc. Metal Ore NEC	Facility	Active	MSHA
Birk No. 2 Pit	Diatomite		Producer	MRDS
Birk No. 2 Pit	Diatomite	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Birk No. 2a Pit	Diatomite		Producer	MRDS
Jordan R&s Quarry Markgraf Matls	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Moad Mines	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Underground	Producer	MRDS
Unimin Plant	Silica	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Unimin Plant & Mill	Silica	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Birk 1 Pit	Quartz, Ground	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Birk 1 Pit Ug	Misc. Nonmetallic Mnls. NEC	Underground	Abandoned	MSHA
Birk 2a Pit	Diatomite	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Birk No. 2b Mine	Diatomite		Past Producer	MRDS
Birk No. 2b Mine	Diatomite	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Birk No. 3 Mine	Diatomite		Prospect	MRDS
Birk No.3 Mine	Diatomite	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Burk Mine Tammsco Inc.	Stone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Illinois Minerals Co Mine No. 16	Silica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Illinois Minerals Co. No 24 Mine	Diatomite	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Illinois Minerals Co. No. 24 Mine	Diatomite		Past Producer	MRDS
Jordan Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Jordan Trucking Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Limestone Prospect	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Occurrence	MRDS
Lonestar Pit #1	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Miss.river Shale Exposure	Clay	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Rhymer Mine	Diatomite		Past Producer	MRDS
Rhymer Mine	Diatomite	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Shawnee Low Interest Refractory Clay Deposit			Occurrence	MRDS
Shawnee Special Use Silica Deposit 3			Occurrence	MRDS
Shawnee Special Use Silica Deposit 4			Occurrence	MRDS
Spring Clay Pit	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Thebes Sandstone Deposit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Whitaker Mines	Diatomite		Past Producer	MRDS
Whitaker Mines	Diatomite	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS