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Mines in Cook County, Illinois

Cook County, Illinois has 39 mines on MSHA's register: 4 active, 34 abandoned. 6 miners have died and 825 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 3,155 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Cook County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Cook County →

Mines on register
39
Active
4
Fatalities on record
6
Citations issued
3,155
4 underground · 29 surface · 6 facilities 0 coal · 39 metal and non-metal 34 abandoned 825 reported accidents, 1983–2026
Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Cook County, Illinois · Population 5,185,812
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$81,797
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Bluff City Materials, Inc. 7 0 0
Material Service Corp 4 0 2
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 3 2 0
Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg, Inc. 2 2 2
Beverly Materials LLC 2 0 1
Marblehead Lime Company 1 0 1
Accorsi Sand & Gravel Inc 1 0 0
Akzo Salt Inc 1 0 0
American Brick Company 1 0 0
American Mine Services Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Cook County39 on register
  1. Thornton Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg, Inc. · MSHA ID 1100066
    Active
  2. McCook Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 1100225
    Active
  3. Federal Underground
    Underground metal/non-metal · Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg, Inc. · MSHA ID 1102814
    Active
  4. Bartlett Underground Quarry
    Underground metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 1103115
    Active
  5. Federal Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hanson Material Service · MSHA ID 1100068
    Abandoned
  6. South Chicago Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Carmeuse Lime and Stone, Inc. · MSHA ID 1102161
    Abandoned
  7. THORNTON PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Marblehead Lime Company · MSHA ID 1100788
    Abandoned
  8. Beverly Materials-East Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Beverly Materials LLC · MSHA ID 1102022
    Abandoned
  9. McCook Lime Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · MSHA ID 1100227
    Abandoned
  10. HAMMOND PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chicago Gravel Company · MSHA ID 1101074
    Abandoned
  11. LAKE PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bluff City Materials Inc · MSHA ID 1102906
    Abandoned
  12. Lyons Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Material Service Corp · MSHA ID 1101567
    Abandoned
  13. Gifford East-South
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bluff City Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 1103125
    Abandoned
  14. PLANT #4 - Northgate-Thayer
    Surface metal/non-metal · Illinois Mining Corporation · MSHA ID 1103051
    Abandoned
  15. Portable Plant #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bluff City Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 1102980
    Abandoned
  16. Gifford Central
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bluff City Materials, Inc · MSHA ID 1103264
    Abandoned
  17. Bartlett Yard
    Surface metal/non-metal · Earth Inc. · MSHA ID 1103284
    Temporarily Idled
  18. Lyons
    Surface metal/non-metal · Reliable Materials Lyons LLC · MSHA ID 1103168
    Abandoned
  19. McCook Yards
    Surface metal/non-metal · Walsh Construction · MSHA ID 1103220
    Abandoned
  20. East Riverdale Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Beverly Materials LLC · MSHA ID 1102887
    Abandoned
  21. MCCOOK QUARRY TUNNEL PROJECT
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Mine Services Inc · MSHA ID 1103004
    Abandoned
  22. PORTABLE PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bluff City Materials Inc · MSHA ID 1102945
    Abandoned
  23. Vulcan Starter Trench
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kenny Construction Company · MSHA ID 1103135
    Abandoned
  24. Thornton Underground
    Underground metal/non-metal · Hanson Material Service · MSHA ID 1102719
    Abandoned
  25. A & L Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lo Bue Inc · MSHA ID 1102494
    Abandoned
  26. Barge Slip Quarry & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · R P Donohoe Co Inc · MSHA ID 1100053
    Abandoned
  27. Bartlett Pit & Washing Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Accorsi Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 1101052
    Abandoned
  28. Chicago Distribution Center
    Facility metal/non-metal · Morron Salt Co · MSHA ID 1102504
    Abandoned
  29. Elgin Sand & Gravel Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Elgin Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 1102789
    Abandoned
  30. Kurtz Jaw Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bluff City Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 1103123
    Abandoned
  31. Midwest Screening Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Akzo Salt Inc · MSHA ID 1102493
    Abandoned
  32. PLANT NO. 1
    Facility metal/non-metal · Re-Agg Material Corp · MSHA ID 1102934
    Abandoned
  33. Portable Crusher #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Northwest Material Corp · MSHA ID 1102913
    Abandoned
  34. Portable Plant #One
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bartlett Road Materials · MSHA ID 1102924
    Abandoned
  35. Portable Screening Plant #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bluff City Materials Inc · MSHA ID 1103265
    Abandoned
  36. Thornton Underground Mine #1
    Underground metal/non-metal · Material Service Corp · MSHA ID 1102619
    Abandoned
  37. Torrence Screening Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Cargill Inc · MSHA ID 1102463
    Abandoned
  38. West Bartlett Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Elmhurst-Chicago Stone · MSHA ID 1102308
    Abandoned
  39. Yard R Clay Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Brick Company · MSHA ID 1100466
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.