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Mines in Hancock County, Illinois

Hancock County, Illinois has 5 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 3 abandoned. 47 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2023. Inspectors have issued 385 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Hancock 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 Hancock County →

Mines on register
5
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
385
0 underground · 5 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 5 metal and non-metal 3 abandoned 47 reported accidents, 1983–2023
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.
Hancock County, Illinois · Population 17,434
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$65,044
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
Central Stone Company 1 0 0
Gray Quarries Inc 1 1 0
R L O'Neal & Sons Inc 1 1 0
Rainbow Stone Limited 1 0 0
Tennessee Sand & Gravel 1 0 0
Mines in Hancock County5 on register
  1. O'Neal Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · R L O'Neal & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 1100154
    Active
  2. Gray Quarries Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gray Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 1100073
    Active
  3. CARTHAGE PLANT #52
    Surface metal/non-metal · Central Stone Company · MSHA ID 1100032
    Abandoned
  4. MO MAC QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rainbow Stone Limited · MSHA ID 1102716
    Abandoned
  5. Tennessee Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tennessee Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1102539
    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.