Mining has long been part of Wisconsin's economy and history and even precedes our statehood. On this page, you will find information about two types of mining in Wisconsin: iron mining and frac sand mining. There are also links to additional information about mining in Wisconsin at the bottom of this page.Iron mining Frac sand…

An environmental group filed a petition with federal regulators this week objecting to the Department of Natural Resources' approval of an air permit for sand mining facilities in western ...

Wisconsin has high-quality sand resources and, as a result, the DNR has seen a substantial rise in permit requests to the department to mine industrial sand. Industrial sand is sometimes called "frac" sand or silica sand. The extracted sand is often processed locally.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources let the rules lapse in March because they weren't adequately preventing pollution.

Industrial sand mines and other related operations must follow the same state requirements to protect public health and the environment as other nonmetallic mining operations in Wisconsin. This includes getting necessary air and water permits from DNR and following state reclamation laws. The DNR is responsible for mine associated permits ...

The company has been trying to set up a rail spur and frac sand mine in partnership with Hi-Crush Partners, a publicly traded Texas company with two Wisconsin mines and yearly production of more ...

A special public information meeting to present Canadian Sand & Proppants' development to the public will be held at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 16, in the Weyerhaeuser High School library. CSP wants to build and operate an indoor dry frac sand loading plant with rail service on about 57 acres of land entirely in the village limits, generally ...

Number of Wisc. frac sand facilities increased from 7 in 2010 to 145 today, even though the health implications of the boom aren't yet fully understood. By Zahra Hirji. November 5, 2013.

In an extreme hypothetical case where all shale drilling (and consequently fracking) would cease, demand for frac sand will probably go back to pre-shale levels of 2004-2005 at 4MM tons, making it ...

We sell frac sand under long-term take-or-pay contracts as well as in the spot market, and provide proppant logistics solutions through our in-basin transloading terminals and SmartSystems wellsite proppant storage solutions and other logistics services. ... The USFWS has approved several Enhancement of Survival Permits that allow …

Wisconsin's world class sand sells for about $45 per ton. Shipping the sand is expensive, so each ton can fetch $200 by the time it reaches the drill site, and each well requires 1,500 to 2,500 tons of sand. Wisconsin's sand industry began more than a century ago, although at a much more modest level.

Frac sand loading plant agreements approved Transport sand every day but Sunday. Luke Klink; May 15, 2013 May 15, 2013 Updated May 22, 2013; 0; Facebook; ... Plans for a new frac sand rail shipping facility in Weyerhaeuser calls for using belly-dump semis to haul the sand to the village from a mine 10 miles to the west in Canton. Trucks …

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has approved a permit application to change the course of Trout Run Creek, discharge fill material into wetlands and construct …

The Minnesota Supreme Court on March 11, 2020 upheld Winona County's ban on frac sand mining ... to create and maintain a library on local government ordinances and local government permits that have been approved for regulation of silica sand projects for reference by local governments.

Meteor Timber has proposed to build a $75 million frac sand processing operation in Monroe County, but needs a permit to fill 16.25 acres of wetlands. As part of …

The frac sand industry in Wisconsin involves removal of the sand and processing it. The map on page 1 shows where ... for and receive three permits. Many non-metallic mines, including sand mines, use water and must receive a high-capacity well. 1. ... Political approval could be challenging Involvement from towns is necessary Takes time

In Michigan, the permitting of non-metallic mineral mines occurs at the local level. This includes frac sand (crushed stone), as well as sand and gravel. The local unit of government (LUG) must enforce state …

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has approved a permit application to change the course of Trout Run Creek, discharge fill material into wetlands and construct two bridges over the

The Atlanta-based company Meteor Timber has been seeking approval since 2016 to fill wetlands in Monroe County in order to build a $75 million frac sand mining and processing plant in Jackson and ...

In 2013, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources approved an air pollution permit for Fairmount Santrol (then FTS International Proppants), a frac sand mining company …

The DNR approved Meteor Timber's application to fill the 16 acres of wetlands on May 19. That day former DNR Wetland and Waterways Section Chief Martye Griffin sent an email congratulating his team for writing permits for the wetland fill and a creek realignment just two days after getting new information from the company.

FracTracker's tracking of CalGEM permits identified a unique trend. The agency's permits significantly decreased beginning the week of October 11, 2021, a slowdown that continued for the most part—as evidenced through CalGEM's recent weekly update of approved drilling permits. This trend is consistent only for new drilling …

Emails Show Frustration Over Lack Of Information From Company And Tight Deadlines Set By DNR Administration (WPR)---A two-year battle to build a frac sand plant on 16 acres of rare wetlands in Monroe County is coming to a head this spring. A judge will decide if the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources followed the law when it approved the …

Local municipalities receive a cut from the sand mining: About 15 cents per ton to start, which amounts to a tax of about 0.14 percent at $110 per ton. In comparison, fracking operators in ...

Reclamation Plan Proposes a Public Lake The Town of Rock Board and citizens got their first look at a proposed 130-acre sand mine to be located at the corner of County Road V and MacArthur Drive. Coulee Frac Sand and Carbo Ceramics applied for Conditional Use Permits to mine the property in Wood County over […]

No permits have been applied for White Pine so far but Highland recently announced significant private investment designed to support the acquisition and future permitting. We learned in early July this year that Aquila Resources was selling its interests in two Wisconsin mineral deposits ("Bend" in Taylor County and "Reef" in Marathon ...

Two environmental protection groups have challenged the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' approval of a Monroe County frac sand operation. Environmental groups sue Wisconsin DNR over ...

enclosed truck bed and hauled to an approved upland processing or storage site. E2. Maintain a buffer of undisturbed sand or gravel riverward from the edge of the excavation work zone to the wetted perimeter of the river or stream. This buffer shall be proportional to the size of the waterway and generally not less than 25-feet wide for

A proposal to protect drinking water sources and require sand piles to be covered is also part of the overall frac sand regulation package, said Rep. Rick Hansen, DFL-South St. Paul.