Mine · La Salle County, Illinois, United States
Wedron Plant
Wedron Plant is a mine in La Salle County, Illinois, United States, owned by Iron Oak Energy Solutions LLC.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | La Salle County | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (active) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Commodities | industrial sand (mainly industrial sand) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Iron Oak Energy Solutions LLC (controls the operator) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Wedron Silica LLC | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Employees | 175 people (annual average, in 2025) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Mine type | Surface | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 41.4369, -88.7744 | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchHow its owner compares
Iron Oak Energy Solutions LLC owns 18 of the 2,675 mines in the United States in our data with a named owner; 12 owners have more. Counts cover the mines in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Owner in United States | Rank | Mines | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc | 1st | 56 | 2.1% |
| Sev.en Global Investments a.s. | 2nd | 50 | 1.9% |
| Rosebud Mining Company | 3rd | 40 | 1.5% |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Metinvest B V | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Iron Oak Energy Solutions LLC | 13th | 18 | 0.67% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this mine: 16 data centers and 6 power plants (4 operating, 6,915 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaSalle Generating Station | Power plant | 2,340 MW | Operating | 23 km |
| Allen Acres Solar | Power plant | 150 MW | Planned | 37 km |
| Data center, Kendall County (OSM way 1483070131) | Data center | — | Under construction | 39 km |
| Data center, Kendall County (OSM way 1483070132) | Data center | — | Under construction | 40 km |
| Data center, Kendall County (OSM way 1483070133) | Data center | — | Under construction | 40 km |
| CPV Three Rivers Energy Center | Power plant | 1,300 MW | Operating | 41 km |
Owner, operator and place
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Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.