A frac sand mine in western Wisconsin recently blasted 140 holes in one day in one section of their 80-acre property, according to a local community group. Not having any more details, is there any way to guess what they might be doing? Are they looking for a vein?
The mine operated as a gravel quarry for decades, but I believe converted to selling to the frac sand industry last year, with all sand processing being done offsite.
I think this frac sand mine in western Wisconsin want quarry the rocks for the manufacture of cement, because as demand of the cement for concrete construction is growing day-by-day.
Hi @engineerjaykumar, thanks for offering a thought toward this question. "Frac" sand is a kind of sand used for "hydrofracking," the extraction of gas from shale rocks below ground. It is a different kind of sand than that used in cement.
I'd usually agree with you @liz, but I found some more research on the site, and in this case there's a mix of limestone, quartz, and other materials present. They're going after the quartz/silica veins for frac sand mining but they're still producing the granite and limestone for gravel and cement use.