Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel in Mineral, IL

Illinois Rock Supply handles gravel and aggregate delivery in Mineral, IL, and the working season here runs from the spring thaw into late fall. That window is a little shorter than it is downstate, so timing a load matters.

CA-6, also called road base, is the dense graded crushed limestone this market builds drives and pads on. It carries the fines, which is what separates it from clean stone.

Materials for Mineral Projects

Base and driveway surfacing is where most Mineral projects start, and CA-6 leads that work. It is crushed limestone with the fines left in, so it knocks down into a firm surface for a driveway, a parking pad, a shed base or a garage slab base.

For an existing drive that just needs a fresh wearing surface, Driveway Gravel is the topping choice. Crusher Run is the same idea under a secondary name, and it works for base and drives.

Clean washed stone handles the drainage side. CA-7 is the 1 inch clean stone for bedding under pipe, drainage trenches and French drains.

CA-11 is the 3/4 inch clean stone Illinois yards sell alongside it for bedding, drainage and concrete work.

CA-16 chips are the small 3/8 inch limestone chips for permeable paver bedding and for topping a compacted base. Lime Screenings bed pavers and flagstone and backfill around pipe, and they are the standard bedding layer in Illinois.

Sand comes two ways. Torpedo sand, sold as Washed Sand, is the coarse washed sand for concrete, leveling and bedding.

Mason Sand is the finer clean sand for brick and block mortar, paver joints, sandboxes and volleyball courts.

Soil and decorative material round out a site. Top Soil covers lawns, grading and bed prep, and screened Illinois prairie topsoil is dark and silty.

River Gravel and Large River Rock handle beds, borders, dry creek beds and downspout splash areas.

Ground and Conditions in Mineral

Water is the driver across the Northern Illinois till plains and Rock River country. Snowmelt and spring rain on frozen ground push water across the surface instead of soaking in, and that shapes what a base has to do.

Mineral sits in Bureau County, where the ground runs to loamy prairie soils over dolomite, broken by the sand and gravel of the Green River Lowland. Tight till and a high water table on the flat ground are the other half of the picture.

Where water stands, clean stone does the work. CA-7, CA-11 and Drain Rock let water move instead of holding it.

CA-6 is the opposite job: it is a fines-bearing material, so it is for base and surfacing, not for drainage.

Frost action is real here. The northern counties see repeated freeze and thaw, and the local building department sets footing depth.

Frozen ground also stops compaction in winter, which is why the season closes earlier than it does farther south.

Erosion shows up on steeper slopes and along banks. RipRap armors banks, culvert outlets, pond edges and slopes where moving water is the problem.

Delivery to Mineral and the Surrounding Area

Bulk material arrives by dump truck and tips in one pile at the delivery point. Have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives, with room for the pile to sit where you want it.

Order online. Choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator if you need to size the load.

Pick your delivery date at checkout.

Illinois Rock Supply delivers across Bureau County, including Princeton, Spring Valley, Walnut, Ladd and Wyanet. If your site is in Mineral or nearby, the order goes to the address you enter.

Order Base, Stone and Sand for Your Mineral Project

Illinois Rock Supply delivers CA-6, driveway gravel, washed stone, sand, topsoil and decorative rock to Mineral and Bureau County. For surfacing a drive, bedding a drain line or prepping a bed, the material is ordered online by the ton or yard and dropped at your site.

Place your order when you are ready.