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Sandoval Zinc Company

Sandoval Zinc Company

Marion County - Sandoval, Illinois

Sandoval Zinc Company operated a smelter for 85 years. Zinc smelting is the process for converting zinc-bearing ores into pure zinc. The company closed in 1985 and filed bankruptcy in 1986. Air emissions from the plant included metals and wind-blown ash. Large amounts of the cinder/slag from smelting were used in constructing and surfacing secondary roads and for fill material on the property. The cinder/slag material not used by the plant was offered to the public and the Village of Sandoval to construct roads, driveways, sidewalks and parking lots.

U.S.EPA is the lead agency involved in the Sandoval Zinc Company clean-up.  More information may be found at the U.S.EPA website for the clean-up.