Chieftain Sands - Chetek WI Mine North

Frac Sand Photos Available on FracTracker.org

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With the advent of hydraulic fracturing to increase production of oil and gas from tight geologic formations, such as shale, the demand for fracking sand (frac sand, or frack sand) has increased drastically in recent years. What does this process look like, you might ask. To help you understand this subsidiary of the oil and gas industry, we’ve compiled all of our frac sand photos into three albums on the topic.

Frac Sand Mining Photo Album

This album contains all of the photos we have amassed of frac sand mining and transportation operations – both from the ground and the sky.

Sylvania Minerals, South Rockwood, MI silica sand mine dust and blasting
Sylvania Minerals, South Rockwood, MI silica sand mine dust and blasting
Just outside HiCrush Augusta, WI frac sand mine
Just outside HiCrush Augusta, WI frac sand mine
Railroad tracks near Chieftain Sands, Cheek, WI frac sand processing site
Railroad tracks near Chieftain Sands, Cheek, WI frac sand processing site
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Flyover Tours

We have also been fortunate enough to receive two flyover tours of frac sand mining taking place in 2013 and 2016 by LightHawk.

Bird’s eye view of a sand mine in Wisconsin. Photo by Ted Auch 2013.
Bird’s eye view of a sand mine in Wisconsin. Photo by Ted Auch 2013.
2013 Tour in Illinois
2016 Tour in Wisconsin

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All of these frac sand photos, and more, can also be found on our Energy Imagery page, organized by topic and also location.

If you have photos or videos that you would like to contribute to this growing collection of publicly available information, just email us at info@fractracker.org, along with where and when the imagery was taken, and by whom.