Industrial Minerals


Jordan Sands boosts team to develop frac sand project

28 June 2012

by Mike O'Driscoll

Launch phase looms for new leadership team for silica sand mine in Minnesota

Keywords: frac sand, silica sand, hydraulic fracturing, Jordan Sands, Coughlan Companies

Jordan Sands LLC is moving from resource validation to launch phase of its frac sand operation in Minnesota, and has recently bolstered its leadership team with some new additions.

An affiliate of long established limestone dimension stone producer Coughlan Companies Inc., Jordan Sands was formed in 2011 to develop the Jordan Sandstone resource underlying the Coughlan Companies’ land holdings for emerging opportunities in the oil and gas frac sand market, particularly in shale gas development.

The Coughlan family has operated...